Section 550.1905 - Scope. - Michigan Statutes

PATIENT'S RIGHT TO INDEPENDENT REVIEW ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 251 of 2000

550.1905 Scope.

Sec. 5.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), this act applies to all health carriers that provide or perform utilization review.

(2) This act does not apply to a policy or certificate that provides coverage only for specified accident or accident-only coverage, credit, disability income, hospital indemnity, long-term care insurance, or any other limited supplemental benefit other than specified disease, dental, vision care, or care provided pursuant to a system of health care delivery and financing operating under section 3573 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3573, medicare supplement policy of insurance, coverage under a plan through medicare, or the federal employees health benefits program, any coverage issued under chapter 55 of title 10 of the United States Code, 10 U.S.C. 1071 to 1109, and any coverage issued as supplement to that coverage, any coverage issued as supplemental to liability insurance, worker's compensation or similar insurance, automobile medical-payment insurance, or any insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault, whether written on a group blanket or individual basis.

History: 2000, Act 251, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000