2024 Senate Bill 1126

Insurance: health insurers; coverage for intermediate and outpatient care for substance use disorder; modify.

A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled “The insurance code of 1956,” by amending sections 2212e and 3425 (MCL 500.2212e and 500.3425), section 2212e as added by 2022 PA 60 and section 3425 as amended by 2016 PA 276.

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The bill mandates standardized electronic prior authorization processes for health benefit plans, revises criteria for mental health and substance use disorder coverage, and sets timelines for insurer responses to authorization requests.

Introduced in the Senate

Nov. 14, 2024

Introduced by Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-4)

Referred to the Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection