Michigan Compiled Laws 350-1980-6 Part 6 (550.1601...550.1620)

• Section 550.1601 Regulation And Supervision Of Health Care Corporation; Delegation Of Authority.
  (1) A health care corporation shall be subject to regulation and supervision by the commissioner as provided in this act. (2) A designee of...
• Section 550.1602 Statement Of Condition; Statistical, Financial, And Other Reports.
  (1) Not later than March 1 each year, subject to a 30-day extension that may be granted by the commissioner, a health care corporation...
• Section 550.1603 Visitation And Examination; Access To Books, Papers, And Documents; Witnesses; Expenses; Disclosure Of Information; Reporting Violation; Action By Attorney General; Ex Parte Order Directing Compliance.
  (1) The commissioner may visit and examine the affairs of a health care corporation. The corporation shall in every way facilitate an examination or...
• Section 550.1603a Health Care Corporation Subject To Mcl 500.224 And 500.225; Costs And Expenses.
  A health care corporation is subject to sections 224(4) through (13) and 225 of the insurance code of 1956, Act No. 218 of the...
• Section 550.1604 Confidentiality; Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty.
  (1) The commissioner shall ensure that confidentiality of records containing personal data which may be associated with identifiable individuals. Except as is necessary to...
• Section 550.1605 Certificate Of Authority; Suspension Or Limitation; Circumstances; Order; Hearing; Notice.
  (1) Upon due notice and an opportunity for an evidentiary hearing pursuant to the administrative procedures act, the commissioner may suspend or limit the...
• Section 550.1606 Authority Of Commissioner Regarding Officers And Directors; Authority As To Dissolution, Taking Over, Or Liquidation Of Corporations; Insolvency Defined.
  (1) The commissioner shall have the same authority regarding the officers and directors of a health care corporation as the commissioner has with respect...
• Section 550.1607 Submission Of New Or Revised Certificate And Applicable Proposed Rates; Approval Or Disapproval; Exemption; Circumstances And Conditions; Notice; Implementation Of Certificates And Rates.
  (1) A health care corporation shall submit a copy of any new or revised certificate to the commissioner along with applicable proposed rates and...
• Section 550.1608 Rates Charged To Nongroup Subscribers For Certificate; Methodology And Definitions Of Rating System, Formula, Component, And Factor Used To Calculate Rates For Group Subscribers For Certificate; Filing; Approval, Disapproval, Or Modification; Standard; Burden Of Proof; Effective Date Of Proposed Rate; Rate Adjustments; Implementation Prior To Approval; Examination Of Financial Arrangement; Formulae, And Factors.
  (1) The rates charged to nongroup subscribers for each certificate shall be filed in accordance with section 610 and shall be subject to the...
• Section 550.1609 Excessive Rate; Administrative Expense Budget; Equitable Rate; Adequate Rate; Line Of Business To Be Self-sustaining; Cost Transfers For Benefit Of Senior Citizens And Group Conversion Subscribers.
  (1) A rate is not excessive if the rate is not unreasonably high relative to the following elements, individually or collectively; provision for anticipated...
• Section 550.1610 Filing Of Information And Materials Relative To Proposed Rate; Notice; Approval, Approval With Modifications, Or Disapproval; Additional Information And Materials; Determination; Notice; Visitation And Examination; Expenses; Order; Effect Of Inability To Approve 1 Or More Rating Classes Of Business Within Line Of Business; Information In Support Of Nongroup Rate Filing; Public Inspection Of Information; Forms And Instructions For Filing Proposed Rates.
  (1) Except as provided under section 608(4) or (5), a filing of information and materials relative to a proposed rate shall be made not...
• Section 550.1611 Legislative Intent.
  It is the intent of the legislature to promote uniformity of rates among subscribers to the greatest extent practicable. History: 1980, Act 350, Eff....
• Section 550.1612 Notice Of Rate Filing; Contents Of Request For Hearing; Advertisements; Limitation On Fee For Copy Of Rate Filing; Waiver Or Reduction Of Fee; Calculation Of Costs.
  (1) Upon receipt of a rate filing under section 610, the commissioner immediately shall notify each person who has requested in writing notice of...
• Section 550.1613 Request For Hearing; Standing Of Person; Access To Filing; Confidentiality; Penalty; Appointment And Qualifications Of Independent Hearing Officer; Commencement Of Hearing; Discovery; Conducting Hearing; Burden Of Proving Compliance; Factors In Rendering Proposal For Decision; Order Rendering Decision; Withdrawal Of Order.
  (1) If the request for a hearing under this section is with regard to a rate filing not yet acted upon under section 610(2)(a),...
• Section 550.1614 Interim Rates; Petition; Determination; Granting Interim Rate; Final Rate Determination; Refunds Or Adjustments; Limitation On Order Establishing Interim Rate Adjustment; Rates To Which Section Applicable.
  (1) Not less than 75 days after a filing is received, as provided in section 610, the health care corporation may petition the commissioner,...
• Section 550.1615 Review Of Final Order Or Decision.
  Any final order or decision made, issued, or executed by the commissioner under this act after a hearing held before the commissioner or a...
• Section 550.1616 Endorsing, Filing, And Indexing Documents; Notice Of Refusal To File; Judicial Review; Certificate Of Correction; Persons Adversely Affected By Correction; Documents To Which Section Inapplicable.
  (1) If a document required or permitted to be filed with the commissioner under this act substantially conforms to the requirements of this act,...
• Section 550.1617 Rules.
  The commissioner may promulgate rules which the commissioner considers necessary to carry out the purposes of, and to execute and enforce this act. The...
• Section 550.1618 Compliance With New Procedures, Benefits, Or Contracts.
  Whenever any section of this act requires a health care corporation to implement any new procedure, provide any new benefit, or enter into any...
• Section 550.1619 Injunction; Declaratory And Equitable Relief; Enforcement Of Act Or Rules.
  (1) The attorney general may bring an action, or apply to the circuit court for a court order, to enjoin a health care corporation...
• Section 550.1620 Certificate Subject To Policy And Certificate Issuance And Rate Filing Requirements; Establishment Of Reasonable Open Enrollment Periods; Frequency And Duration; Denial, Condition, Or Discrimination.
  (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, a certificate delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state on or after...

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