October 4, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Webber and referred to the Committee on Insurance.
A bill to amend 1986 PA 252, entitled
"The health benefit agent act,"
by amending sections 3 and 9 (MCL 550.1003 and 550.1009).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
3. (1) Health benefits shall may
only be sold on behalf
of
a health benefit corporation by either of the following:
(a)
A a health benefit agent.
(b)
An employee either of a health benefit corporation or an
affiliate
of the health benefit corporation, if the employee does
not
transact insurance during the tenure of his or her employment
with
the health benefit corporation or the affiliate.
(2) A health benefit agent may package health benefits with
such
insurance as the agent is
authorized to sell.
(3)
A health benefit corporation shall pay to the commissioner
director of the department of insurance and financial services an
annual appointment fee of $5.00 for each health benefit agent who
is authorized to sell health benefits on behalf of the health
benefit corporation.
Sec.
9. (1) An affiliate of a health benefit corporation shall
must not be licensed as an insurance agent under chapter 12 of the
insurance
code of 1956, Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1956,
being
sections 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.1201 to 500.1244 of the
Michigan
Compiled Laws.500.1247.
(2)
An employee either of a health benefit corporation or an
affiliate
of a health benefit corporation who is licensed as an
insurance
agent under chapter 12 of the insurance code of 1956, Act
No.
218 of the Public Acts of 1956, shall not transact insurance
during
his or her employment with the health benefit corporation or
the
affiliate.