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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3101c Standard certified statement.
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Sec. 3101c. The commissioner shall prescribe a standard certified statement that automobile insurers shall use to show pursuant to section 227a(1)(a) of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.227a of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3101d Qualification as self-insurer; certificate; issuance; cancellation.
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Sec. 3101d. (1) A person in whose name more than 25 motor vehicles are registered may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the commissioner under subsection (2). (2) The commissioner may, in his or her discretion, on the application of …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3102 Nonresident owner or registrant of motor vehicle or motorcycle to maintain security for payment of benefits; operation of motor vehicle or motorcycle by owner, registrant, or other person without security; penalty; failure to produce evidence of security; rebuttable presumption.
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Sec. 3102. (1) A nonresident owner or registrant of a motor vehicle or motorcycle not registered in this state shall not operate or permit the motor vehicle or motorcycle to be operated in this state for an aggregate of more than 30 days in any calendar year unless he or she cont…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3103 Owner or registrant of motorcycle; security required; offering security for payment of first-party medical benefits; rates, deductibles, and provisions.
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Sec. 3103. (1) An owner or registrant of a motorcycle shall provide security against loss resulting from liability imposed by law for property damage, bodily injury, or death suffered by a person arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of that motorcycle. The security s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3104 Catastrophic claims association; board of directors; plan of operation; annual report; actuarial examination; refund; hearing; annual consumer statement; liability of association; definitions.
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Sec. 3104. (1) The catastrophic claims association is created as an unincorporated, nonprofit association. Each insurer engaged in writing insurance coverages that provide the security required by section 3101(1) in this state, as a condition of its authority to transact insuranc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3105 Insurer liable for personal protection benefits without regard to fault; “bodily injury” and “accidental bodily injury” defined.
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Sec. 3105. (1) Under personal protection insurance an insurer is liable to pay benefits for accidental bodily injury arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle, subject to the provisions of this chapter. (2) Personal protecti…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3106 Accidental bodily injury arising out of ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of parked vehicle as motor vehicle; conditions.
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Sec. 3106. (1) Accidental bodily injury does not arise out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of a parked vehicle as a motor vehicle unless any of the following occur: (a) The vehicle was parked in such a way as to cause unreasonable risk of the bodily injury which …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3107 Expenses and work loss for which personal protection insurance benefits payable.
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Sec. 3107. (1) Subject to the exceptions and limitations in this chapter, and subject to chapter 31A, personal protection insurance benefits are payable for the following: (a) Allowable expenses consisting of reasonable charges incurred for reasonably necessary products, services…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3107a Basis of work loss for certain injured persons.
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Sec. 3107a. Subject to the provisions of section 3107(1)(b), work loss for an injured person who is temporarily unemployed at the time of the accident or during the period of disability shall be based on earned income for the last month employed full time preceding the accident.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3107b Reimbursement or coverage for certain expenses not required.
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Sec. 3107b. Reimbursement or coverage for expenses within personal protection insurance coverage under section 3107 is not required for any of the following: (a) A practice of optometry service, unless that service was included in the definition of practice of optometry under sec…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3107c Personal protection insurance benefits; coverage limits for allowable expenses; form; rebuttable presumption; application of coverage selection; stacking of insurance policies; applicability to transportation network company vehicle; rider for attendant care.
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Sec. 3107c. (1) Except as provided in sections 3107d and 3109a, and subject to subsection (5), for an insurance policy that provides the security required under section 3101(1) and is issued or renewed after July 1, 2020, the applicant or named insured shall, in a way required un…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3107d Election to not maintain personal protection insurance benefit coverage; proof of qualified health coverage; form; failure to make election; termination of qualified health coverage; definitions.
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Sec. 3107d. (1) For an insurance policy that provides the security required under section 3101(1) and is issued or renewed after July 1, 2020, the applicant or named insured may, in a way required under section 3107e and on a form approved by the director, elect to not maintain c…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3107e Delivery of forms under MCL 500.3009, 500.3107c, 500.3107d; method of selection or election for forms.
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Sec. 3107e. (1) A form under section 3009, 3107c, or 3107d must be delivered to the applicant or named insured using 1 of the following methods: (a) Personal delivery. (b) First-class mail, postage prepaid. (c) Electronic means in accordance with section 2266. (2) A person must m…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3108 Survivor's loss; benefits.
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Sec. 3108. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), personal protection insurance benefits are payable for a survivor's loss which consists of a loss, after the date on which the deceased died, of contributions of tangible things of economic value, not including services, that d…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3109 Subtraction of other benefits from personal protection benefits; injured person defined; deductible provision.
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Sec. 3109. (1) Benefits provided or required to be provided under the laws of any state or the federal government shall be subtracted from the personal protection insurance benefits otherwise payable for the injury under this chapter. (2) An injured person is a natural person suf…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3109a Offering deductibles and exclusions reasonably related to other health and accident coverage; exclusion for qualified health coverage; reduced premium rates; applicability of exclusion; termination of qualified health coverage; refusal to insure for failure to obtain certain security prohibited; amount of premium reduction.
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Sec. 3109a. (1) An insurer that provides personal protection insurance benefits under this chapter may offer deductibles and exclusions reasonably related to other health and accident coverage on the insured. Any deductibles and exclusions offered under this section must be offer…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3110 Dependents of deceased person; termination of dependency; accrual of personal protection benefits.
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Sec. 3110. (1) The following persons are conclusively presumed to be dependents of a deceased person: (a) A wife is dependent on a husband with whom she lives at the time of his death. (b) A husband is dependent on a wife with whom he lives at the time of her death. (c) A child w…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3111 Payment of personal protection insurance benefits for accident occurring out of state.
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Sec. 3111. Personal protection insurance benefits are payable for accidental bodily injury suffered in an accident occurring out of this state, if the accident occurs within the United States, its territories and possessions, or Canada, and the person whose injury is the basis of…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3112 Persons to whom personal protection insurance benefits payable; claim to recover overdue benefits; discharge of insurer's liability.
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Sec. 3112. Personal protection insurance benefits are payable to or for the benefit of an injured person or, in case of his or her death, to or for the benefit of his or her dependents. A health care provider listed in section 3157 may make a claim and assert a direct cause of ac…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3113 Person not entitled to personal protection insurance benefits.
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Sec. 3113. A person is not entitled to be paid personal protection insurance benefits for accidental bodily injury if at the time of the accident any of the following circumstances existed: (a) The person was willingly operating or willingly using a motor vehicle or motorcycle th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3114 Persons entitled to personal protection insurance benefits or personal injury benefits; order of priority for claim of motor vehicle occupant or motorcycle operator or passenger; assigned claims plan; 2 or more insurers in same order of priority; partial recoupment; definitions.
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Sec. 3114. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (5), a personal protection insurance policy described in section 3101(1) applies to accidental bodily injury to the person named in the policy, the person's spouse, and a relative of either domiciled in the same house…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3115 Personal protection insurance benefits under the assigned claims plan for claims of persons not occupants of vehicle.
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Sec. 3115. Except as provided in section 3114(1), a person who suffers accidental bodily injury while not an occupant of a motor vehicle shall claim personal protection insurance benefits under the assigned claims plan under sections 3171 to 3175.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3116 Value of claim in tort; subtraction from or reimbursement for benefits.
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Sec. 3116. (1) A subtraction from personal protection insurance benefits must not be made because of the value of a claim in tort based on the same accidental bodily injury. (2) A subtraction from or reimbursement for personal protection insurance benefits paid or payable under t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3121 Liability for accidental damage to tangible property.
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Sec. 3121. (1) Under property protection insurance an insurer is liable to pay benefits for accidental damage to tangible property arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this section and sect…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3123 Exclusions from property protection insurance benefits.
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Sec. 3123. (1) Damage to the following kinds of property is excluded from property protection insurance benefits: (a) Vehicles and their contents, including trailers, operated or designed for operation upon a public highway by power other than muscular power, unless the vehicle i…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3125 Priorities in claiming property protection benefits.
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Sec. 3125. A person suffering accidental property damage shall claim property protection insurance benefits from insurers in the following order of priority: insurers of owners or registrants of vehicles involved in the accident; and insurers of operators of vehicles involved in …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3127 Distribution of loss, reimbursement, and indemnification among property protection insurers.
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Sec. 3127. The provisions for distribution of loss and for reimbursement and indemnification among personal protection insurers as set forth in subsection (2) of section 3115 and in section 3116 also applies to property protection insurers.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3131 Residual liability insurance; coverage.
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Sec. 3131. (1) Residual liability insurance shall cover bodily injury and property damage which occurs within the United States, its territories and possessions, or in Canada. This insurance shall afford coverage equivalent to that required as evidence of automobile liability ins…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3135 Tort liability for noneconomic loss; exceptions; cause of action for damages; "serious impairment of body function" defined.
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Sec. 3135. (1) A person remains subject to tort liability for noneconomic loss caused by his or her ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle only if the injured person has suffered death, serious impairment of body function, or permanent serious disfigurement. (2) For a …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3136 Tort liability for damage to tangible property from 1 accident in excess of limit under MCL 500.3121.
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Sec. 3136. (1) In addition to the exceptions expressed in section 3135, the abolition of tort liability under that section does not apply to damage to tangible property arising from 1 accident in excess of the limit in section 3121 for which liability insurance required by federa…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3141 Notice of accident.
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Sec. 3141. An insurer may require written notice to be given as soon as practicable after an accident involving a motor vehicle with respect to which the policy affords the security required by this chapter.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3142 Personal protection insurance benefits payable as loss accrues; overdue benefits; interest.
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Sec. 3142. (1) Personal protection insurance benefits are payable as loss accrues. (2) Subject to subsection (3), personal protection insurance benefits are overdue if not paid within 30 days after an insurer receives reasonable proof of the fact and of the amount of loss sustain…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3143 Assignment of right to future benefits void.
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Sec. 3143. An agreement for assignment of a right to benefits payable in the future is void.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3145 Limitation of actions for recovery of personal or property protection insurance benefits; period of limitations; tolling; notice of injury.
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Sec. 3145. (1) An action for recovery of personal protection insurance benefits payable under this chapter for an accidental bodily injury may not be commenced later than 1 year after the date of the accident that caused the injury unless written notice of injury as provided in s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3146 Limitation of action by insurer for recovery or indemnity.
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Sec. 3146. An action by an insurer to enforce its rights of recovery or indemnity under section 3116 may not be commenced later than 1 year after payment has been received by a claimant upon a tort claim with respect to which the insurer has a right of reimbursement or recovery u…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3148 Attorney's fee; restrictions.
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Sec. 3148. (1) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), an attorney is entitled to a reasonable fee for advising and representing a claimant in an action for personal or property protection insurance benefits that are overdue. The attorney's fee is a charge against the insurer in addi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3151 Submission to mental or physical examination; physician requirements.
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Sec. 3151. (1) If the mental or physical condition of a person is material to a claim that has been or may be made for past or future personal protection insurance benefits, at the request of an insurer the person shall submit to mental or physical examination by physicians. A pe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3152 Report of mental or physical examination.
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Sec. 3152. If requested by a person examined, a party causing an examination to be made shall deliver to him a copy of every written report concerning the examination rendered by an examining physician, at least 1 of which reports shall set out his findings and conclusions in det…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3153 Court orders as to noncompliance with MCL 500.3151 and 500.3152.
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Sec. 3153. A court may make such orders in regard to the refusal to comply with sections 3151 and 3152 as are just, except that an order shall not be entered directing the arrest of a person for disobeying an order to submit to a physical or mental examination. The orders that ma…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3157 Charges for treatment or training for injured persons; limitation on eligibility for payment or reimbursement; applicability; "freestanding rehabilitation facility" defined; qualification for payment requirements; attendant care; neurological rehabilitation clinic; applicability to ambulance operation; definitions.
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Sec. 3157. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (14), a physician, hospital, clinic, or other person that lawfully renders treatment to an injured person for an accidental bodily injury covered by personal protection insurance, or a person that provides rehabilitative occupational t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3157a Provision of treatment, products, services, or accommodations under personal protection insurance; submission of records for utilization review; false or misleading information is a fraudulent insurance act; rules; appeal of determination.
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Sec. 3157a. (1) By rendering any treatment, products, services, or accommodations to 1 or more injured persons for an accidental bodily injury covered by personal protection insurance under this chapter after July 1, 2020, a physician, hospital, clinic, or other person is conside…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3157b Proprietary information; exemption from disclosure under the freedom of information act.
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Sec. 3157b. Any proprietary information or sensitive personally identifiable information regarding a patient that is submitted to the department under section 3157a is exempt from disclosure under section 13(d) of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243, and the d…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3158 Statement of earnings; report and records from medical institution.
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Sec. 3158. (1) An employer, when a request is made by a personal protection insurer against whom a claim has been made, shall furnish forthwith, in a form approved by the commissioner of insurance, a sworn statement of the earnings since the time of the accidental bodily injury a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3159 Discovery.
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Sec. 3159. In a dispute regarding an insurer's right to discovery of facts about an injured person's earnings or about his history, condition, treatment and dates and costs of treatment, a court may enter an order for the discovery. The order may be made only on motion for good c…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3163 Automobile insurer; not required to provide personal and property protection insurance benefits to out-of-state residents; exception.
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Sec. 3163. An insurer authorized to transact automobile liability insurance and personal and property protection insurance in this state is not required to provide personal protection insurance or property protection insurance benefits under this chapter for accidental bodily inj…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3171 Assigned claims plan; organization and maintenance; participation; costs; rules; adoption and maintenance by Michigan automobile insurance placement facility; approval of plan; amendments; provisions; report; definitions.
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Sec. 3171. (1) Until an assigned claims plan is approved under subsection (3), the secretary of state shall organize and maintain an assigned claims facility and plan. A self-insurer and insurer writing insurance as provided by this chapter in this state shall participate in the …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3172 Conditions to obtaining personal protection insurance benefits through assigned claims plan; collection of unpaid benefits; application and reasonable proof of loss; payment of interest; reimbursement from defaulting insurers; reduction of benefits; definitions; effect of dispute between insurers; limitation on benefits.
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Sec. 3172. (1) A person entitled to claim because of accidental bodily injury arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle as a motor vehicle in this state may claim personal protection insurance benefits through the assigned claims plan if any …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3173 Certain persons disqualified from receiving benefits under assigned claims plans.
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Sec. 3173. A person who because of a limitation or exclusion in sections 3105 to 3116 is disqualified from receiving personal protection insurance benefits under a policy otherwise applying to his accidental bodily injury is also disqualified from receiving benefits under the ass…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3173a Eligibility for benefits; initial determination; denial; notice; false statement.
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Sec. 3173a. (1) The Michigan automobile insurance placement facility shall review a claim for personal protection insurance benefits under the assigned claims plan, shall make an initial determination of the eligibility for benefits under this chapter and the assigned claims plan…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3174 Notice of claim through assigned claims plan; assignment of claim; notice to claimant; commencement of action by claimant.
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Sec. 3174. A person claiming through the assigned claims plan shall notify the Michigan automobile insurance placement facility of his or her claim within 1 year after the date of the accident. On an initial determination of a claimant's eligibility for benefits through the assig…