HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
REP. BRENDA CARTER
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, April 13, 2023
9:00 a.m.
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Committee on Insurance and Financial Services was called to order by Chair
Brenda Carter.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Brenda Carter, McFall, Coleman, Stone, Breen, Rogers, Scott, Young,
Fitzgerald, Harris, Markkanen, Bezotte, Aragona, Bruck, Neyer, Smit.
Absent: Rep. Grant.
Excused: Rep. Grant.
Representative Bruck joined the committee remotely.
Representative Fitzgerald moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 23, 2023. There
being no objections, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4376 before the committee:
HB 4376
(Rep. Brenda Carter)
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled "The
insurance code of 1956," by amending section
1207 (MCL 500.1207), as amended by 2018 PA
449.
At 9:07 a.m., the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 9:08 a.m., Majority Vice Chair McFall called the committee back to order.
The Chair explained HB 4376. The Chair asked Joseph Sullivan, Legislative Liaison at
Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services DIFS. and Michelle Riddering,
Director of the Office of Insurance Licensing and Market Conduct in (DIFS), to join her and
to address two members questions.
At 9:17 a.m., Majority Vice Chair McFall laid the committee at ease.
At 9:18 a.m., the Chair called the committee back to order.
Joseph Sullivan and Michelle Riddering, both representing the Michigan Department of
Insurance Financial Services, testified in support of HB 4376. Questions and discussion
followed.
The Chair laid before the committee a PowerPoint presentation presented by the Michigan
Association of Health Plans.
Dominick Pallone, Executive Director for the Michigan Association of Health Plans
(MAHP), testified on MAHP: Your Source for Health Care Information. Questions followed.
The Chair laid before the committee a PowerPoint presentation presented by Blue Cross Blue
Shield.
Mark Cook, Vice-President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Michigan testified Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan-A nonprofit mutual insurer.
Questions and discussion followed.
Representative Scott moved to excuse Representative Grant from the meeting. There being no
objections, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Representative Neyer moved to
adjourn. Chair Brenda Carter adjourned the meeting at 10:19 a.m.
Representative Brenda Carter, Chair
Joy Brewer
Committee Clerk
joybrewer@house.mi.gov