HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE
REP. DAIRE RENDON
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, May 19, 2022
9:00 AM
Room 519, House Office Building
The House Committee on Insurance was called to order by Chair Rendon.
The Clerk read a letter from Speaker Jason Wentworth, dated May 10, 2022, removing
Representative Ryan Berman as the Vice-Chair for the Committee on Insurance, removing
Representative Ryan Berman from the Committee on Insurance, appointing Representative Beau
LaFave as the Vice-Chair for the Committee on Insurance, and appointing Representative Mike
Harris to the Committee on Insurance. The Clerk read a second letter from Speaker Jason
Wentworth, dated May 17, 2022, removing Representative Sarah Anthony from the Committee
on Insurance and appointing Representative Carol Glanville to the Committee on Insurance.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Rendon, LaFave, Kahle, Hall, Meerman, Bezotte, Clements, Posthumus,
Tisdel, Harris, Brenda Carter, Bolden, Coleman, Stone, Breen, Steenland, Glanville.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Kahle moved to adopt the meeting minutes from April 28, 2022. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
At 9:05 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 9:07 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
The Chair laid SB 447 before the committee:
SB 447
(Sen. Lauwers)
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled "The
insurance code of 1956," (MCL 500.100 to
500.8302) by adding section 3471.
Representative LaFave moved to report out SB 447 with recommendation. The motion prevailed
15-0-1:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Rendon, LaFave, Kahle, Hall, Meerman, Bezotte, Clements, Posthumus, Tisdel,
Harris, Brenda Carter, Coleman, Stone, Steenland, Glanville.
Nays: None.
Pass: Rep. Bolden.
The following people submitted a card in support of SB 447, but did not wish to speak:
Melissa Holmquist, representing Upper Peninsula Health Plan.
The Chair laid SB 624 before the committee:
SB 624
(Sen. Theis)
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled "The
insurance code of 1956," by amending section
4072 (MCL 500.4072), as amended by 2003 PA
200.
Representative Steenland moved to report out SB 624 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 16-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Rendon, LaFave, Kahle, Hall, Meerman, Bezotte, Clements, Posthumus, Tisdel,
Harris, Brenda Carter, Bolden, Coleman, Stone, Steenland, Glanville.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following people submitted a card in support of SB 624, but did not wish to speak:
Marcia Hune, representing the Life Insurers Association of Michigan.
At 9:10 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 9:33 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
The Chair laid HB 5870 before the committee:
HB 5870
(Rep. Berman)
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled "The
insurance code of 1956," by amending sections
3142 and 3157 (MCL 500.3142 and 500.3157), as
amended by 2019 PA 21.
Representative Berman testified in support of HB 5870. Questions and discussion followed.
April Brown, representing AdvisaCare, Tammy Hannah, representing Origami Rehabilitation,
and Bob Mlynarek, representing 1st Call Home Healthcare, all testified in support of HB 5870.
Questions and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5870, but did not wish to speak:
Barry Cargill, representing the Michigan HomeCare and Hospice Association.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Rendon adjourned the meeting at
10:20 AM.
Representative Daire Rendon, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov