11 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES CERTIFICATES – DISCRETIONARY CLAUSES

Rule Set 2006-024 LG NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

July 19, 2006

Forum

Michigan Library and Historical Center 702 West Kalamazoo

Lansing, Michigan

Forum - Ground Floor - 9:00 a.m.

 

The Department of Labor and Economic Growth, Office of Financial and Insurance Services will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. at the Michigan Library and Historical Center, 702 West Kalamazoo, Lansing, Michigan in the Forum on the Ground Floor. The hearing will be held to receive public comments on proposed rules to prohibit a nonprofit health care corporation from including discretionary clauses in its certificates and other contract documents. The proposed rules are              new rules, to add proposed R 550.111 and R 550.112 to the Michigan Administrative Code.

 

These rules are promulgated by authority conferred on the commissioner of the Office of Financial and Insurance Services by Sections 422 and 617 of the Nonprofit Health Care Corporation Reform Act, 1980 PA 350, MCL 550.1422 and MCL 550.1617. These rules are proposed to take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.

 

The rules [Rule Set 2006-024 LG] are published on the Michigan Government web site at http://www.michigan.gov/orr and will be published in Michigan Register #11, July 1, 2006.

 

Written comments may be submitted to the following address by 5:00 P.M. on Friday, July 21, 2006. Copies of the draft rules may also be obtained by mail or electronic transmission at the following address:

 

Office of Financial and Insurance Services, Policy Division Department of Labor and Economic Growth

P.O. Box 30220 Lansing MI 48909-7720

 

Phone: Dawn Kobus at 517/373-0435, FAX: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]

 

The hearing site is accessible, including handicapped parking. Individuals attending the meeting are requested to refrain from using heavily scented personal care products, in order to enhance accessibility for everyone. People with disabilities requiring additional accommodations such as information in alternative formats in order to participate in the hearing should contact Dawn Kobus at least 14 working days before the hearing.