Blog tagged as Health Care

  Brabec Asking R's To Support Requiring Insurers To Cover Mental Health 

09/22/23 12:35 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
 

Brabec Asking R's To Support Requiring Insurers To Cover Mental Health 
The sponsor of legislation requiring health insurers to cover mental health or substance abuse issues is reaching across the aisle in the hopes of finding bipartisan support to push the bill through the House.

Whitmer Releases Poll Numbers On Paid, Medical Leave Proposal 

09/07/23 04:49 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Whitmer Releases Poll Numbers On Paid, Medical Leave Proposal 
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released polling numbers from five polls to back her paid family and medical leave proposal, which she set as one of her fall priorities during the What’s Next Address on Aug. 30.

Supremes: No-Fault Reforms Don't Apply Retroactively 

08/01/23 12:18 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Supremes: No-Fault Reforms Don't Apply Retroactively 
Michigan's 2019 no-fault auto insurance reforms do not apply retroactively, the Michigan Supreme Court held Monday meaning the cost-cutting restraints put in the law do not apply to those catastrophically injured before 2019.

Gov's Signature Will Make MI 1st Ever State To Ask Tax Filers To Become Organ Donors

06/28/23 12:58 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Gov's Signature Will Make MI 1st Ever State To Ask Tax Filers To Become Organ Donors
Michigan will become the first state to ask residents about joining the organ donor registry on its income tax form, under legislation now heading toward the Governor's desk.

Conversion Therapy Ban Moves Out Of Committee For First Time

06/08/23 10:52 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Conversion Therapy Ban Moves Out Of Committee For First Time
Banning conversion therapy was voted on in the Michigan Legislature Wednesday for the first time and the House Health Policy Behavioral Health Subcommittee agreed to move the legislation forward.