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HB4703 • 2026

Insurance: health insurers; coverage for group prenatal care services; require. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406ss.

Insurance: health insurers; coverage for group prenatal care services; require. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406ss.

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Sponsor
Jennifer Wortz (District 35), Mark Tisdel (District 55), Tim Kelly (District 93), Kathy Schmaltz (District 46), John Roth (District 104), Nancy DeBoer (District 86), Pat Outman (District 91), Jamie Thompson (District 28), Karl Bohnak (District 109), Timothy Beson (District 96), Donni Steele (District 54), Nancy Jenkins-Arno (District 34), Joseph Fox (District 101), Cameron Cavitt (District 106), Brad Paquette (District 37), Rachelle Smit (District 43), Luke Meerman (District 89), Stephanie Young (District 16), Donavan McKinney (District 11), Tonya Phillips (District 7), Curtis VanderWall (District 102)
Last action
2026-07-01
Official status
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Insurance: health insurers; coverage for group prenatal care services; require. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406ss.

Insurance: health insurers; coverage for group prenatal care services; require.

What This Bill Does

  • Insurance: health insurers; coverage for group prenatal care services; require.
  • Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec.
  • 3406ss.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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H-1

5

reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

Plain English: reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) 5

  • The official amendment file could not be read automatically during the last sync, so only the official amendment metadata is shown right now.
H-2

9

substitute (H-2) adopted

Plain English: substitute (H-2) adopted 9

  • The official amendment file could not be read automatically during the last sync, so only the official amendment metadata is shown right now.

Bill History

  1. 2026-07-01 SJ 60 Pg. 750

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  2. 2026-07-01 SJ 60 Pg. 750

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY

  3. 2026-06-25 HJ 52 Pg. 933

    read a third time

  4. 2026-06-25 HJ 52 Pg. 933

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #272 Yeas 102 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 4

  5. 2026-06-25 HJ 52 Pg. 933

    transmitted

  6. 2026-06-24 HJ 51 Pg. 885

    read a second time

  7. 2026-06-24 HJ 51 Pg. 885

    substitute (H-1) not adopted

  8. 2026-06-24 HJ 51 Pg. 885

    substitute (H-2) adopted

  9. 2026-06-24 HJ 51 Pg. 885

    placed on third reading

  10. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 694

    reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

  11. 2026-06-03 HJ 42 Pg. 694

    referred to second reading

  12. 2025-07-01 HJ 63 Pg. 774

    bill electronically reproduced 06/26/2025

  13. 2025-06-26 HJ 62 Pg. 764

    introduced by Representative Rep. Jennifer Wortz

  14. 2025-06-26 HJ 62 Pg. 764

    read a first time

  15. 2025-06-26 HJ 62 Pg. 764

    referred to Committee on Insurance

Official Summary Text

Insurance: health insurers; coverage for group prenatal care services; require. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406ss.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HB-4703, As Passed House, June 25, 2026
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SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4703
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled
"The insurance code of 1956,"
(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3406ss.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3406ss. An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or 1
renews in this state a health insurance policy shall provide 2
coverage for group prenatal care services. As used in this section: 3
(a) "Group prenatal care services" means not more than 12 4
prenatal care visits provided in a group setting that are based on 5
an evidence-based model. 6
(b) "Group setting" means a group of not fewer than 3 7
individuals. 8