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Michigan · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 5478: Insurance: health insurers; timeframe to retrieve payment; limit. Amends sec. 2006 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2006).

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 5478 is a bill introduced in the Michigan House on January 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Insurance: health insurers; timeframe to retrieve payment; limit. Amends sec. 2006 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2006). Primary sponsor: Curt VanderWall (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 28, 2026): bill electronically reproduced 01/27/2026.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Curt VanderWallPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse102
Phil GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Bryan PosthumusCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Natalie PriceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6
Jimmie WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. bill electronically reproduced 01/27/2026
  2. referred to Committee on Insurance
  3. read a first time
  4. introduced by Representative Rep. Curtis VanderWall

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source