---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: health insurers; reimbursement rate for telehealth visits; require to be the same as reimbursements for office visits. Amends sec. 3476 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3476)."
description: "Insurance: health insurers; reimbursement rate for telehealth visits; require to be the same as reimbursements for office visits. Amends sec. 3476 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3476)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 4579"
citation: "Michigan HB 4579 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: health insurers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Natalie Price"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-16"
last_action: "2024-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6faba517-611c-4812-aa9d-8ae2e18d182f"
source_url: "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-HB-4579"
source_hash: "237c8f5818d013408f9df042d16f1b063d732f0d98cdc4f2e77f8a2dde672355"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mi"]
---

# Michigan HB 4579 (2023-2024) — Insurance: health insurers; reimbursement rate for telehealth visits; require to be the same as reimbursements for office visits. Amends sec. 3476 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3476).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/House/pdf/2023-HEBH-4579.pdf)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billengrossed/House/pdf/2023-HEBS-4579.pdf)
3. **House Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billconcurred/House/pdf/2023-HCB-4579.pdf)
4. **House Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billintroduced/House/pdf/2023-HIB-4579.pdf)
5. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/publicact/pdf/2024-PA-0051.pdf)
6. **Substitute (S-4)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-HCVBS-4579-00B716.pdf)
7. **Substitute (S-4) - 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-HCVBS-4579-0B7317.pdf)
8. **Substitute (S-4) - 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-HCVBS-4579-00C718.pdf)
9. **Substitute (S-4) - 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-HCVBS-4579-00D419.pdf)
10. **Substitute (S-4) - 5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.mi.gov/Home/GetObject?objectName=2023-HCVBS-4579-0Q2326.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSED ROLL CALL # 197 YEAS 35 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 559 Yeas 57 Nays 50 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 — **57–50** (pass) · lower
- roll call Roll Call # 113 Yeas 98 Nays 9 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 — **98–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Natalie Price — primary (person)
- Abraham Aiyash — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Glanville — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie Rheingans — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Morse — cosponsor (person)
- Dylan Wegela — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Dievendorf — cosponsor (person)
- Erin Byrnes — cosponsor (person)
- Felicia Brabec — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Hoskins — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Jasper Martus — cosponsor (person)
- Jenn Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Conlin — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmie Wilson Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Brixie — cosponsor (person)
- Kara Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Noah Arbit — cosponsor (person)
- Penelope Tsernoglou — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Hood — cosponsor (person)
- Ranjeev Puri — cosponsor (person)
- Reggie Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Weiss — cosponsor (person)
- Samantha Steckloff — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon MacDonell — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Young — cosponsor (person)
- Veronica Paiz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-05-16** introduced by Representative Natalie Price `introduction`
- **2023-05-16** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2023-05-16** referred to Committee on Health Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** bill electronically reproduced 05/16/2023
- **2023-10-31** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-10-31** referred to second reading
- **2023-11-09** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-09** placed on third reading
- **2023-11-09** placed on immediate passage
- **2023-11-09** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2023-11-09** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 559 Yeas 57 Nays 50 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 `passage`
- **2023-11-09** transmitted
- **2023-11-14** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-14** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4) `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4) `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17** SUBSTITUTE (S-4) CONCURRED IN
- **2024-04-17** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-4)
- **2024-05-15** PASSED ROLL CALL # 197 YEAS 35 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-15** INSERTED FULL TITLE
- **2024-05-15** returned from Senate with substitute (S-4) with full title
- **2024-05-15** laid over one day under the rules
- **2024-05-21** Senate substitute (S-4) concurred in
- **2024-05-21** roll call Roll Call # 113 Yeas 98 Nays 9 Excused 0 Not Voting 3
- **2024-05-21** full title agreed to
- **2024-05-21** bill ordered enrolled
- **2024-05-23** presented to the Governor 05/28/2024 11:08 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-06** approved by the Governor 06/06/2024 11:56 AM `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-06** filed with Secretary of State 06/06/2024 01:56 PM
- **2024-06-06** assigned PA 51'24 with immediate effect

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6faba517-611c-4812-aa9d-8ae2e18d182f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).