---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: health insurers; preauthorizations conducted by utilization review entities related to health care services; provide for. Amends sec. 2212c of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2212c) & adds sec. 2212e."
description: "Insurance: health insurers; preauthorizations conducted by utilization review entities related to health care services; provide for. Amends sec. 2212c of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2212c) & adds sec. 2212e."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mi"
legislature: "Michigan Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Michigan SB 247 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: health insurers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curtis VanderWall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32a8be85-001b-4dce-98c9-db762bd6f2fe"
source_url: "http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2021-SB-0247"
source_hash: "77916b7c3744a00ebf73c53464e949ed81ca34f1959537b3b450b9dc4d591e9a"
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 SB 247 (2021-2022) — Insurance: health insurers; preauthorizations conducted by utilization review entities related to health care services; provide for. Amends sec. 2212c of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2212c) & adds sec. 2212e.

## 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](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBH-0247.htm)
2. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billengrossed/Senate/htm/2021-SEBS-0247.htm)
3. **Public Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/publicact/htm/2022-PA-0060.htm)
4. **Senate Concurred Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billconcurred/Senate/htm/2021-SCB-0247.htm)
5. **Senate Introduced Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2021-2022/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2021-SIB-0247.htm)

## Votes

- passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 134 Yeas 103 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 — **103–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSED ROLL CALL # 112 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 106 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Curtis VanderWall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CURTIS S. VANDERWALL `introduction`
- **2021-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T04:00:00+00:00** REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** SUBSTITUTE (S-3) CONCURRED IN
- **2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-3)
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** PASSED ROLL CALL # 112 YEAS 35 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** received on 04/29/2021 `introduction`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** read a first time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** referred to Committee on Health Policy `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** reported with recommendation without amendment `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** referred to second reading
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** substitute (H-1) adopted
- **2022-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** placed on third reading
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** read a third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 134 Yeas 103 Nays 2 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** inserted full title
- **2022-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Senate
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 106 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 03/29/2022 10:57 AM `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 04/07/2022 12:10 PM `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 04/07/2022 02:58 PM
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** ASSIGNED PA 0060'22 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32a8be85-001b-4dce-98c9-db762bd6f2fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).