Michigan Compiled Laws
218-1956-70 - Chapter 70 Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (500.7001...500.7090)
Section 500.7050 - Examination of Affairs of Mewa; Access to Books, Records, and Documents; Examination of Trustees, Officers, Agents, and Employees; Payment and Disposition of Assessment.

Sec. 7050.
The commissioner, or any person appointed by the commissioner, shall have the power to examine the affairs of any MEWA, and for such purposes shall have free access to all the books, records, and documents that relate to the business of the plan, and may examine under oath its trustees, officers, agents, and employees in relation to the affairs, transactions, and condition of the MEWA. Each authorized MEWA shall pay an assessment annually to the commissioner in an amount equal to 1/4 of 1% of the annual self-funded contributions made to the MEWA for that year. The assessments paid under this section shall be appropriated to the insurance bureau to cover the additional costs incurred by the insurance bureau in the examination and regulation of MEWAs under this chapter.
History: Add. 1986, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1986 Popular Name: Act 218

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956

Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)

218-1956-70 - Chapter 70 Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (500.7001...500.7090)

Section 500.7001 - Definitions.

Section 500.7004 - Employee Welfare Benefit Plan as Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement; Certificate of Authority Required; Applicability of Chapter.

Section 500.7006 - Benefits to Which Authorized Mewa Limited.

Section 500.7010 - Application for Certificate of Authority; Form; Submission of Application and Other Documents to Commissioner; Examination of Application and Documents; Investigation; Examination Under Oath of Certain Persons.

Section 500.7011 - Conditions to Issuance of Certificate of Authority.

Section 500.7012 - Fees; Payment and Collection; Service of Process; Designation and Purpose of Fees.

Section 500.7014 - Issuance of Certificate of Authority; Refusal to Grant Certificate; Notice of Refusal; Request for and Conduct of Hearing.

Section 500.7018 - Temporary Certificate; Organization of Proposed Mewa; Opening Books to Commissioner; Condition to Issuance of Final Certificate.

Section 500.7020 - Issuance of Policies by Mewa; Premium or Premium Deposit; Contingent Premium; Restoration of Cash Reserves.

Section 500.7022 - Name of Mewa; Proof of Existence of Mewa.

Section 500.7024 - Powers of Mewa.

Section 500.7026 - Articles, Bylaws, and Trust Agreement of Mewa and Amendments Thereto; Filing; Approval; Form for Trust Agreement; Notice of Meeting; Voting Rights; Powers to Be Exercised by Board of Trustees; Restrictions on Trustees.

Section 500.7028 - Duties of Trustees; Limitation on Liability of Trustee.

Section 500.7030 - Officers and Agents; Selection and Appointment; Authority and Duties; Removal; Bond.

Section 500.7032 - Compensation of Trustee, Officer, or Employee.

Section 500.7034 - Trustee or Officer; Prohibited Conduct; Violation as Felony; Penalty.

Section 500.7040 - Financial Statements and Reports Required to Be Filed; Commingling of Cash Reserves Prohibited.

Section 500.7040.amended - Financial Statements and Reports Required to Be Filed; Commingling of Cash Reserves Prohibited.

Section 500.7044 - Notice to Individual Covered by Plan.

Section 500.7050 - Examination of Affairs of Mewa; Access to Books, Records, and Documents; Examination of Trustees, Officers, Agents, and Employees; Payment and Disposition of Assessment.

Section 500.7060 - Additional Provisions to Which Mewa Subject.

Section 500.7070 - Certificate of Authority; Grounds for Suspension, Revocation, or Limitation.

Section 500.7074 - Written Findings of Violation; Issuance and Service of Findings and Cease and Desist Order; Additional Orders.

Section 500.7076 - Violation of Cease and Desist Order; Notice; Hearing; Civil Fine; Suspension or Revocation of Certificate of Authority.

Section 500.7078 - Conduct of Proceedings for Payment of Fines or for Suspension, Revocation, or Limitation of Certificate of Authority; Appeal of Disputed Claim; Hearing.

Section 500.7080 - Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement Security Fund; Creation; Administration; Use; Appointment, Qualifications, Terms, and Compensation of Board of Trustees; Powers of Board of Trustees; Payment of and Accounting for Expenses.

Section 500.7084 - Assessments; Purpose; Limitation; Notice; Payment; Assessments as Elements of Loss for Purpose of Establishing Rates; Liability of Employer Ceasing to Participate in Mewa; Certification of Collection and Receipt of Money From Asses...

Section 500.7086 - Security Fund as Creditor of Insolvent Mewa; Reimbursement From Insolvent Mewa.

Section 500.7090 - Effective Date of Chapter.