Section 500.3630 - Hospital, medical, surgical, sick-care benefits; payment.
THE INSURANCE CODE OF 1956 (EXCERPT)
Act 218 of 1956
500.3630 Hospital, medical, surgical, sick-care benefits; payment.
Sec. 3630.
In any disability group policy or family expense policy providing for hospital, medical, surgical and/or sick-care benefits, all benefits accruing under such policy for or on account of any member of a family included therein shall be payable to the insured, if living, or to such other person as the policy may provide for in the case of the insured's death, but it may be provided in the policy, with the consent of the insured, that the said benefits in any case may be paid directly to any corporation furnishing hospital, and to any person legally furnishing medical, surgical, or sick-care services to the insured or to the members of his or her family covered in the policy, within such limits as the policy may provide, but without other preferences as to such creditors: Provided, That in the case of family insurance, one of the parents, or the person who stands in the place of parent, shall be the contracting party for such insurance, and may receive, receipt and give acquittance for all benefits accruing to any member of such family so insured.
History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Popular Name: Act 218