Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.3157b

  • Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  Any proprietary information or sensitive personally identifiable information regarding a patient that is submitted to the department under section 3157a is exempt from disclosure under section 13(d) of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243, and the department shall exempt any such information from disclosure under any other applicable exemptions under section 13 of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243.