Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 333 > E.R.O. No. 2009-20 - Executive Reorganization Order

• Affordable care act: means the patient protection and affordable care act, Public Law 111-148, as amended by the health care and education reconciliation act of 2010, Public Law 111-152. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Certificate: means a document issued by the director authorizing a person to act as a navigator or certified application counselor for the qualifications specified in the document. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Certificate holder: means a person issued a certificate under this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Certified application counselor: means an individual who is certified as a certified application counselor under this chapter and is authorized by the United States department of health and human services to perform the duties described in 45 C. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the department of insurance and financial services. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Exchange: means an American health benefits exchange established or operating under the affordable care act. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Insurance: means any of the kinds of insurance described in chapter 6. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Navigator: means a person that receives any funding from an exchange or the federal government and is designated or selected by an exchange or the federal government to perform any of the duties described in 42 USC 18031(i)(3). See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Negotiate: means the act of conferring directly with or offering advice directly to a purchaser or prospective purchaser of a particular contract of insurance concerning any of the substantive benefits, terms, or conditions of the contract, provided that the person engaged in that act either sells insurance or obtains insurance from insurers for purchasers. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Sell: means to exchange a contract of insurance by any means, for money or its equivalent, on behalf of an insurance company. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• Solicit: means attempting to sell insurance or asking or urging a person to apply for a particular kind of insurance from a particular company. See Michigan Laws 500.1261
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
• United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o