Michigan statute

MCL 500.3107c: Choosing a PIP Medical Coverage Level

Michigan No-Fault Act, Insurance Code chapter 31

Michigan No-Fault Law, section by section › MCL 500.3107c

Personal protection insurance benefits; coverage limits for allowable expenses; form; rebuttable presumption; application of coverage selection; stacking of insurance policies; applicability to transportation network company vehicle; rider for attendant care.

In plain terms

For policies issued or renewed after July 1, 2020, the named insured selects a PIP medical (allowable expense) limit: $50,000 (available only to Medicaid enrollees whose household members have other qualifying coverage), $250,000, $500,000 or unlimited. Without an effective selection, the premium paid can set the level, and otherwise unlimited applies. The chosen level covers the whole household and anyone else claiming under the policy; when two or more policies apply, benefits are capped at the highest single limit, and insurers must offer an attendant-care rider above the capped levels.

How this section works in practice

Before July 2020 every Michigan policy carried unlimited lifetime medical benefits. This section replaced that with a choice. At each new policy or renewal, the named insured selects a PIP medical limit: $50,000 (only for people enrolled in Medicaid whose household members have other qualifying coverage), $250,000, $500,000 or no limit. The choice must be made on a state-approved form, delivered and signed as section 3107e requires.

The selection binds the whole household: the named insured, the spouse, resident relatives and anyone else who claims under that policy. If no effective selection was made but a premium was paid, the premium amount is presumed to show the level chosen; if neither applies, the policy is treated as unlimited. When two or more policies could pay, benefits are capped at the highest single limit rather than added together. Transportation network companies must choose $250,000 or above, and every insurer must offer a rider for attendant care above a capped level.

Whatever the cap, medical expenses beyond it do not simply vanish: section 3135(3)(c) makes the at-fault driver liable for excess allowable expenses, which is why the liability limits of the other driver now matter far more than they did before the reform.

Text of MCL 500.3107c

Sec. 3107c.

(1) Except as provided in sections 3107d and 3109a, and subject to subsection (5), for an insurance policy that provides the security required under section 3101(1) and is issued or renewed after July 1, 2020, the applicant or named insured shall, in a way required under section 3107e and on a form approved by the director, select 1 of the following coverage levels for personal protection insurance benefits under section 3107(1)(a):

(a) A limit of $50,000.00 per individual per loss occurrence for any personal protection insurance benefits under section 3107(1)(a). The selection of a limit under this subdivision is only available to an applicant or named insured if both of the following apply:

(i) The applicant or named insured is enrolled in Medicaid, as that term is defined in section 3157.

(ii) The applicant's or named insured's spouse and any relative of either who resides in the same household has qualified health coverage, as that term is defined in section 3107d, is enrolled in Medicaid, or has coverage for the payment of benefits under section 3107(1)(a) from an insurer that provides the security required by section 3101(1).

(b) A limit of $250,000.00 per individual per loss occurrence for any personal protection insurance benefits under section 3107(1)(a).

(c) A limit of $500,000.00 per individual per loss occurrence for any personal protection insurance benefits under section 3107(1)(a).

(d) No limit for personal protection insurance benefits under section 3107(1)(a).

(2) The form required under subsection (1) must do all of the following:

(a) State, in a conspicuous manner, the benefits and risks associated with each coverage option.

(b) Provide a way for the applicant or named insured to mark the form to acknowledge that he or she has read the form and understands the options available.

(c) Allow the applicant or named insured to mark the form to make the selection of coverage level under subsection (1).

(d) Require the applicant or named insured to sign the form.

(3) If an insurance policy is issued or renewed as described in subsection (1) and the applicant or named insured has not made an effective selection under subsection (1) but a premium or premium installment has been paid, there is a rebuttable presumption that the amount of the premium or installment paid accurately reflects the level of coverage applicable to the policy under subsection (1).

(4) If an insurance policy is issued or renewed as described in subsection (1), the applicant or named insured has not made an effective selection under subsection (1), and a presumption under subsection (3) does not apply, subsection (1)(d) applies to the policy.

(5) The coverage level selected under subsection (1) applies to the named insured, the named insured's spouse, and a relative of either domiciled in the same household, and any other person with a right to claim personal protection insurance benefits under the policy.

(6) If benefits are payable under section 3107(1)(a) under 2 or more insurance policies, the benefits are only payable up to an aggregate coverage limit that equals the highest available coverage limit under any 1 of the policies.

(7) This section applies for a transportation network company vehicle, but an applicant or named insured that is a transportation network company shall only select limits under either subsection (1)(b), (c), or (d). As used in this subsection:

(a) "Transportation network company" means that term as defined in section 2 of the limousine, taxicab, and transportation network company act, 2016 PA 345, MCL 257.2102.

(b) "Transportation network company vehicle" means that term as defined in section 3114.

(8) An insurer shall offer, for a policy that provides the security required under section 3101(1) to which a limit under subsection (1)(a) to (c) applies, a rider that will provide coverage for attendant care in excess of the applicable limit.

History: Add. 2019, Act 21, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2019 ;-- Add. 2019, Act 22, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2019

Source: MCL 500.3107c at legislature.mi.gov (official text). Text as published in the 2025 Michigan Compiled Laws; reviewed by Koussan Law on September 15, 2026.

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