Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 550. General Insurance Laws § 550.1003

Sec. 3. (1) Health benefits may only be sold on behalf of a health benefit corporation by a health benefit agent.

(2) A health benefit agent may package health benefits with insurance the agent is authorized to sell.If an application for health benefits that is packaged with insurance is submitted by an agent to a health benefit corporation or to an affiliate of a health benefit corporation and the health benefit corporation or the affiliate of a health benefit corporation knows the agent of record for the group's current health benefits, the health benefit corporation or the affiliate of a health benefit corporation shall notify the agent of record of the application unless any of the following apply:

(3) If the health benefit corporation or the affiliate of a health benefit corporation notifies the agent of record under subsection (2), the health benefit corporation or the affiliate of a health benefit corporation shall not process the application for 14 days after the notification is given unless either of the following applies:

(4) A health benefit corporation shall pay to the director of the department of insurance and financial services an annual appointment fee of $5.00 for each health benefit agent who is authorized to sell health benefits on behalf of the health benefit corporation.

(5) As used in this section, “agent of record” means a person that is a health benefit agent authorized to represent a subscriber to transact insurance, including the purchasing, servicing, and maintenance of health benefits and that is shown on the records of the health benefit corporation or the affiliate of a health benefit corporation as the agent to whom commission is to be paid.