Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 500 > Act 218 of 1956 > Chapter 31A - Managed Care

• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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
• managed care option: means an optional coverage selected by an insured at the time a policy is issued that includes, but is not limited to, the monitoring and adjudication of an injured person's care, the use of a preferred provider program or other network, or other similar option. See Michigan Laws 500.3181
• person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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