2026 Senate Bill 1149

Insurance: health insurers; physical therapy requirement for lumbar epidural steroid injection; eliminate.

A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled “The insurance code of 1956,” (MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3406ww.

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Requires Michigan health insurers to cover epidural steroid injections for acute radiculopathy with chronic pain, as determined by a provider, without imposing extra conditions.

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 9, 2026

Introduced by Sen. Erika Geiss (D-1)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy