{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-550.1416c","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1416c","heading":"Off-label use of approved drug; coverage; conditions; compliance; use of copayment, deductible, sanction, or utilization control; limitation; definitions.","body":"Sec. 416c.\n\nA health care corporation group or nongroup certificate that provides pharmaceutical coverage shall provide coverage for an off-label use of a federal food and drug administration approved drug and the reasonable cost of supplies medically necessary to administer the drug.\n\nCoverage for a drug under subsection (1) applies if all of the following conditions are met:\n\nThe drug is approved by the federal food and drug administration.\n\nThe drug is prescribed by an allopathic or osteopathic physician for the treatment of either of the following:\n\nA life-threatening condition so long as the drug is medically necessary to treat that condition and the drug is on the plan formulary or accessible through the health plan's formulary procedures.\n\nA chronic and seriously debilitating condition so long as the drug is medically necessary to treat that condition and the drug is on the plan formulary or accessible through the health plan's formulary procedures.\n\nThe drug has been recognized for treatment for the condition for which it is prescribed by 1 of the following:\n\nThe American medical association drug evaluations.\n\nThe American hospital formulary service drug information.\n\nThe United States pharmacopoeia dispensing information, volume 1, \"drug information for the health care professional\".\n\nTwo articles from major peer-reviewed medical journals that present data supporting the proposed off-label use or uses as generally safe and effective unless there is clear and convincing contradictory evidence presented in a major peer-reviewed medical journal.\n\nUpon request, the prescribing allopathic or osteopathic physician shall supply to the health care corporation documentation supporting compliance with subsection (2).\n\nThis section does not prohibit the use of a copayment, deductible, sanction, or a mechanism for appropriately controlling the utilization of a drug that is prescribed for a use different from the use for which the drug has been approved by the food and drug administration. This may include prior approval or a drug utilization review program. Any copayment, deductible, sanction, prior approval, drug utilization review program, or mechanism described in this subsection shall not be more restrictive than for prescription coverage generally.\n\nAs used in this section:\n\n\"Chronic and seriously debilitating\" means a disease or condition that requires ongoing treatment to maintain remission or prevent deterioration and that causes significant long-term morbidity.\n\n\"Life-threatening\" means a disease or condition where the likelihood of death is high unless the course of the disease is interrupted or that has a potentially fatal outcome where the end point of clinical intervention is survival.\n\n\"Off-label\" means the use of a drug for clinical indications other than those stated in the labeling approved by the federal food and drug administration.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 550","Act Act-350-of-1980"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-550-1416c","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"d5cde4c5349ce65c945bd1f4116115b504b9cee105f4b43a961f77cd3a379cf0","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-550.1416b","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-550.1416d"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}