No. SB 926
Filed under Insurance.
Attorney Fees and Costs for Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Protection Benefits; Providing that prevailing parties in suits by certain health care providers for overdue medical benefits under motor vehicle personal injury protection policies are entitled to reasonable attorney fees and costs, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDIf an insurer fails to pay an overdue medical benefit for specific PIP-covered services and the provider who gave the care sues, whichever side wins the case is entitled to reasonable attorney fees and costs.
That means a provider who sues an insurer and loses the case could itself be ordered to pay the insurer's attorney fees, not just the other way around.
AICreates a right to reasonable attorney fees and costs for whichever side wins a lawsuit a health care provider files over an overdue motor vehicle personal injury protection medical benefit, whether that is the provider or the insurer.
AIThe fee-shifting right applies only to lawsuits over service or care described in subparagraph (1)(a)1. or (1)(a)2. of this section, not to every personal injury protection benefit dispute.