Governor Synder signed legislation to repeal the Michigan Health Insurance Claims Tax (HICA), Senate Bills 992-994 with immediate effect as Public Act 173 of 2018, on June 11, 2018. The HICA was originally passed in 2011 and accessed a one percent tax on all health care claims paid in the State. The law was amended in 2014 to reduce the HICA rate on paid claims from 1% to 0.75% for service beginning July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2016. Another amendment changed the HICA