SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY

2015-2016 Session

Thursday, December 29, 2016

Bill/Resolution Sponsor Subject Status
HB   4203
Referred 5/19/2015
Callton Businesses; nonprofit corporations; reference to "crippled children" in trustee corporation law; revise to "children and youth with special health care needs".
HB   4204
Referred 5/19/2015
Graves Human services; children's services; reference to "crippled children"; revise to "children and youth with special health care needs".
HB   4205
Referred 5/19/2015
Schor Health; children; reference to "crippled children"; revise to "children and youth with special health care needs" and change the date on licensing pharmacy technicians.
HB   4235
Referred 6/7/2016
Darany Records; death; maternal deaths; require physicians and certain health facilities to report to department as part of health information system. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 11/29/2016
HB   4438
Referred 9/17/2015
Lyons Health; emergency response; auto-injectable epinephrine; allow prescribers to prescribe and pharmacists to dispense to authorized entities under certain circumstances and limit liability. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 11/10/2015
HB   4544
Referred 6/3/2015
Jenkins Human services; services or financial assistance; financial eligibility for certain assistance programs; prohibit state from considering amount in ABLE savings accounts.
HB   4582
Referred 2/3/2016
Tedder Health occupations; physicians; licensing process; modify to incorporate interstate medical licensure compact.
HB   4583
Referred 2/3/2016
Tedder Health occupations; physicians; interstate medical licensure compact; create.
HB   4598
Referred 12/8/2015
McBroom Health occupations; health care professionals; midwives; provide for licensing and regulation. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-5 on 12/6/2016
HB   4674
Referred 10/21/2015
Leonard Mental health; code; assisted outpatient treatment program; modify. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 9/20/2016
HB   4792
Referred 1/28/2016
Wittenberg Health occupations; health care professionals; authorized health professionals from other states accompanying athletic teams to sporting events in this state; provide licensing waiver. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 3/2/2016
HB   4812
Referred 12/1/2015
Bizon Health; pharmaceuticals; FDA-designated interchangeable biological drug products; allow pharmacists to dispense. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 2/17/2016
HB   5001
Referred 1/21/2016
Lauwers Health occupations; massage therapists; certain massage therapist licensing requirements; modify. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 on 9/12/2016
HB   5033
Referred 12/1/2016 2:43:00 PM
Darany Mental health; other; definition of insane person; remove certain references.
HB   5182
Referred 3/10/2016
Howrylak Education; special; certain language in Michigan school for the deaf act; update. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/4/2016
HB   5183
Referred 3/10/2016
Bizon Disabilities; other; reference to "hearing impaired" and "division on deafness"; revise. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/4/2016
HB   5184
Referred 3/16/2016
Runestad Disabilities; other; reference to "hearing impaired" in division on deafness act; revise to "deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing". REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/4/2016
HB   5185
Referred 3/10/2016
Price Crimes; definitions; reference to "deaf and dumb"; eliminate from statute. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/4/2016
HB   5186
Referred 3/16/2016
Brinks Disabilities; other; reference to "hearing impaired" regarding certain limited teaching certificates; revise to "hard of hearing". REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/4/2016
HB   5187
Referred 3/16/2016
Darany Public employees and officers; duties; provision relating to the transfer of books and materials to successors; modify to remove obsolete language. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/4/2016
HB   5188
Referred 3/16/2016
Phelps Disabilities; other; reference to "hearing impaired" in division on deafness act; revise to "deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing". REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/4/2016
HB   5314
Referred 5/17/2016
Hooker Health; education; training program and written clearance form regarding concussions in youth athletes and their return to athletic activity; specify frequency of training and modify form retention requirement. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/12/2016
HB   5326
Referred 5/17/2016
Forlini Health; pharmaceuticals; dispensing opioid antagonist pursuant to a standing order; allow under certain circumstances. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 11/29/2016
HB   5400
Referred 12/2/2016 1:17:31 PM
Yonker Health occupations; advanced practice registered nurses; licensure of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs); provide for and provide other general amendments. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 12/6/2016
HB   5533
Referred 12/1/2016 2:43:00 PM
Canfield Health occupations; physician's assistants; regulation and oversight of physician's assistants; modify. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 12/6/2016
HB   5667
Referred 12/8/2016 1:14:38 PM
Kivela Health; pharmaceuticals; allowable grams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine for purchase; modify.
HB   5782
Referred 12/1/2016 2:43:01 PM
Callton Mental health; code; medical information sharing in certain cases; require. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 12/6/2016
HB   5877
Referred 12/1/2016 2:43:01 PM
Garcia Health; pharmaceuticals; automated dispensing devices that are located in certain areas affiliated with a hospital; require the devices to be under the control of a pharmacist in charge of the hospital pharmacy. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 12/6/2016
HB   5889
Referred 12/2/2016 1:27:57 PM
Lauwers Sales tax; exemptions; exemption for certain agricultural equipment; clarify. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 12/1/2016
SB   0027
Referred 1/22/2015
Jones Health; abortion; additional abortion complication reporting; require.
SB   0041
Referred 1/27/2015
Marleau Health; disabilities; brain injury law of Michigan; create.
SB   0068
Referred 1/29/2015
Shirkey Health occupations; advanced practice registered nurses; establish licensure requirements, revise requirements for nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists, and provide other general amendments. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 on 4/29/2015
SB   0143
Referred 2/18/2015
Knezek Health; other; human breast milk banks, companies, and cooperatives; regulate.
SB   0147
Referred 2/18/2015
Hune Health facilities; hospitals; charge description master; require to post on hospital's website.
SB   0159
Referred 2/25/2015
Hertel Health occupations; physicians; government interference with physician-patient treatment programs; prohibit.
SB   0172
Referred 3/3/2015
Johnson Health; other; emergency contraceptive education act; create.
SB   0195
Referred 3/10/2015
Hune Health; pharmaceuticals; fingerprint requirement for application of a new pharmacy, manufacturer, or wholesale distributor license; revise. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 3/24/2015
SB   0212
Referred 3/17/2015
Emmons Health; occupations; licensing of genetic counselors; require.
SB   0237
Referred 3/25/2015
Brandenburg Health facilities; other; procedures for health professionals exposed to antineoplastic or other hazardous drugs; require department to promulgate rules to establish.
SB   0275
Referred 4/16/2015
Robertson Health occupations; emergency medical services personnel; community paramedics; regulate and provide for certification.
SB   0276
Referred 4/16/2015
Robertson Human services; medical services; community paramedic services; provide for as a covered service.
SB   0287
Referred 4/21/2015
Marleau Health facilities; hospices; criteria for certifying a perinatal hospice program; provide for, require physicians to provide certain information to patients about results of prenatal testing, and require hospitals to provide information to certain employees.
SB   0320
Referred 5/7/2015
Kowall Health occupations; nurses; scope of practice of certified nurse anesthetists; modify.
SB   0338
Referred 5/19/2015
Proos Health facilities; other; private examination rooms for on-site medical or dental treatment; require nursing homes and homes for the aged to provide.
SB   0352
Referred 5/21/2015
O'Brien Health; home health care; designated caregiver act; create. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 on 12/1/2015
SB   0359
Referred 6/3/2015
Warren Human services; medical services; eligibility for Medicaid; prohibit state from considering amount in ABLE savings accounts.
SB   0374
Referred 6/4/2015
Hertel Health; code; references to venereal disease; revise to sexually transmitted infection. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/29/2015
SB   0375
Referred 6/4/2015
MacGregor Health; code; references of venereal disease; revise to sexually transmitted infection. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/29/2015
SB   0376
Referred 6/4/2015
Knezek Health; code; references of venereal disease; revise to sexually transmitted infection. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/29/2015
SB   0377
Referred 6/4/2015
Schmidt Health; code; references of venereal disease; revise to sexually transmitted infection. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/29/2015
SB   0378
Referred 6/4/2015
O'Brien Health; code; references of venereal disease; revise to sexually transmitted infection. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/29/2015
SB   0379
Referred 6/4/2015
Warren Health; code; references of venereal disease; revise to sexually transmitted infection. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/29/2015
SB   0380
Referred 6/4/2015
Marleau Health; code; references of venereal disease; revise to sexually transmitted infection. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/29/2015
SB   0381
Referred 6/4/2015
Young Health; code; references of venereal disease; revise to sexually transmitted infection. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/29/2015
SB   0383
Referred 6/9/2015
Green Health; occupations; midwives; provide for licensing and regulation.
SB   0398
Referred 6/11/2015
Ananich Health; education; sickle cell disease public awareness campaign; require department to create.
SB   0444
Referred 9/9/2015
Stamas Health; emergency services; critical incident stress management services for emergency service providers; provide for, prohibit disclosure of confidential communications, and provide immunity from liability. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 10/20/2015
SB   0468
Referred 9/9/2015
Green Health occupations; pharmacy technicians; eligibility for licensure of pharmacy technicians and requirements for limited license pharmacy technicians; modify, and revise certain requirements for pharmacies and pharmacists. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 9/17/2015
SB   0502
Referred 9/17/2015
Marleau Health; pharmaceuticals; health care false claims act; modify exemption to exempt certain payments from drug manufacturers to certain persons for certain health care services. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 on 11/10/2015
SB   0542
Referred 10/6/2015
Schuitmaker State agencies (existing); generally; state departments advertising the Healthy Michigan plan; prohibit.
SB   0574
Referred 10/21/2015
Warren Health facilities; hospitals; development of a staffing plan for nurses; require.
SB   0589
Referred 10/27/2015
Casperson Health occupations; health care professionals; eligibility to participate in the health professional recovery program; expand to include emergency medical services personnel.
SB   0590
Referred 10/28/2015
Marleau Insurance; health benefits; health care transparency data aggregator; require department of health and human services to establish, require health carriers to submit data, and require release of certain data and preparation of reports.
SB   0592
Referred 11/3/2015
Hertel Health facilities; other; designated places to perform surgical removal of a human organ; expand. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 11/10/2015
SB   0608
Referred 11/10/2015
MacGregor Insurance; health benefits; insurer or health maintenance organization requiring physicians to hold certain certifications before paying or reimbursing claims; prohibit unless specifically required for licensure.
SB   0609
Referred 11/10/2015
MacGregor Health occupations; physicians; continuing certification requirements for physicians; prohibit as basis for license or renewal or for hospital admitting privileges.
SB   0644
Referred 12/8/2015
Stamas Businesses; nonprofit corporations; authorization to restructure municipal health facilities corporations; revise requirements. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 2/2/2016
SB   0663
Referred 12/10/2015
Young Health occupations; other; grace period for certification lapses of certified nurse aides; provide for.
SB   0674
Referred 12/15/2015
Hopgood Health facilities; employees; criminal history check for employment in a covered facility; modify.
SB   0675
Referred 12/15/2015
Hopgood Mental health; other; criminal history check; modify.
SB   0680
Referred 12/16/2015
MacGregor Mental health; other; naming the new patient programming center at the Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital the "James K. Haveman Center for Activity, Rehabilitation, and Therapy"; provide for. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 1/19/2016
SB   0690
Referred 1/13/2016
Robertson Disabilities; other; reference to "hearing impaired" in the Michigan telecommunications act; revise to "deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing". REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 5/4/2016
SB   0691
Referred 1/13/2016
Knollenberg Health occupations; speech-language pathologists; reference to "hearing impaired"; revise to "hard of hearing". REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/4/2016
SB   0692
Referred 1/13/2016
Zorn Mental health; code; reference to deaf and "hearing impaired"; revise to deaf, deafblind, and "hard of hearing". REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/4/2016
SB   0693
Referred 1/13/2016
O'Brien Disabilities; other; title of division on deafness act; revise to division on deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 5/4/2016
SB   0694
Referred 1/13/2016
Warren Disabilities; other; reference to "deaf, deafblind, and hearing impaired" in the department of civil rights; revise. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 on 5/4/2016
SB   0704
Referred 1/14/2016
Casperson Health; abortion; partial-birth abortion provision; modify to include dismemberment abortion.
SB   0705
Referred 1/14/2016
Casperson Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for crime of performing dismemberment abortion; enact.
SB   0736
Referred 2/2/2016
Warren Health; other; victims of criminal sexual conduct; require emergency room or urgent care clinic to offer emergency contraception.
SB   0741
Referred 2/3/2016
Jones Health facilities; certificate of need; use of cone-beam dental imaging equipment; eliminate from definition of a covered clinical service. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 3/23/2016
SB   0753
Referred 2/9/2016
MacGregor Health; other; regulation of telehealth in Michigan; provide for. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 on 4/19/2016
SB   0769
Referred 2/9/2016
Schuitmaker Health occupations; health care professionals; requirement to run a MAPS report on all new patients when prescribing schedule II-V drugs; provide for.
SB   0770
Referred 2/9/2016
Schuitmaker Health occupations; physicians; physicians failing to report to MAPS prescriptions of any schedule II-V substances; require to attend certain classes.
SB   0771
Referred 2/9/2016
O'Brien Crimes; controlled substances; physicians and pharmacists who wrongfully prescribe, dispense, manufacture, or distribute controlled substances; increase penalties.
SB   0772
Referred 2/9/2016
O'Brien Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for increased penalties for physicians and pharmacists who wrongfully prescribe, dispense, manufacture, or distribute controlled substances; provide for.
SB   0778
Referred 2/10/2016
Schuitmaker Health; pharmaceuticals; dispensing opioid antagonist pursuant to a standing order; allow under certain circumstances.
SB   0805
Referred 2/17/2016
Ananich Health; pharmaceuticals; opioid antagonist; allow prescribers to prescribe and pharmacies to dispense to school boards under certain circumstances. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 10/18/2016
SB   0806
Referred 2/17/2016
Zorn Education; school districts; training and local policies concerning administration of opioid antagonists in public schools; provide for. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 on 10/18/2016
SB   0828
Referred 3/1/2016
Zorn Health; pharmaceuticals; exemption of certain reporting requirements from the Michigan automated prescription system (MAPS); remove.
SB   0872
Referred 4/13/2016
O'Brien Health occupations; health care professionals; regulation and licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; provide for.
SB   0915
Referred 4/26/2016
O'Brien Insurance; health insurers; abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug; require coverage.
SB   1013
Referred 6/7/2016
Shirkey Health occupations; health care professionals; licensing and regulation of dental therapists; provide for.
SB   1023
Referred 6/8/2016
Hertel Human services; fraud; Medicaid false claim act; modify to comply with federal law.
SB   1024
Referred 6/8/2016
Schuitmaker Health; pharmaceuticals; access to the Michigan automated prescription system (MAPS) for certain health care payment and benefit providers; remove sunset and revise the commission with which the department consults when promulgating certain rules.
SB   1069
Referred 9/13/2016 10:25:08 AM
MacGregor Health occupations; dentists; grantee health agencies; allow department to designate dentists as grantee health agencies, limit civil liability under certain circumstances, and require dental hygienists to maintain liability insurance under certain circumstances.
SB   1113
Referred 10/18/2016 12:06:05 PM
Schuitmaker Health; screening; requirement for use of certain standardized hereditary breast and ovarian cancer screening questions by physicians; provide for.
SB   1128
Referred 10/20/2016 3:36:52 PM
Jones Health facilities; certificate of need; cone-beam tomography equipment; eliminate from definition of a covered clinical service under certain circumstances.
SB   1132
Referred 10/20/2016 3:36:54 PM
Hertel Health; hazardous products; provision related to rental unit containing lead-based paint hazard; modify.
SB   1139
Referred 10/20/2016 3:47:29 PM
Ananich Health; blood; childhood lead poisoning prevention and control commission; establish.
SB   1140
Referred 10/20/2016 3:47:29 PM
Ananich Health; blood; duties of the childhood lead poisoning prevention and control commission; provide for.
SB   1173
Referred 11/10/2016 4:45:03 PM
Hopgood Health facilities; nursing homes; ratios of patients to nursing care personnel and certified nurse aides; modify.
SB   1174
Referred 11/10/2016 4:45:37 PM
Hopgood Health facilities; other; reciprocity for certified nurse aides registered in other states; provide for.
SCR   0005
Referred 3/4/2015
Colbeck A concurrent resolution to request the United States Congress to enact legislation and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to promulgate rules that would promote the opportunity for consumers to choose Direct Primary Care Services as an integral part of their health care plan. REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT on 3/24/2015
SR   0071
Referred 6/11/2015
Johnson A resolution to memorialize the Congress of the United States to Pass H.R. 1807 of 2015, the Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment Act of 2015.
SR   0186
Referred 5/31/2016
Green A resolution to memorialize the United States Congress to continue support for the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
SR   0200
Referred 9/20/2016 12:01:46 PM
Bieda A resolution to urge the Congress of the United States to pass legislation that funds efforts to combat the Zika virus.