HOUSE BILL No. 4441

 

March 15, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Foster, Huuki, Bumstead, Walsh, Lyons, Franz, Lori, Somerville, Ouimet, Johnson, Hughes, Zorn, Liss, Glardon, Muxlow, Haugh, Jacobsen, Daley, Shirkey, Rendon, Irwin and Meadows and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending sections 22208 and 22223 (MCL 333.22208 and 333.22223),

 

section 22208 as amended by 1993 PA 88 and section 22223 as added

 

by 1988 PA 332; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 22208. (1) "Short-term nursing care" means nursing care

 

provided in a hospital to a patient who has been discharged or is

 

ready for transfer from a licensed hospital bed other than a

 

hospital long-term care unit bed and cannot be placed in a nursing

 

home bed, county medical care facility bed, or hospital long-term

 

care unit bed located within a 50-mile radius of the patient's

 

residence.


 

     (1) (2) "Title XVIII" means title XVIII of the social security

 

act, chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. 1395 to 1395b, 1395b-2,

 

1395c to 1395i, 1395-2 to 1395i-4, 1395j to 1395t, 1395u to 1395w-

 

2, 1395w-4 to 1395zz, and 1395bbb to 1395ccc 42 USC 1395 to

 

1395kkk-1.

 

     (2) (3) "Title XIX" means title XIX of the social security

 

act, chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. 1396 to 1396g and 1396i

 

to 1396u 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-5.

 

     Sec. 22223. An applicant for a certificate of need shall

 

include as part of the application a statement addressing each of

 

the review criteria listed in section 22225. This section does not

 

apply to an application for a certificate of need made under

 

section 22210.

 

     Enacting section 1. Section 22210 of the public health code,

 

1978 PA 368, MCL 333.22210, is repealed.