January 24, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Hovey-Wright, Lindberg, Slavens, Howze, Bauer, Nathan, Stallworth, Barnett, Womack, Durhal, Cavanagh, Ananich, Dillon, Stanley, Rutledge, Talabi, Santana, Roy Schmidt, Tlaib, Hughes, Daley, Lane, Olumba, Lipton, Geiss, Stapleton, Meadows, Kurtz, Irwin, Denby, Huuki, Muxlow, Goike, Rendon, Darany, Segal, Wayne Schmidt, Pscholka, Townsend and Brown and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 20135.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 20135. (1) Beginning June 1, 2012, a dialysis center
operating in this state shall have a backup emergency generator
with sufficient capacity to provide electricity necessary to
sustain dialysis treatments while also maintaining water pressure
levels required to operate its dialysis treatment system. A
dialysis center shall maintain enough fuel on the premises to
maintain the operation of the backup emergency generator for at
least 48 hours. A dialysis center shall test its backup emergency
generator by making it operational for at least 1/2 hour every
month.
(2) The department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall
develop guidelines for dialysis centers to follow regarding the
installation, capacity, testing, and use of backup emergency
generators required under this section. The department of licensing
and regulatory affairs may promulgate rules for dialysis centers to
follow regarding the installation, capacity, testing, and use of
backup emergency generators required under this section.
(3) On or before January 1, 2013, the department of licensing
and regulatory affairs shall submit a report to the legislature
identifying each dialysis center operating in this state and the
level of compliance by those centers with this section.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "Dialysis" means a process by which dissolved substances
are removed from a patient's body by diffusion from 1 fluid
compartment to another across a semipermeable membrane. Dialysis
includes hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
(b) "Dialysis center" means a nonhospital outpatient dialysis
unit that provides dialysis treatment on an outpatient basis or
training for home dialysis.
(c) "Dialysis treatment" means either of the following:
(i) Chronic dialysis given to end-stage renal disease patients.
(ii) Acute dialysis given to patients who require dialysis
because of temporary kidney failure.
(d) "End-stage renal disease" means that state of renal
impairment that appears irreversible and permanent and requires a
regular course of dialysis or kidney transplantation to maintain
life.