June 15, 2011, Introduced by Senators BIEDA, SCHUITMAKER, EMMONS, COLBECK, ROCCA, YOUNG, NOFS, JONES, HANSEN, HILDENBRAND, PROOS and KAHN and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 21771 (MCL 333.21771).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 21771. (1) A licensee, nursing home administrator, or
employee of a nursing home shall not physically, mentally, or
emotionally abuse, mistreat, or harmfully neglect a patient.
(2) A nursing home employee who becomes aware of an act
prohibited
by this section immediately shall immediately report the
matter to the nursing home administrator or nursing director and to
the department. A nursing home administrator or nursing director
who
becomes aware of an act prohibited by this section immediately
shall immediately report the matter by telephone to the department.
of
public health, which in turn shall notify the department of
social
services.
(3)
Any person individual may report a violation of this
section to the department.
(4) A physician or other licensed health care personnel of a
hospital or other health care facility to which a patient is
transferred who becomes aware of an act prohibited by this section
shall report the act to the department.
(5) Upon receipt of a report made under this section, the
department shall make an investigation. The department may require
the
person individual making the report to submit a written report
or to supply additional information, or both.
(6) A licensee or nursing home administrator shall not evict,
harass, dismiss, or retaliate against a patient, a patient's
representative, or an employee who makes a report under this
section.