SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY
| 2011-2012 Session |
Friday, December 28, 2012 |
| Bill/Resolution | Sponsor | Subject | Status |
| SB 17 Referred 1/19/2011 |
Jones | Health; pharmaceuticals; formation of medicinal marihuana clubs or operation of medical marihuana bars; prohibit. | 3/8/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 51 Referred 1/20/2011 |
Marleau | Health; research; research on a live or aborted embryo, fetus, or neonate; prohibit after elective abortions and require consent after spontaneous and nonelective abortions. | |
| HB 4192 Referred 4/13/2011 |
Scott | Health; pharmaceuticals; access to the Michigan automated prescription system for prescribers; provide for under certain circumstances. | 5/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 150 Referred 2/16/2011 |
Meekhof | Health; abortion; ultrasound equipment used on woman seeking an abortion; require use of most technologically advanced equipment on site. | |
| HB 4350 Referred 4/27/2011 |
Haines | Torts; medical malpractice; liability of health care professionals who provide voluntary care at health clinics; extend protection to professionals being paid by their employer and extend protection to certain referral organizations. | 6/14/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 213 Referred 3/2/2011 |
Casperson | Health; pharmaceuticals; prohibition on dispensing a prescription for a controlled substance received via electronic means from an individual licensed to practice dentistry in a state other than Michigan; remove. | 5/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4369 Referred 4/13/2011 |
Liss | Health; pharmaceuticals; electronic monitoring system for certain dispensed controlled substances; allow health care payment or benefit providers to access data until date certain and allow department to request access data. | 10/11/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 221 Referred 3/2/2011 |
Jansen | Health; home health care; in-home services agencies; require to be licensed. | |
| SB 230 Referred 3/3/2011 |
Marleau | Torts; liability; liability of volunteer drivers of seniors, disabled, and low-income individuals; provide immunity. | |
| HB 4389 Referred 4/13/2011 |
Stamas | Occupations; dentists; dentists practicing under special volunteer license; extend immunity from liability. | 5/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4441 Referred 4/28/2011 |
Foster | Health facilities; certificate of need; requirements applicable to hospitals providing extended care services through swing beds; eliminate requirement to transfer patient to other bed within a 50-mile radius, require a discharge plan, and provide other general amendments. | 5/25/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4442 Referred 4/28/2011 |
Haines | Administrative procedure; rules; definition of rule; revise to reflect elimination of state law regarding federal swing-bed program. | 5/25/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4443 Referred 4/28/2011 |
Muxlow | Human services; medical services; medicaid payments for swing-bed services; revise reference to reflect elimination of state law regarding the federal program. | 5/25/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 313 Referred 4/12/2011 |
Robertson | Health; abortion; performance of a diagnostic ultrasound examination on woman seeking an abortion; require, and require use of most technologically advanced equipment on site. | |
| SB 333 Referred 4/14/2011 |
Proos | Health; pharmaceuticals; sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine; prohibit under certain circumstances and require retailer to enter sale information into a statewide tracking system. | 5/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4564 Referred 10/4/2011 |
Price | Health; pharmaceuticals; sale of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; prohibit under certain circumstances and require retailer to enter sale information into a statewide tracking system. | |
| SB 350 Referred 4/28/2011 |
Nofs | Crimes; controlled substances; false identification used to purchase ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; prohibit, and provide penalties. | 5/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 374 Referred 5/11/2011 |
Moolenaar | Businesses; nonprofit corporations; filling vacancies on county, city, or village hospital board of trustees; revise selection process. | 6/14/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 384 Referred 5/18/2011 |
Marleau | Occupations; physician's assistants; physician delegating duties to physician's assistant; clarify ability to prescribe controlled substances and perform other delegatory activities, and revise contents of drug labels. | 5/24/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 390 Referred 5/19/2011 |
Marleau | Health facilities; certificate of need; minimum volume requirements or volume projections by vascular access center applicant for certificate of need; clarify. | |
| SB 414 Referred 6/8/2011 |
Green | Insurance; health care corporations; coverage for certain treatment related to autism; provide for. | 3/13/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 |
| SB 415 Referred 6/8/2011 |
Hunter | Insurance; health; coverage for certain treatment related to autism; provide for. | 3/13/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-3 |
| SB 420 Referred 6/8/2011 |
Casperson | Health; abortion; physician activity regarding abortions induced by use of prescription drugs; regulate. | |
| HB 4718 Referred 5/8/2012 |
Kowall | Occupations; dental hygienists; supervision of assistants during certain procedures; authorize. | 6/14/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 479 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Gleason | Health; pharmaceuticals; pharmacist interchanging an anticonvulsant drug without notification to and consent of prescribing physician and patient; prohibit. | |
| SB 481 Referred 6/16/2011 |
Jansen | Occupations; nurses; advanced practice registered nurse (a.p.r.n.); establish license for nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists and provide other general amendments. | |
| SB 506 Referred 6/21/2011 |
Kahn | Health; medical marihuana; "bona fide physician-patient relationship" for purposes of medical marihuana law; clarify. | |
| SB 523 Referred 6/23/2011 |
Colbeck | Health; abortion; performance of an abortion after fetus has completed 19 weeks of gestation; require only in a hospital that has neonatal unit. | |
| SR 67 Referred 6/23/2011 |
Marleau | A resolution to urge the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to continue the Perinatology Research Branch facility in Detroit. | 6/29/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 4893 Referred 10/4/2011 |
Callton | Occupations; optometrists; special volunteer license and immunity from liability; expand to include optometrists. | 11/8/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 595 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Kahn | Insurance; health; Michigan basic health program for certain low-income residents; establish in lieu of benefits under a health exchange as allowed under the patient protection and affordable care act. | |
| SB 609 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Caswell | Insurance; health; uniform, standard, electronic health care professional credentialing application; require use of. | |
| SB 610 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Caswell | Health; code; uniform credentialing application; create. | |
| SB 611 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Caswell | Human services; medical services; maintenance of effort on nursing homes; extend sunset. | 10/11/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE ON Appropriations |
| SB 612 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Jansen | Insurance; health; abortion coverage in policies offered through the state exchange; prohibit except through the purchase of optional rider. | 12/8/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 613 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Jansen | Insurance; health care corporations; abortion coverage in qualified health plans offered through the state exchange; prohibit except through the purchase of optional rider. | 12/8/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 614 Referred 9/7/2011 |
Jansen | Health; abortion; health professional or facility seeking reimbursement from qualified health plan for elective abortion; prohibit unless coverage is by optional rider. | 12/8/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 635 Referred 9/8/2011 |
Hune | Occupations; nurses; nursing education programs to prepare students for licensing; require national accreditation or meet standards for national accreditation. | |
| SB 693 Referred 9/22/2011 |
Marleau | Insurance; health; MiHealth marketplace; establish. | 11/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SB 723 Referred 10/4/2011 |
Marleau | Health facilities; patient directives; peace of mind registry; create, and provide for registration of and access to peace of mind directives. | 11/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 732 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Johnson | Health; other; emergency contraceptive education act; create. | |
| SB 735 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Whitmer | Occupations; pharmacists; requirement for a pharmacist to fill prescriptions without bias; provide for. | |
| SB 736 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Warren | Health; other; victims of sexual assault; require emergency room or urgent care clinic to offer emergency contraception. | |
| SR 83 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Warren | A resolution to memorialize Congress to adopt legislation expressing the sense that national health care reform should ensure that the health care needs of women in the United States are met. | |
| SR 84 Referred 10/6/2011 |
Anderson | A resolution to express the sense of this legislative body that the state of Michigan should intensify its efforts to reduce the high rates of teen pregnancies. | |
| SB 747 Referred 10/11/2011 |
Proos | Health facilities; other; private examination rooms for on-site medical or dental treatment; require nursing homes and homes for the aged to provide. | |
| HB 5089 Referred 6/6/2012 |
Johnson | Health; pharmaceuticals; unused prescription drug repository and distribution program; create, establish duties relating to the program, provide immunity under certain circumstances, and require the promulgation of rules. | 9/19/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5090 Referred 6/6/2012 |
Ananich | Health; pharmaceuticals; acceptance and destruction or disposal of drugs or medications not eligible for distribution; require. | 9/19/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| HB 5131 Referred 1/24/2012 |
Liss | Health; pharmaceuticals; duties of prescribers and agents; clarify, and modify certain pharmacy practices regarding the electronic transmission of prescriptions. | 3/27/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 787 Referred 11/1/2011 |
Nofs | Health facilities; licensing; criminal records check through the federal bureau of investigation for home for the aged employees; clarify. | 12/8/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 788 Referred 11/1/2011 |
Nofs | Human services; adult foster care; criminal records check through the federal bureau of investigation under adult foster care facility licensing act; clarify. | 12/8/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SR 95 Referred 11/3/2011 |
Emmons | A resolution to express support for the continued efforts of the Michigan Attorney General to oppose the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its amendments and to memorialize Congress to repeal it. | 11/10/2011-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 804 Referred 11/9/2011 |
Emmons | Health; occupations; licensure program for clinical psychotherapists; establish. | |
| SB 867 Referred 12/6/2011 |
Jones | Trade; consumer goods and services; certain sales or use of human lice treatments containing lindane; prohibit. | |
| HB 5315 Referred 6/5/2012 |
Somerville | Mental health; other; standards for fingerprinting, photographing, audiorecording, and using 1-way glass for recipients of mental health services; modify, and regulate video surveillance in psychiatric hospitals. | 12/4/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 973 Referred 2/16/2012 |
Marleau | Insurance; health; interstate health care compact; provide for. | 3/20/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 975 Referred 2/16/2012 |
Moolenaar | Health; other; religious liberty and conscience protection act; enact to allow health care payers, health facilities, and health providers a right to decline to provide or pay for certain objectionable health care services. | 12/4/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-2 |
| SR 120 Referred 2/21/2012 |
Hansen | A resolution to affirm the rights of the citizens of the state of Michigan to make their own health care decisions, express support for an interstate health care compact, and memorialize Congress to ratify an interstate compact. | 3/20/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 981 Referred 2/23/2012 |
Richardville | Insurance; health; autism coverage reimbursement act; create. | 3/13/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 1019 Referred 3/14/2012 |
Warren | Health facilities; hospitals; development of an acuity system and staffing plan for nurses; require. | |
| SB 1023 Referred 3/20/2012 |
Meekhof | Occupations; physicians; potential risk of a stillbirth; require verbal disclosure and distribution of written information to pregnant patients. | |
| SR 134 Referred 3/29/2012 |
Green | A resolution to memorialize Congress to change the eligibility requirements for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income benefits for individuals with a terminal illness. | 9/19/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1081 Referred 4/19/2012 |
Hopgood | Health; occupations; examination requirements for surgical assistants seeking physician's assistant license; modify. | |
| SB 1086 Referred 4/24/2012 |
Marleau | Health; immunizations; grade requirement for certain immunization records; modify in public health code. | 5/8/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1087 Referred 4/24/2012 |
Emmons | Education; attendance; grade requirement for certain immunization records; modify in school aid act. | 5/8/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1088 Referred 4/24/2012 |
Warren | Education; attendance; grade requirement for certain immunization records; modify in school code. | 5/8/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1112 Referred 5/3/2012 |
Proos | Children; protection; task force on the prevention of sexual abuse of children; create. | 7/18/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1113 Referred 5/3/2012 |
Warren | Education; school districts; school district policy regarding child sex abuse and suggested instruction and training in child sex abuse prevention; provide for. | 7/18/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1114 Referred 5/3/2012 |
Emmons | Education; curricula; opt-out from instruction regarding child sexual abuse and opportunity for parental preview; provide for. | 7/18/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT |
| SB 1122 Referred 5/9/2012 |
Proos | Health; children; youth athletes; require department to develop educational materials and training program regarding concussions in athletes and their return to athletic activity. | 5/22/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 1138 Referred 5/23/2012 |
Hopgood | Health; occupations; internet reporting of statistics of complaints and disciplinary actions regarding physicians and other health professionals; require. | |
| SB 1139 Referred 5/23/2012 |
Warren | Occupations; physicians; requiring patient to agree not to post a negative comment online as prerequisite to providing medical services; prohibit. | |
| SB 1145 Referred 5/24/2012 |
Marleau | Occupations; physician's assistants; prescription of drugs by physician's assistant, practicing under the supervision of a licensed physician; clarify. | 6/7/2012-REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE S-1 |
| SB 1185 Referred 6/14/2012 |
Hune | Health facilities; employees; right to object to immunizations; allow. | |
| SB 1184 Referred 6/14/2012 |
Hune | Health; immunizations; access to the care improvement registry; allow health insurers, health plans, and health maintenance organizations direct access to information regarding its members or insureds. | |
| SB 1194 Referred 6/14/2012 |
Johnson | Health; education; sickle cell disease public awareness campaign; require department to create. | |
| SB 1201 Referred 7/18/2012 |
Schuitmaker | Occupations; physicians; issuance of limited license to practice medicine to medical school graduates who meet certain criteria; authorize, and provide for full licensure. | |
| SB 1208 Referred 7/18/2012 |
Whitmer | Health; occupations; licensing of nurse midwives; revise, and regulate freestanding birthing centers. | |
| SB 1223 Referred 8/15/2012 |
Hildenbrand | Health; pharmaceuticals; pharmacist interchanging an anticonvulsant drug without notification to and consent of prescribing physician and patient; prohibit. | |
| SB 1237 Referred 8/15/2012 |
Marleau | Health facilities; certificate of need; all-payer claims database; create. | |
| SB 1309 Referred 9/25/2012 |
Green | Occupations; nurses; scope of practice of certified registered nurse anesthetists; modify. | |
| SB 1310 Referred 9/25/2012 |
Green | Health; occupations; midwives; provide for licensing and regulation. | |
| SB 1333 Referred 9/27/2012 |
Marleau | Health; disabilities; brain injury law of Michigan; create. | |
| SB 1334 Referred 9/27/2012 |
Robertson | Health; medical waste; procedures for disposal; modify. | 10/17/2012-REASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ON Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes |
| SB 1343 Referred 10/17/2012 |
Hunter | Health facilities; hospitals; written policy regarding medical futility; provide for upon request. | |
| SB 1354 Referred 11/8/2012 |
Caswell | Health; pharmaceuticals; standards for pharmacy auditing practices; provide for. |