Bill > SB0819

This bill, known as the "Biased and Unjust Care Reporting Act," creates a new reporting system for individuals who have experienced mistreatment or biased care during their pregnancy and postpartum period. The key provisions include: 1. Defining terms like "obstetric racism" (when a healthcare provider's treatment decisions are influenced by a patient's race, putting their health at risk) and "obstetric violence" (physical, sexual, emotional, or verbal abuse by a healthcare professional during labor and delivery). 2. Requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to use a validated tool to receive reports from pregnant or postpartum individuals who have not received culturally congruent, unbiased, and just care that maintains dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, and prevents harm or mistreatment. 3. Directing the Department to use the tool and other methods to identify incidents of obstetric violence and obstetric racism, and then provide a report with de-identified data on the prevalence of these issues to the Governor, legislators, and other state agencies. The goal of this bill is to establish a system for documenting and addressing instances of biased and unjust care during the perinatal period.

Health and Social Services, Housing and Urban Affairs

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-SB-0819