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MI SB0450
MI SB0450Health facilities: hospitals; certain hospital financial assistance policies; make subject to the hospital financial assistance act. Amends sec. 17 of 1913 PA 350 (MCL 331.167). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0449'25
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Introduced
06/26/2025
06/26/2025
In Committee
11/13/2025
11/13/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
103rd Legislature
Bill Summary
A bill to amend 1913 PA 350, entitled"An act to enable counties to establish and maintain public hospitals, levy a tax and issue bonds therefor, borrow money and issue bonds and notes therefor, elect hospital trustees, maintain training schools for nurses, maintain nursing home facilities, provide suitable means for the care of tuberculous persons, and to make possible the ultimate establishment of an adequate supply of hospitals,"by amending section 17 (MCL 331.167).
AI Summary
This bill amends a 1913 Michigan law governing public hospitals by modifying the powers of hospital trustees and subjecting their financial assistance policies to the Hospital Financial Assistance Act. Specifically, the bill makes two key changes to the existing law: first, it slightly rephrases language about the trustees' authority to determine which patients qualify for charity care and set compensation rates for other patients, updating terminology like replacing "he" with "the treasurer" and softening some language; second, it adds a new provision explicitly stating that the board of hospital trustees' powers under this act are now subject to the Hospital Financial Assistance Act. The bill includes a tie-bar provision, meaning it will only take effect if companion Senate Bill 449 is also enacted into law. This appears to be part of a broader effort to standardize and potentially enhance financial assistance policies for patients in public hospitals across Michigan.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (12)
Jonathan Lindsey (R)*,
Sarah Anthony (D),
Rosemary Bayer (D),
Darrin Camilleri (D),
Mary Cavanagh (D),
Stephanie Chang (D),
Erika Geiss (D),
Ed McBroom (R),
Mallory McMorrow (D),
Jeremy Moss (D),
Dayna Polehanki (D),
Sue Shink (D),
Last Action
Referred To Committee Of The Whole (on 11/13/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0450 |
| Fiscal Note/Analysis - Senate: SUMMARY OF BILL REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE | https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2025-SFA-0449-F.pdf |
| Fiscal Note/Analysis - Senate: SUMMARY OF INTRODUCED BILL IN COMMITTEE | https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2025-SFA-0449-G.pdf |
| BillText | https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2025-SIB-0450.htm |
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