Bill > HB4723

This bill amends the Michigan Public Health Code to create a new regulatory framework for supplemental nursing services agencies (SNSAs), which are businesses that provide temporary nursing staff to healthcare facilities. The bill adds a new Part 219A to the existing health code, defining a SNSA as a business engaged in procuring temporary employment for nurses, nursing assistants, nurse aides, or orderlies at healthcare facilities. Key provisions include requiring SNSAs to be licensed, mandating that they document staff qualifications, limiting billing rates to no more than 25% above an employee's hourly wage, prohibiting restrictions on employee job opportunities, and requiring quarterly reporting to the state department of health. The bill also updates existing sections of the health code to include supplemental nursing services agencies in the definition of health facilities and adds a $2,000 initial license fee for these agencies. Importantly, the department is given a 6-month grace period after the bill's effective date before beginning to enforce these new requirements, allowing agencies time to adapt to the new regulations. The overall goal appears to be increasing oversight and transparency in the temporary healthcare staffing industry to protect both healthcare workers and the facilities that employ them.

Health and Social Services

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4723