Bill > SB0716

This bill modifies the existing Public Health Code by changing the administrative process for scheduling controlled substances based on federal drug classification changes. Specifically, the bill alters the timeline and language regarding how the state administrator must respond when the federal government designates, reschedules, or deletes a controlled substance. The key changes include reducing the administrator's response window from 91 days to 30 days, replacing the word "shall" with "must" to potentially strengthen the procedural requirement, and changing "control" to "schedule" for more precise legal terminology. If the federal government notifies the state administrator of a drug classification change, the administrator must now either automatically adopt the federal scheduling or hold a board meeting within 30 days (instead of 91) to determine whether to similarly schedule the substance. If the administrator decides not to follow the federal scheduling, they must publish the reasons for their determination within 30 days of that decision.

Health and Social Services

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0716