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Legislator

State Representative

Ranjeev Puri

(D) - Michigan

Michigan House District 024

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100 N. Capitol Ave.
Lansing, MI 48933

Phone: 517-373-0113

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Lansing, MI 48909

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Vote Record By Category

Category	Vote Index	Total Score
MDHHS - Protective Services	52	3
MDHHS - Juvenile Offenders	44	-3
LEO - Labor & Economic Opportunity	40	-3
Appropriations	48	-6
DIFS - Insurance & Financial Services	42	-9
Pharma	30	-12
Lead (Pb) projects	0	-21
Labor law	10	-24
MDHHS - Medicaid	24	-27
Miscellaneous	37	-27
Professional Autonomy	19	-30
MDHHS - licensing	8	-30
Health Insurance Regulations	24	-54
State Mental Health	22	-63
LARA - licensing	21	-75
Health Regulations - Misc	23	-78
MDHHS - other	31	-78
Life	4	-78
All Bills	24	-546

Rated Bill Votes

Bill	Bill Name	Motion	Vote Date	Rating	Vote	Comments
HB4003	Civil rights: general discrimination; sexual orientation and gender identity or expression; include as categories protected under the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act. Amends title & secs. 102, 103, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 301, 302, 302a, 402, 501, 502, 504, 505 & 506 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2102 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 19	03/08/2023	-3	Yea	Healthcare excellence requires individual professional autonomy, including the freedom to practice according to conscience and experience.
HB4004	HB4004 - Labor: collective bargaining; require agency fee for nonunion members; allow in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in public sector. Amends secs. 9, 10 & 15 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.209 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Senate Amendment(s) Concurred In Roll Call # 38	03/21/2023	-3	Yea	Healthcare excellence requires individual professional autonomy, including the freedom to practice and associate according to conscience and experience. Forced unionization creates discord and distraction from individual patient care.
HB4005	Labor: collective bargaining; collective bargaining rights; revise to restore former provisions. Amends secs. 1, 2, 8, 14, 17 & 22 of 1939 PA 176 (MCL 423.1 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 21	03/08/2023	-3	Yea	Healthcare excellence requires individual professional autonomy, including the freedom to practice and associate according to conscience and experience. Forced unionization creates discord and distraction from individual patient care.
HB4006	Crimes: abortion; penalty for administering with intent to procure miscarriage and advertisement or sale of certain drugs; repeal. Repeals secs. 14 & 15 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.14 & 750.15).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 15	03/02/2023	-3	Yea	Securing the right to life is a primary responsibility of government. ~ Declaration of Independence Truth in advertising is part of that responsibility.
HB4007	Labor: hours and wages; prevailing wage; reenact. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 37	03/21/2023	-3	Yea	As the blood of the people, taxes must be spent with the utmost care. In addition, state project restrictions create unfair limits on contracts and potential delays in health services. It is reasonable to expect state contracts for health IT and state hospitals to be subject to open bidding, not limited to prevailing wage.
HB4011	Labor: health and safety; penalty for failure to report a death; decrease by the maximum allowable amount if the death occurs to a certain individual on a family farm. Amends sec. 35 of 1974 PA 154 (MCL 408.1035).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 18	02/29/2024	-3	Nay	MDHHS and LEO have enforcement power through fines or recommending AG writ of mandamus for prison time. The proposed changes carve out one type of small family business (farms) for mandatory minimum fines, to the exclusion of all others, as well as of larger businesses. This is unequal rule of law. In addition, this iteration of the bill, in aligning its definition of family with federal language, includes step- and foster- relationships, while excluding grand- and great-grand.
HB4016	Appropriations: supplemental; appropriations for multiple departments for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 14	03/01/2023	-3	Yea	As the blood of the people, tax dollars must be managed with care. Scoring criteria for appropriations included 1) spending increases during difficult economic times. 2) weaponizing healthcare for political agendas including DEI, state control of local activities, and pro-abortion policies.
HB4032	Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; reference to crime of administering drugs to procure miscarriage; remove to reflect repeal. Amends sec. 16a, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16a). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4006'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 16	03/02/2023	-3	Yea	Securing the right to life is a primary responsibility of government. ~ Declaration of Independence. Truth in advertising is part of that responsibility.
HB4044	HB4044 - Labor: public service employment; provisions related to the collection of union dues and the freezing of wages and benefits for certain public employees during contract negotiations; repeal. Repeals sec. 15b of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.215b).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 181	06/20/2023	-3	Yea	Emergency Medical Services (EMS) operate within a complicated MDHHS licensing regime, and are already short of staff. Further reducing professional autonomy with these pro-union measures is likely to make emergency services worse, not better.
HB4071	HB4071 - Insurance: mandates a small number of insurance plans to provide equal coverage for oral and IV chemotherapy even when costs are very different. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 -500.8302) by adding sec. 3406ff.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 347	10/12/2023	-3	Yea	Trying to make a $10,000 pill cost the same as a $100 bag of chemo is magical thinking, or sheer ignorance. Market forces have their own laws that cannot be overruled. State micromanagement of pharma prices for a few usually ends with higher costs for everyone. This is no exception.
HB4085	Children: other; licensed homeless youth shelter program; provide safe harbor for youth up to 72 hours with or without parental consent. Amends sec. 1 of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111) & adds sec. 1b.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 407	10/25/2023	3	Yea	Final version simply defines shelter age as up to 18 and transitional housing as 16-22. Does not include 72-hr parental notification change. Expected to increase MDHHS costs by an indeterminate amount.
HB4086	Children: protection; eligibility for participation in a McGruff house or community child watch program; modify. Amends sec. 1 of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 408	10/25/2023	-3	Yea	Clarifies shelter and transition program age qualifications as 16-22 to align with new federal standards. Protecting and providing for at-risk youth is great. But it is not OK to raise the legal definition of “minor child” from 21 to 22 years of age.
HB4101	Health occupations: speech-language pathologists; temporary licensing of speech-language pathologists; modify. Amends sec. 17609 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17609).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 13	02/21/2024	-3	Yea	Extending temporary licenses is like rearranging deck chairs. The real problem is lack of bodies to meet licensing oversight qualifications. Get rid of licensing – it’s meaningless at this point, a false promise of competence.
HB4120	Children: protection; distribution of training package to individuals designated as mandatory reporters for child abuse or child neglect; require. Amends 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.621 - 722.638) by adding sec. 3b.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 123	05/24/2023	-3	Yea	Archaic, and inserts MDHHS even farther into regulating healthcare employees. When people want information, they look online, and current resources are adequate. A clear MDHHS website form for reporting is sufficient.
HB4121	Health occupations: health professionals; permanent revocation of license or registration if convicted of sexual conduct under pretext of medical treatment; provide for. Amends sec. 16221 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16221). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4122'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 124	05/24/2023	3	Yea	This Larry Nasser bill locks the barn after the horse is long gone, but in the unlikely event it happens again, and can be proven, the provisions are appropriate.
HB4122	Health occupations: health professionals; permanent revocation of license or registration if convicted of sexual conduct under pretext of medical treatment; provide for. Amends sec. 16226 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16226). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4121'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 125	05/24/2023	3	Yea
HB4123	Crimes: other; preventing reporting of crime; prohibit by use of position of authority. Amends sec. 483a of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.483a).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 126	05/24/2023	3	Yea	All doctors, including professors, are mandatory reporters. It is especially egregious for them to either commit such crimes, or to shield those who do from reporting by those to whom they owe an example of professional conduct. In the wake of the Nassar scandal, stories surfaced of female medical students keeping silent for fear that complaints of improper conduct of a sexual nature by a supervising teaching physician who was also the dean of a medical school would result in dismissal.
HB4131	Insurance: health insurers; coverage for health care services provided through telemedicine; modify. Amends sec. 3476 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3476).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 115	05/21/2024	3	Yea
HB4145	Civil procedure: injunctions; extreme risk protection order act; enact. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4146'23, HB 4147'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 51	04/13/2023	-3	Yea	“Unless the petitioner is a law enforcement officer or health care provider, there is a presumption that the respondent will have 24 hours to surrender the firearms.” This sweeping law attempts to achieve what only good local relationships can accomplish well. Lacking such relationships (as most of Michigan does), this practice allows those with manipulative skills or ill intent to use healthcare to run roughshod over individual rights.
HB4167	Health: diseases; rare disease advisory council; create. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 5135 & 5135a.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 41	03/22/2023	-3	Yea
HB4169	Health occupations: occupational therapists; occupational therapy licensure compact; enact. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16188.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 43	04/30/2024	-3	Yea	The bill entrenches an unaccountable bureaucracy that duplicates state regulatory power. Healthcare freedom requires limited government.
HB4170	Health occupations: occupational therapists; licensure process for occupational therapists; modify to incorporate occupational therapy licensure compact. Amends sec. 18301 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.18301) & adds secs. 18303a & 18303b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4169'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 44	04/30/2024	-3	Yea	The bill entrenches an unaccountable bureaucracy that duplicates state regulatory power. Healthcare freedom requires limited government.
HB4197	Occupations: securities; notification and temporary hold on certain account disbursements for the protection of certain adults by broker-dealers and investment advisors; allow. Amends title of 2008 PA 551 (MCL 451.2101 - 451.2703) & adds art. 5A.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 144	06/08/2023	-3	Yea	Protecting the vulnerable is important, and it matters how this is done - for instance, without loss of privacy and autonomy. MDHHS and LARA have been given a great deal of power to access Michigan residents' information. This expands their powers into areas tasked to DIFS: consumer protection, managing consumer information and inquiries, and investigating consumer complaints. Duplication puts individual rights at risk.
HB4200	Health: screening; certificate of immunization; require department of health and human services to update to indicate whether minor has been tested for lead poisoning. Amends sec. 9206 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.9206). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0031'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 276	09/12/2023	-3	Yea
HB4213	Mental health: code; definition of distant site for a telemedicine visit; provide for. Amends sec. 105h of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.105h).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 114	05/21/2024	3	Yea	Only bureaucrats could insist that substantial dental services be offered remotely for public welfare recipients! The bill prohibits “lower rate than comparable services rendered in person, except when reimbursing a provider who exclusively provides telemedicine services.” It’s badly-written law, and designed to serve multiple special interests along the way, but it does force MDHHS to cover Medicaid patients connecting with clinicians.
HB4219	Economic development: Michigan strategic fund; membership on the Michigan strategic fund board; modify. Amends sec. 5 of 1984 PA 270 (MCL 125.2005).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 32	03/16/2023	-3	Yea
HB4224	Repeals work requirements for able-bodied adults on expanded Medicaid	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 344	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	Medicaid resources are limited. When the state expands Medicaid to include able-bodied adults, it reduces services to those for whom the program was intended. Work requirements help prevent this abuse of the system.
HB4230	Labor: public service employment; deduction from a public employee's wages for certain political purposes; remove prohibition against. Amends sec. 7 of 1978 PA 390 (MCL 408.477).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 456	11/01/2023	-3	Yea
HB4246	Appropriations: department of labor and economic opportunity; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 92	05/10/2023	-3	Yea	Significantly reduces spending below the previous year. However, the bill weaponizes this department for DEI, abortion, and centralized health policy by requiring local governments to report on actions that attempt to restrict duties of local health officers.
HB4248	Appropriations: department of military and veterans affairs; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 96	05/10/2023	-3	Yea	Weaponizes this department for DEI, abortion, and centralized health policy by requiring local governments to report on actions that attempt to restrict duties of local health officers.
HB4249	Appropriations: department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 84	05/10/2023	-3	Yea	Increases spending 98.4%, requires coordinating with LARA and MDHHS in excessive school and childcare water project, deleting funds for private well testing. Weaponizes this department for DEI, abortion, and centralized health policy by requiring local governments to report on actions that attempt to restrict duties of local health officers.
HB4276	Human services: medical services; Medicaid managed care contract with pharmacy benefit manager; regulate, and require reporting. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding secs. 105i & 105j.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 410	10/25/2023	-3	Yea	Part of the PBM price-fixing package. Bill text: “(2) By March 1, 2024 and by March 1 of each year after 2024, the department shall submit the information provided under subsection (1) to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department budget, the house and senate fiscal agencies, the house and senate policy offices, and the state budget office.” Who will do what, exactly?! Oh, what ineffective, complex plans arise from cutting consumers out of healthcare purchasing.
HB4280	Appropriations: department of licensing and regulatory affairs; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 93	05/10/2023	-3	Yea	Increases spending 15.8%. Increases healthcare regulation. Weaponizes this department for DEI, abortion, and centralized health policy by requiring local governments to report on actions that attempt to restrict duties of local health officers.
HB4286	Appropriations: school aid; fiscal year 2023-2024 appropriations for K-12 school aid; provide for. Amends secs. 11 & 17b of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 & 388.1617b).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 80	05/10/2023	-3	Yea	Increases spending 9.8%. More than $266.7M to insert state health/mental health policy into public schools. Eliminates $1Million to nonpublic schools to reimburse costs of complying with health, safety, and welfare state requirements. Weaponizes department for DEI and abortion, requires local governments to report on actions that attempt to restrict duties of local health officers.
HB4287	Appropriations: department of education; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 81	05/10/2023	-3	Yea	Increases spending 22.6%. Increases staff and funds for school mental health programs. Doubles funds for the department to work with MDHHS on the network of infant and early childhood mental health consultation. Weaponizes department for DEI and abortion, requires local governments to report on actions that attempt to restrict duties of local health officers.
HB4292	Appropriations: general government; appropriations for fiscal years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Conference Report Adopted Roll Call # 478	11/02/2023	-3	Yea	Supplemental Appropriations Bill increases total spending $275,759,900 or 0.6%, and healthcare spending through multiple projects: a state psychiatric hospital cost increase - $51M, a New Comprehensive State Public Health & Environmental Science Laboratory project - $326M, $2.5 million for a grant to Michigan Health & Hospital Association for an education, training, & housing incentive program in Flint, $1M CDC data collection, $4.5 million for a medical debt purchase pilot project, and more.
HB4293	Family law: marriage and divorce; marriage entered into by a person under 18 years of age; void. Amends title & sec. 1 of 1921 PA 352 (MCL 551.51). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0212'23, HB 4296'23, SB 0211'23, SB 0210'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 183	06/21/2023	3	Yea	While there may be 17-year-olds mature enough to marry, and responsible parents who would consent, it seems this law is being abused by parents arranging (selling?) child marriages. MDHHS enters in only as the state record-holder of marriage licenses.
HB4294	Family law: marriage and divorce; minimum age of consent for marriage; establish at 18. Amends sec. 3 of 1887 PA 128 (MCL 551.103). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0209'23, SB 0212'23, HB 4295'23, HB 4296'23	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 272	09/06/2023	3	Yea	Part of the bill package that removes legal provisions for minors to marry.
HB4295	Family law: marriage and divorce; minimum without publicity for persons under 18 years of age; prohibit. Amends sec. 1 of 1897 PA 180 (MCL 551.201). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0209'23, SB 0212'23, HB 4294'23, HB 4296'23	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 269	09/06/2023	3	Yea	Part of the bill package that removes legal provisions for minors to marry.
HB4297	Probate: other; references to a “married minor” in the estates and protected individuals code; eliminate. Amends secs. 2519, 5103, 5204, 5206 & 5215 of 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.2519 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4293'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 187	06/21/2023	-3	Yea	While updating references to “married minor” the bill editors also changed a Family Independence Agency reference to MDHHS, which previously absorbed the smaller agency. However, this is not just a textual update: it broadens MDHHS power by leaving the decision of who fulfills this responsibility to department discretion. Deciding who investigates and reports to the court about a proposed guardianship is a lawmaker decision, and deserves a conversation of its own.
HB4298	Children: other; reference to "marriage of minor child" in safe families for children act; remove. Amends sec. 5 of 2018 PA 434 (MCL 722.1555).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 188	06/21/2023	3	Yea	Part of the bill package that removes legal provisions for minors to marry.
HB4303	Appropriations: community colleges; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Amends secs. 201 & 206 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1801 & 388.1806).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 82	05/10/2023	-3	Yea	Deletes College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and first amendment provisions, and removes $56.0 million from the Michigan ADN to BSN Completion Grant program. The deleted provisions remove barriers to job entry in the health professions.
HB4304	Appropriations: higher education; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Amends secs. 236 & 241 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1836 & 388.1841).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 83	05/10/2023	-3	Yea	Increases spending 9%, including several high-ticket university projects related to health. Deletes prohibition on Union-Related Activities. Removes Stem Cell Research reporting, CLEP, and 1st Amendment provisions.
HB4308	Vehicles: fund-raising registration plates; fund-raising registration plate for sickle cell anemia research and treatment; create. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 811hh & repeals sec. 811aa of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.811aa).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 314	09/27/2023	-3	Yea	Specialty plates typically direct state collection of funds for a particular organization. By doing this, they serve that organization's interest, and exclude others. The state's special interest treatment extends to the constituency of the specialty plate as well. Very much to the contrary, the state should hold everyone equal.
HB4310	Appropriations: department of health and human services; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 87	05/10/2023	-3	Yea	House increased the MDHHS Budget by $2,516,148,300, equal to 7.8%. Senate zeroed spending to placeholder $100 as part of unknown budget negotiations; subsequent votes are excluded from scoring. As the blood of the people, tax dollars must be managed with care. Scoring criteria for appropriations included 1) spending increases during difficult economic times. 2) weaponizing healthcare for political agendas including DEI, state control of local activities, and pro-abortion policies.
HB4341	Water supply: quality and standards; clean drinking water in schools and child care centers; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0088'23, HB 4342'23	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 346	10/12/2023	-3	Yea	This bill package creates universal water mandates, no exceptions, without a clear end-point or even evidence of a universal water problem. Hearings sadly lacked a clear child-centered evidentiary goal, as well. Even if Lead (Pb) is a universal enemy, this package is excessive.
HB4342	Water supply: quality and standards; installations of filtration systems in child care centers; require. Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 - 722.128) by adding secs. 3j, 3k & 3l. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0088'23, HB 4341'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 292	09/20/2023	-3	Yea	This bill package creates universal water mandates, no exceptions, without a clear end-point or even evidence of a universal water problem. Hearings sadly lacked a clear child-centered evidentiary goal, as well. Even if Lead (Pb) is a universal enemy, this package is excessive.
HB4360	Local government: authorities; emergency services authorities; allow to serve partial municipalities. Amends sec. 2 of 1988 PA 57 (MCL 124.602).	House Third Reading: Senate Amendment(s) Concurred In Roll Call # 168	06/12/2024	-3	Yea	The bill would allow incorporating municipalities to determine the territory of emergency service jurisdiction. The whole point of public services is to serve entire taxing and voting jurisdictions. Who are supporters trying to cut out? Rural, or less-desirable urban? Transparency is lacking here.
HB4361	Individual income tax: credit; 1-time credit for organ donation; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 280.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 315	09/25/2024	-3	Yea	This bill is a risk to life and a boon to the organ industry, already troubled by unethical practices.
HB4362	Individual income tax: forms; option for individuals to complete a donor registry schedule to participate in organ donor registry with annual income tax return; provide for. Amends sec. 471 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.471) & adds sec. 474. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4363'23, HB 4364'23	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 246	06/27/2023	-3	Yea	The organ donation process has core ethical issues with the way we declare death. These issues should be resolved before any consideration of expanding signup. In fact, resolving ambiguity in defining death is itself likely to resolve hesitancy for many potential donors.
HB4363	Health: anatomical gifts; inclusion on the donor registry of an individual who elects to be a donor on an income tax schedule; allow. Amends secs. 10105 & 10120 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.10105 & 333.10120). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4362'23, HB 4364'23	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 247	06/27/2023	-3	Yea	The organ donation process has core ethical issues with the way we declare death. These issues should be resolved before we consider expanding signup. In fact, resolving this ambiguity is itself likely to resolve hesitancy for many potential donors.
HB4364	Taxation: administration; disclosure of certain information related to the donor registry program; allow. Amends sec. 28 of 1941 PA 122 (MCL 205.28). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4362'23, HB 4363'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 102	05/11/2023	-3	Yea	The organ donation process has core ethical issues with the way we declare death. These issues should be resolved before we consider expanding signup. In fact, resolving ambiguity in defining death is itself likely to resolve hesitancy for many potential donors.
HB4376	Insurance: producers; duties of acting as a fiduciary; modify. Amends sec. 1207 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.1207).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 99	05/11/2023	-3	Yea	Reasonably, the bill requires an agent to have a separate bank account for premiums, but excludes credit unions. Reportedly, some agents do not report commissions <$600/year; and FDIC bank accounts are open to federal government inspection as of June 2023, whereas credit union accounts are not. This would violate privacy, besides allowing the state to choose one type of financial institution for insurance agent accounts.
HB4409	Health: pharmaceuticals; reports on certain costs and other information associated with prescription drugs; require manufacturers of prescription drugs to file with the department. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 226	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	As a method of price reduction, legislated controls are a failed experiment. They also increase government costs, power, and size – all a threat to individual freedoms.
HB4437	Appropriations: omnibus; appropriations for multiple departments and branches for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for, and make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2022-2023. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Conference Report Adopted Roll Call # 263	06/28/2023	-3	Yea	The main budget bill for 2023-24 is 1,038 pages long and mentions the word "health" 760 times. MDHHS spending is increased 6.9% over the previous year and includes $5.3 Billion for the Healthy Michigan Plan. Full Budget Summary (220 pages): https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2023-2024/billanalysis/House/pdf/2023-HLA-4437-F1CF4A18.pdf
HB4495	Human services: medical services; general changes to the medical assistance program; provide for. Amends secs. 105d & 106 of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.105d & 400.106) & repeals secs. 105c & 105f of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.105c & 400.105f).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 248	06/27/2023	-3	Yea	Increases MDHHS costs by removing Healthy Michigan admin cost ceilings, copays, responsible use provisions, and provider incentives. Duplicates federal ACA provisions within Michigan law.
HB4496	Human services: medical services; general changes to the medical assistance program; provide for. Amends secs. 105b & 109f of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.105b & 400.109f) & repeals secs. 105c & 105f of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.105c & 400.105f).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 146	06/13/2023	-3	Yea	Removes Medicaid work provisions and generally prioritizes control as opposed to independence. Shifts MDHHS creation of health incentives (wellness programs) to coordinating with insurance to create them, making it permissible rather than mandatory, and giving insurance incentives as well. Removes “top 10” limit on disease priorities, opening the door to Sickle Cell program (among others).
HB4504	Health occupations: physical therapists; physical therapy licensure compact; enact. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16188. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4505'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 52	05/02/2024	-3	Yea	The bill entrenches an unaccountable bureaucracy that duplicates state regulatory power. Healthcare freedom requires limited government.
HB4505	Health occupations: physical therapists; licensing process; modify to incorporate physical therapy licensing compact. Amends sec. 17801 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17801) & adds secs. 17820a & 17820b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4504'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 53	05/02/2024	-3	Yea	The bill entrenches an unaccountable bureaucracy that duplicates state regulatory power. Healthcare freedom requires limited government.
HB4516	Family law: domestic violence; domestic violence prevention and treatment fund; allow to provide funding to tribal domestic and sexual violence shelters and service providers. Amends sec. 1 of 1978 PA 389 (MCL 400.1501).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 141	06/07/2023	-3	Yea	Administered by MDHHS. Michigan tribes have national sovereignty, special lands, tax-exemption, and special compacts with the state to run lucrative casinos and other businesses. Testimony indicates unusually high rates of violence within tribes. However, does additional access to state programs benefit tribal members long-term, or is this just more MDHHS paternalism and data collection?
HB4520	Crimes: assaultive; penalties for certain kinds of assault; modify. Amends secs. 81 & 81a of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.81 & 750.81a). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4521'23	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 469	11/02/2023	-3	Yea	Testimony indicates at least 38 other states have similar laws, yet no statistical evidence is presented. This bill appears to be a bandaid for the real problem of clinician/patient estrangement due to healthcare stresses. In fact, state regulation is a major stressor, suggesting the state can restore relationship by butting out. Law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges can enforce penalties already in place.
HB4521	Crimes: assaultive; penalties for certain kinds of assault; modify. Amends sec. 82 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.82). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4520'23	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 470	11/02/2023	-3	Yea	Is the current law being applied? This situation lacks transparency. HFA states, “The number of convictions that would result under provisions of the bills is not known.” Some say judges and prosecutors are reluctant to go after these offenders. If so, the new provisions are nothing but hot air – and the violent will know that.
HB4522	Courts: other; family treatment court; create. Amends sec. 1082 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1082) & adds ch. 10D.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 422	10/31/2023	-3	Yea	Court-directed care under MDHHS/ CPS and national standards violates constitutional protections. Blurring institutional lines between courts and care leads to unequal justice and violation of family and clinician rights. In short, inserting expertise of state bureaucracies fails to replace the role of a jury. Instead, it displaces local interests in justice.
HB4523	Courts: other; violent offender eligibility for mental health court; modify. Amends sec. 1093 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1093).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 79	05/09/2024	-3	Yea	A dual justice system, one option under MDHHS standards, isn't much of an argument for equal justice. Opening it to violent offenders is even worse.
HB4524	Courts: drug court; termination procedure for drug treatment courts; modify. Amends sec. 1074 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1074).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 424	10/31/2023	-3	Yea	A dual justice system, one option under MDHHS standards, isn't much of an argument for equal justice. Opening it to violent offenders is even worse.
HB4525	Courts: drug court; violent offender eligibility for drug treatment court; modify. Amends secs. 1064 & 1066 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1064 & 600.1066).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 80	05/09/2024	-3	Yea	A dual justice system, one option under MDHHS standards, isn't much of an argument for equal justice. Opening it to violent offenders is even worse.
HB4573	Higher education: community colleges; new jobs training program; extend sunset. Amends secs. 161, 162 & 164 of 1966 PA 331 (MCL 389.161 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 392	10/24/2023	-3	Yea	Perpetuates a high-cost job entry regime, with the state mediating local relationships among schools, health facilities, corporations, higher ed. Every one of my local community college’s health programs used to be on-the-job training. The new license laws make more college classes necessary to qualify for work; state moneys leverage more state control of local business, for instance wage control by this jobs training program bill.
HB4579	HB4579 - Insurance: health insurers; require reimbursement rates for telehealth visits to be the same as for office visits. Amends sec. 3476 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3476).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 113	05/21/2024	-3	Yea	Is a telehealth visit equal in value to an office visit? That is a highly individual question, and legislation cannot give a good answer - only clinicians and patients can do that. We should probably allow them to do so.
HB4580	Human services: medical services; reimbursement rate for telehealth visits; require to be the same as reimbursements for office visits. Amends sec. 105h of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.105h).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 560	11/09/2023	-3	Yea	Is a telehealth visit equal in value to an office visit? That is a highly individual question, and legislation cannot give a good answer - only clinicians and patients can do that. We should probably allow them to do so.
HB4596	Environmental protection: sewage; labeling standards for disposable wipes products; provide for. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 340	10/04/2023	-3	Yea	Regulations raise prices for consumers, a particularly sad move for a hygeine product during difficult economic times. Testimony that federal regulations are pending doesn’t help this bill.
HB4605	Sales tax: distribution; distribution of certain sales tax revenue into the public safety and violence prevention fund; provide for. Amends sec. 25 of 1933 PA 167 (MCL 205.75).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 494	11/08/2023	-3	Yea	A redistribution of wealth from low-crime to high-crime areas of MI, using MDHHS in part: “… 6.5% of the money added during the previous two fiscal quarters to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to create and administer a grant program to provide grants to cities, villages, townships, and counties for the purpose of advancing public health and intervention solutions to community violence.” Weaponizing health policy to benefit some at the expense of others is wrong.
HB4606	State management: funds; public safety and violence prevention fund; create. Amends sec. 2 of 2000 PA 489 (MCL 12.252) & adds secs. 11a & 11b.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 495	11/08/2023	-3	Yea	A redistribution of wealth from low-crime to high-crime areas of MI, using MDHHS in part: “… 6.5% of the money added during the previous two fiscal quarters to [MDHHS] to create and administer a grant program to provide grants to cities, villages, townships, and counties for the purpose of advancing public health and intervention solutions to community violence.” Disproportionate impact for large cities will increase over time, making this a liberal stronghold handout. It took 19 subs to pass!
HB4608	Health occupations: dietitians and nutritionists; licensure of dietitian nutritionists; provide for. Amends secs. 16141 & 16145 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16141 & 333.16145) & adds sec. 16346 & pt. 183A.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 390	10/19/2023	-3	Yea	Licenses are a barrier to clinical work and patient access to care. They are unproven to increase quality and guaranteed to increase costs.
HB4613	Health occupations: emergency medical services personnel; certain temporary licenses; modify terms. Amends sec. 20952 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20952). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4614'23	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 290	06/27/2024	-3	Yea	Extends temporary license from 120 days to 1 year. This merely rearranges the systemic problem of EMS shortages. Testimony indicates that the real bottleneck is the expensive national test for instructors. It has been proposed that MDHHS, as licensing body for EMS, should provide an alternative exam.
HB4614	Health occupations: emergency medical services personnel; certain temporary licenses; make technical changes. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 20952a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4613'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 5	02/07/2024	-3	Yea	Extends temporary license from 120 days to 1 year. This merely rearranges the systemic problem of EMS shortages. Testimony indicates that the real bottleneck is the expensive national test for instructors. It has been proposed that MDHHS, as licensing body for EMS, should provide an alternative exam.
HB4616	Mental health: children; conversion therapy; prohibit. Amends 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1001 - 330.2106) by adding sec. 901a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4617'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 167	06/14/2023	-3	Yea	Weaponizes state government to penalize clinical free speach in treating gender dysphoria. The bill is based upon a lie, since the term "conversion therapy" is highjacked and redefined in the companion bill. Commonly known as "SOGI bills" (sexual orientation gender identity).
HB4617	Mental health: other; definition of conversion therapy; provide for. Amends sec. 100a of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1100a). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4616'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 168	06/14/2023	-3	Yea	Weaponizes state government to penalize clinical free speach in treating gender dysphoria. The bill is based upon a lie, since the term "conversion therapy" is highjacked and redefined. The term itself is shocking, as it is commonly associated with archaic methods such as shock treatment and aversion therapy. But the new, banned, definition covers everything but affirmation. Commonly known as "SOGI bills" (sexual orientation gender identity).
HB4618	Public employees and officers: compensation and benefits; regional airport authorities; include in the publicly funded health insurance contribution act. Amends sec. 2 of 2011 PA 152 (MCL 15.562).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 37	04/23/2024	-3	Yea	Expands unequal rule of law and government involvement in healthcare.
HB4619	Insurance: insurers; denying coverage based on gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation or expression; prohibit. Amends sec. 2027 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2027).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 253	06/28/2023	-3	Yea	House bill package 4619-23 duplicates federal ACA (Obamacare) in state law, increasing costs, centralizing control, and limiting health insurance options.
HB4620	Insurance: health insurers; denying coverage for preexisting conditions; prohibit, and prohibit canceling coverage based on health of insured. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406ii.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 348	10/12/2023	-3	Yea	Redistributes the financial burden of poor health, including that caused by poor choices. House bill package 4619-23 duplicates federal ACA (Obamacare) in state law, increasing costs, centralizing control, and limiting health insurance options.
HB4621	Insurance: health insurers; coverage for dependents under the age of 26; require. Amends sec. 3403 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3403).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 255	06/28/2023	-3	Yea	House bill package 4619-23 duplicates federal ACA (Obamacare) in state law, increasing costs, centralizing control, and limiting health insurance options. This bill in particular delays age of responsibility, and redistributes financial burden of poor health, including that caused by poor choices in child-rearing. Another consequence for some has been a barrier to entirely “leaving father and mother” and/or fully committing to marriage.
HB4622	Insurance: health insurers; annual and lifetime dollar limits; prohibit. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406z. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4623'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 256	06/28/2023	-3	Yea	House bill package 4619-23 duplicates federal ACA (Obamacare) in state law, increasing costs, centralizing control, and limiting health insurance options. This bill in particular guarantees ongoing price hikes, making insurance unaffordable for everyone, and increasing state welfare dependence.
HB4623	Insurance: health insurers; minimum required coverage; provide for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406bb.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 257	06/28/2023	-3	Yea	House bill package 4619-23 duplicates federal ACA (Obamacare) in state law, increasing costs, centralizing control, and limiting health insurance options. This particular bill guarantees high-flow dollars to insurance/managed care, while preserving their ability to limit reimbursement. Prohibits individual-responsibility copays etc for mandated coverage items (ambulance, ER, pregnancy, etc.). Nationalizes treatment standards, which limits Michigan and local choices.
HB4625	Juveniles: criminal procedure; use of screening tool for minors eligible for a certain diversion option; require. Amends secs. 2, 3, 6 & 9 of 1988 PA 13 (MCL 722.822 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0418'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 364	10/17/2023	-3	Yea	The screening is not allowed in evidence?? One bill of many recommended by the EO 2021-6 task force to safely reduce placement in detention & residential placement and associated costs. Increase safety & well-being of youth "impacted by the juvenile justice system." Reduce racial & ethnic disparities among youth .... Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the state’s and counties’ juvenile justice systems; Increase accountability & transparency in the juvenile justice system.
HB4626	Juveniles: other; length of time youth can be placed on precourt diversion program; limit. Amends secs. 5 & 6 of 1988 PA 13 (MCL 722.825 & 722.826). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4625'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 365	10/17/2023	-3	Yea	Diversion court effectiveness is unknown. This bill package would increase costs for MDHHS and local units of government by an indeterminate amount. The fiscal impact on counties would depend on the cost of adopting a mental health screening tool and a risk screening tool per MI Supreme Court guidelines. Increased costs to DHHS or local county governments would depend upon the increased number of juveniles involved. In-home care: 75% state 25% county reimb rate, out-of-home care: 50% state 50%..
HB4628	Courts: family division; use of screening tool for minors sought to be placed on the consent calendar; require. Amends sec. 2f, ch. XIIA of 1939 PA 288 (MCL 712A.2f). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0418'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 366	10/17/2023	-3	Yea	Involves the state health department in creating a parallel, unproven, justice system. There is no freedom without effective and equal rule of law.
HB4629	Juveniles: other; detention of juveniles in certain circumstances; modify. Amends sec. 15 & 16, ch. XIIA of 1939 PA 288 (MCL 712A.15 & 712A.16). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0418'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 367	10/17/2023	-3	Yea	an individual or agency designated by the court must use a detention screening tool on a juvenile before the juvenile may be detained in a secure facility pending hearing. ... consult the results of the screening tool and follow any supreme court rules regarding its use. The court must share the results with all parties before the hearing. Any statement, admission, confession, or incriminating evidence obtained from a juvenile in the court of a screening under these provisions is not admissible
HB4639	Children: services; reference to "children's ombudsman" in social welfare act; amend to "child advocate". Amends sec. 115m of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.115m). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4638'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 372	10/17/2023	3	Yea	This bill and others change the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) office name that investigates MDHHS management of CPS. HB 4638 did not receive a floor vote in 2023, but would add responsibilities related to residential facilities and juvenile justice services in an apparent DTMB attempt to keep up with MDHHS sprawl.
HB4640	Children: services; reference to "children's ombudsman" in the probate code of 1939; amend to "child advocate". Amends secs. 67 & 68, ch. X & sec. 19b, ch. XIIA of 1939 PA 288 (MCL 710.67 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4638'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 373	10/17/2023	3	Yea
HB4643	Children: services; reference to "children's ombudsman" in the foster care and adoption services act; amend to "child advocate". Amends secs. 5, 8a, 8b & 8d of 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.955 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4638'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 374	10/17/2023	3	Yea
HB4644	Probate: powers of attorney; uniform power of attorney act; create. Creates new act & repeals secs. 5501 - 5505 of 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.5501 - 700.5505). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4645'23, HB 4646'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 243	06/27/2023	3	Yea	Clarifies power of attorney for health-related expenses, and directs coordination with another person responsible for healthcare decisions. Adopts a version used by 30 other states, making this tool more durable for people who move between Michigan and those states. The POA form is said to be the most affordable way to address incapacity. Current POAs remain valid unless replaced. Does not repeal or amend Michigan's EPIC law, which potentially sets up conflictsx and future court challengess.
HB4646	Probate: powers of attorney; reference to powers of attorney in public health code; revise to reflect adoption of uniform power of attorney act. Amends secs. 10121 & 10301 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.10121 & 333.10301). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4644'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 245	06/27/2023	-3	Yea	Clarifies power of attorney for health-related expenses, and directs coordination with another person responsible for healthcare decisions. Adopts a version used by 30 other states, making this tool more durable for people who move between Michigan and those states. The POA form is said to be the most affordable way to address incapacity. Current POAs remain valid unless replaced. Does not repeal or amend Michigan's EPIC law, which potentially sets up conflictsx and future court challengess.
HB4647	Occupations: individual licensing and registration; department of licensing and regulatory affairs inspection requirements of barbershops and barber colleges; modify. Amends sec. 1113 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1113).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 343	10/10/2023	3	Yea	For low-risk care, barbering is highly regulated. This bill lets them do what they do with fewer barriers. HFA: “Currently, the act requires barbershops to be inspected at least once a year and each barber college to be inspected twice a year after the initial inspection required to open the establishment. The bill would require the department to conduct these inspections regularly following the initial inspection.” - in alignment with cosmetology establishments.
HB4676	Children: foster care; education requirements for children placed in foster care; provide for. Amends sec. 8b of 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.958b).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 23	03/12/2024	3	Yea	Clarifies legislative intent for (at times) substandard foster child education. "Enrollment in school within 5 school days after an initial placement or any placement change, unless extenuating circumstances... with consistent placement in the same school, when possible... An education that prioritizes meeting the graduation requirements of the Michigan merit curriculum content standards and the ability to receive educational records to the same extent as all students who are not in foster..."
HB4677	Children: foster care; assessments of education facilities at child care institutions; require. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 - 722.960) by adding sec. 8e.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 564	11/09/2023	3	Yea	Requires MDHHS to report to multiple legislative committees the educational level, status, and movement of foster children. (House Health Appropriations hearing testimony indicated 2023 numbers are down to 10,000 from 13,000 before.) This may be a “preventive” measure following the CPS employee chronic abuse of foster kids. The final report of that investigation has not been published at the time of scoring.
HB4678	Children: child care; assessments of education facilities at child care institutions; require. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1281c.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 565	11/09/2023	3	Yea	Clarifies legislative intent for quality of foster child education. The rulemaking to restrict foster children to schools that follow MDE guidelines continues exclusion of homeschooling by omission. (Not a new rule for the foster system.)96
HB4720	Civil rights: other; language access plan; require state agencies to create and implement for individuals with limited English proficiency. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 481	11/02/2023	-3	Yea	Would mandate all departments to provide their information in multiple langages, coordinating with the Office of Global Michigan; and increase costs to state entities "by an indeterminate amount." Appropriations went from $700K to $39.9M this year. People who assimilate, thrive; and help Michigan to thrive as well. It is not state government's role to enable foreign enclaves and entitlements. "If every man would sweep his own doorstep the city would soon be clean." - T. Adams Temple, 1624
HB4728	Health: testing; screening of breast milk donor for presence of HIV; modify. Amends sec. 9123 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.9123).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 228	06/26/2024	3	Yea	Current law requires testing for HIV every 3 months for donating breast milk. This bill removes the requirement to test quarterly, and retains initial testing. Reduced regulatory cost supports individual freedom.
HB4729	Worker's compensation: disabilities; presumption of causation of heart and respiratory diseases; extend to certain members of police, fire, and public safety departments. Amends sec. 405 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.405).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 484	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	The bill presents as justice for first responders, but costs include smaller jurisdictions being unable to afford to keep their part-timers. In the larger picture, why should public employees be given this presumption, but not private? This is undue interference with local government, as well as unequal rule of law. Opponents “suggest that a better source of funding would be the Christopher R. Slezak First Responder Presumed Coverage Fund," a duplicate program according to HFA.
HB4732	Insurance: health benefits; excluding federal excepted benefits from a health insurance policy; provide for. Amends sec. 3701 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3701). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4733'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 358	10/12/2023	3	Yea	Reportedly, there is significant confusion in the senior community between Medicare major medical plans and Medicare Supplement Plans. HBs 4732 and 4733 bring Michigan law into line with federal definitions.
HB4733	Insurance: health benefits; exclusion of federal excepted benefits from a health insurance policy; provide for. Amends sec. 608 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.608). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4732'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 359	10/12/2023	3	Yea	Reportedly, there is significant confusion in the senior community between Medicare major medical plans and Medicare Supplement Plans. HBs 4732 and 4733 bring Michigan law into line with federal definitions.
HB4833	Health: substance use disorder treatment; licensure for substance use disorder service program; modify. Amends secs. 6233, 6235, 6236 & 6251 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.6233 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 488	12/13/2024	3	Yea	Splits up SUDS licensing into prevention and treatment/ rehabilitation (exempts specialized clinicians, hospitals, etc, resulting in fewer duplicate licenses). LARA must provide comment section in licensing form. LARA claims will lose $70,000 per year. Reducing duplicate licensing will lower cost. Remaining questions: Will split services improve care? Or are they already naturally split, and this allows primary care to incorporate outpatient prevention with routine office work at no added cost?
HB4885	Health facilities: other; medication aide training and permit program; provide for and increase certain fees. Amends secs. 21907, 21909, 21911, 21913, 21915, 21919, 21921 & 21923 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.21907 et seq.) & adds secs. 21912, 21916, 21918 & 21920. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4923'23	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 506	11/08/2023	-3	Nay	Mandates nurse aide, med aide, and nurse trainer all be registered. LARA increased the fees after bill was proposed, to CNA Reg $40, Trainer $60, training program $300, Community College or onsite $100, Exam $175. Renewal $160, 200, 500. Teaching is already in the RN scope of practice: more red tape is just wrong. Committee members seemed satisfied learning that fees are paid by the facility, but where do they think the money comes from?? ALL costs are passed on to patients.
HB4909	Probate: guardians and conservators; requirements to be appointed as guardian or conservator; modify. Amends 5104, 5106, 5310, 5313 & 5409 of 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.5104 et seq.) & adds sec. 5106a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4910'23, HB 4911'23, HB 4912'23, HB 5047'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 395	10/24/2023	-3	Yea	Bill package 4909-4912 addresses current guardianship issues. However, it sets up regulatory overkill, including MDHHS licensing of guardians and other provisions beyond the original recommendations for reform.
HB4910	Probate: guardians and conservators; duties of guardians, conservators, and guardians ad litem; modify. Amends secs. 5305, 5314, 5406, 5417 & 5418 of 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.5305 et seq.) & adds sec. 5314a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4909'23, HB 4911'23, HB 4912'23, HB 5047'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 396	10/24/2023	3	Yea	Guardians make healthcare decisions and much more. "... over 60,000 Michigan citizens have critical aspects of their lives controlled by another person," Danny Wimmer, a spokesperson for Nessel's office, said. "While not every state reports their total numbers, we do believe that Michigan is at the top end of the spectrum, if not the highest, due to the flagrantly large number of unnecessary guardianships awarded in Michigan."
HB4911	Probate: guardians and conservators; appointment; modify procedure. Amends secs. 5303, 5304, 5306, 5306a, 5312 & 5416 of 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.5303 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4909'23, HB 4910'23, HB 4912'23, HB 5047'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 397	10/24/2023	3	Yea	Requires detailed examination and report to the court requested to determine guardianship. Highly prescriptive, but appropriate for such a decision. My only concern is privacy: this data should not be accessible to other state agencies such as MDHHS.
HB4912	Probate: guardians and conservators; appointment of a temporary guardian; modify procedure, and modify procedure for removing a conservator. Amends secs. 5414 & 5415 of 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.5414 & 700.5415) & adds sec. 5312a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4909'23, HB 4910'23, HB 4911'23, HB 5047'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 398	10/24/2023	3	Yea	Acknowledges the fluctuations in responsibility, as well as the rights of the incapacitated. Would modify and add provisions related to temporary guardians. (House Fiscal Agency)
HB4923	Health facilities: other; medication aide training and permit program; provide for. Amends secs. 21903 & 21905 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.21903 & 333.21905). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4885'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 450	11/01/2023	-3	Nay
HB4944	Insurance: health benefits; hearing aids for children; require coverage for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406z. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4963'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 368	12/03/2024	-3	Yea	Insurance mandates shift costs and reduce individual decision-making in care. HSA-type models are a better solution.
HB4949	Health: abortion; reproductive health act; create. Creates new act & repeals (See bill). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0474'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 460	11/01/2023	-3	Yea	Abortion as a form of murder is wrong, and law protecting it is immoral.
HB4951	Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines and other references to certain abortion crimes; amend to reflect repeal. Amends sec. 10d, ch. II, secs. 1a & 3, ch. IV, sec. 6e, ch. V, sec. 4a, ch. IX & secs. 13k, 16d & 16p, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 762.10d et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0474'23, HB 4949'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 461	11/01/2023	-3	Yea	Removes penalties for abortion, partial birth abortion, and more.
HB4953	Health: abortion; revised judicature act of 1961; revise to reflect repealed abortion laws. Amends sec. 5711 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.5711). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4949'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 462	11/01/2023	-3	Yea	Brings this section of law into compliance with abortion-protective bills.
HB4954	School aid: other; the state school aid act of 1979; modify to reflect repealed abortion laws. Amends sec. 6 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1606). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4949'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 463	11/01/2023	-3	Yea	Brings this section of law into compliance with abortion-protective bills.
HB4955	Health: abortion; occupational code; revise to reflect repealed abortion laws. Amends sec. 1810 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1810). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0474'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 464	11/01/2023	-3	Yea	Brings this section of law into compliance with abortion-protective bills.
HB4956	Criminal procedure: expunction; reference to crime of partial birth abortion; remove to reflect repeal. Amends sec. 1 of 1965 PA 213 (MCL 780.621). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4949'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 465	11/01/2023	-3	Yea	Brings this section of law into compliance with abortion-protective bills. Protecting the right to life is one of the core reasons we have government.
HB4963	Insurance: health benefits; hearing related services and devices; require coverage. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406aa. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4944'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 369	12/03/2024	-3	Yea	Insurance mandates shift costs and reduce individual decision-making about care. HSA-type models are a better solution.
HB4982	Higher education: education programs; authorization and distance education reciprocal exchange act; extend sunset. Amends sec. 7 of 2015 PA 45 (MCL 390.1697).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 290	09/20/2023	3	Yea	This bill extends SARA, a workaround (pay-off?) for genuine interstate reciprocity in higher ed. Not cheap - LEO collected $389.9 million in revenues for the program in 2022. Impacts healthcare education by degree-granting institutions according to LEO. Ideally, states and schools will allow reciprocity to make this LEO role irrelevant and lighten the regulatory cost of healthcare education.
HB4989	Food: licensing; food service establishment fees; modify. Amends secs. 3119, 4103 & 4117 of 2000 PA 92 (MCL 289.3119 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 294	09/20/2023	-3	Yea	Allows local public health departments to set their own licensing fees for transitory food services. Subject to abuse.
HB4993	Occupations: licensing fees; licensing fees related to certain occupations; eliminate sunset. Amends secs. 13, 17, 21, 25, 27, 31, 37 & 38 of 1979 PA 152 (MCL 338.2213 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 297	09/20/2023	-3	Yea	Extends fee increases for multiple occupational licenses: barbers, cosmetology, and hearing aid dealers. These licenses are unproven to protect health and safety. On the contrary, they do raise set barriers to job entry, and pass costs on to consumers. If we're serious about cutting the cost of healthcare, this would be a good place to start
HB4995	Businesses: limited liability companies; annual statement fees under the Michigan limited liability company act; modify. Amends sec. 1101 of 1993 PA 23 (MCL 450.5101).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 299	09/20/2023	-3	Yea	Your independent doctor's office probably formed as an LLC (Limited Liability Corporation). Any fee it incurs, comes out in your bill. This bill postpones, for 4 years, reducing the Section 911 reporting fee from $25 to $15. The three-bill package impacts LLC, nonprofit, and corporate annual report filing fees. Together they effectively tax small businesses $9.5M per year, which goes to LARA.
HB4996	Businesses: nonprofit corporations; annual report fees under the nonprofit corporation act; modify. Amends sec. 1060 of 1982 PA 162 (MCL 450.3060).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 300	09/20/2023	-3	Yea	Most charities and many healthcare organizations some large, some small - are nonprofits. State fees add to their cost of doing business. This bill postpones, for 4 years, reducing the Section 911 reporting fee from $25 to $15. The three-bill package impacts LLC, nonprofit, and corporate annual report filing fees. Together they effectively tax small businesses $9.5M per year, which goes to LARA.
HB4997	Businesses: business corporations; annual report fees under the business corporation act; modify. Amends sec. 1060 of 1972 PA 284 (MCL 450.2060).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 301	09/20/2023	-3	Yea	Most small start-ups, including many that serve healthcare market, must file with the state as a corporation. This cost of doing business (in time and finances) is passed on to each of us, as consumers. This bill postpones, for 4 years, reducing the Section 911 reporting fee from $25 to $15. The three-bill package impacts LLC, nonprofit, and corporate annual report filing fees. Together they effectively tax small businesses $9.5M per year, which goes to LARA.
HB5003	Mental health: facilities; licensing fees related to psychiatric hospitals; extend sunset. Amends sec. 139 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1139).	Reported With Recommendation With Substitute H-1	09/20/2023	-3	Yea	This bill postpones, for 4 years, reducing psychiatric hospital license fees. Together HB 5003/5004 effectively tax facilities $1.5M per year, which goes to LARA. We’re incredibly short of psych facilities, and these charges inevitably turn up in patient bills. How about we stop raising the cost of healthcare?
HB5004	Health: other; certain fees and assessments; modify, and make general revisions to the public health code. Amends secs. 5801, 6237, 13522 & 20161 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.5801 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 311	09/27/2023	-3	Yea	This bill postpones, for 4 years, reducing long-term care facility license fees. Together HB 5003/5004 effectively tax facilities $1.5M per year, which goes to LARA. In addition, this bill adds a $2000 startup fee, a $500 annual fee, + an X-ray machine fee. We’re already suffering from high healthcare cost inflation, and these charges inevitably turn up in patient bills .How about we stop raising the cost of healthcare?
HB5013	Insurance: health insurers; coverage for the dispensing of a 12-month supply of birth control; require. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406z.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 338	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	Harms economic freedom. Insurance coverage mandates increase premium costs by an average of 4% each.
HB5027	Human services: medical services; coverage for certain prenatal screenings; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 109o.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 229	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	“All pregnant patients and those planning a pregnancy would have to be given access to expanded carrier screening that is intended for use in a global population that encompasses over 100 inheritable autosomal recessive and X-linked conditions with a carrier frequency of approximately greater than or equal to 1/200 in any ethnic group.... 2023 DHHS appropriations includes $6.0 million Gross ($900,700 GF/GP) to reinstate the Plan First! Medicaid-funded family planning service."
HB5043	Health: medical examiners; process for medical certification of a death record; modify. Amends secs. 2804, 2843, 2843b, 2844 & 16221 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2804 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 150	06/11/2024	-3	Yea	Medical Examiners (ME) are traditionally a local method of securing the right to life. This bill imposes central control. A web app run by MDHHS would limit local ME choices for recording manner, cause of death, and other details. In addition, it imposes training and access requirements, and allows fees or other barriers in the future.
HB5044	Health: medical examiners; requirements for an investigation of the cause and manner of death; modify. Amends secs. 2 & 3 of 1953 PA 181 (MCL 52.202 & 52.203). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5043'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 151	06/11/2024	-3	Yea	Adds attending physician representatives like a partner. Still requires ME certification for “unexpected” deaths, but exempts if seen by a physician within a year, instead of 48 hr, if they can accurately state the cause of death. MI law already exempts identifiable deaths. With this extension, how many physicians will just guess instead of pinning down the facts? Reducing standards for identifying homicide, suicide, contagion, etc degrades the value we place on life, & our ability to defend it.
HB5047	Probate: guardians and conservators; office of state guardian; create. Amends sec. 5106 of 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.5106) & adds pt. 5A to art. V. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4909'23, HB 4910'23, HB 4911'23, HB 4912'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 399	10/24/2023	-3	Yea	A new independent agency (board appointed entirely by the governor’s party) would determine licenses of guardians who control the person and property of people declared incapacitated. Among other red flags, MDHHS access to all court files; plus, civil suit conviction for “conversion” disqualifies an applicant. One MDHHS licensing regime has already turned an EMS surplus into a shortage. Let’s not turn another one loose on our state.
HB5077	Health: pharmaceuticals; distribution of naloxone under the administration of opioid antagonist act to any individual; provide for. Amends title & secs. 103 & 107 of 2019 PA 39 (MCL 15.673 & 15.677) & adds sec. 106.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 39	04/24/2024	-3	Yea	Empowers unlimited government, suppressing individual responsibility and freedom. HB 5077/5078 would authorize agencies to obtain opioid antagonists by means other than purchase [SUCH AS?? LACKS TRANSPARENCY] and specifically allow agency employees or agents to directly or indirectly distribute the opioid antagonist to anyone (i.e., not just to administer it) without liability.
HB5078	Health: pharmaceuticals; distribution of opioid antagonists by employees and agents of agencies under the administration of opioid antagonists act; provide for. Amends sec. 17744b of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17744b).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 40	04/24/2024	-3	Yea	Expands government distribution of opioid antagonists, suppressing individual responsibility and freedom. HB 5077/5078 would authorize agencies to obtain them by means other than purchase [SUCH AS?? LACKS TRANSPARENCY] and specifically allow agency employees or agents to directly or indirectly distribute the opioid antagonist to anyone (besides current law to administer it) without liability. Amends law allowing MDHHS medical director to blanket prescribe for the entire state.
HB5096	Economic development: renaissance zones; designation of renaissance zone; modify. Amends secs. 3, 4, 6, 8a & 12 of 1996 PA 376 (MCL 125.2683 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 77	05/09/2024	-3	Yea	Renaissance zones are an admission that urban governance and state tax policy are not working, accompanied by state transfer of tax responsibility away from these areas to the rest of the state. They especially favor urban hospitals, but act as a bandaid. In the end they further complicate healthcare funding and service (not paternalism) to local patients.
HB5099	Economic development: Michigan strategic fund; research and development tax credit program report; require the Michigan strategic fund to assist in its preparation. Amends sec. 9 of 1984 PA 270 (MCL 125.2009).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 433	10/31/2023	-3	Yea	Creates unequal tax law open to political advantage; complicates MI tax code, and opens MI corporate benefits to federal/political influence. Likely to impact multiple aspects of healthcare industry including research, manufacturing, and employment.
HB5100	Corporate income tax: credits; research and development credit for certain employers; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 677 & repeals sec. 716 of 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.716).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 428	10/31/2023	-3	Yea	These income tax credits are a transfer of wealth that effectively loops together state, federal, corporate, and university special interests. They oppose freedom by excluding the power of direct purchase in an open market. Potential applications to health policy are legion.
HB5101	Individual income tax: credit; research and development credit for certain small employers; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 717.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 333	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	Expands MI Strategic Fund leverage in the private sector. A windfall for narrow special interests (friends of whoever happens to be governor).
HB5102	Corporate income tax: credits; annual report on research and development tax credits; provide for. Amends 1967 PA 281 (MCL 206.1 - 206.847) by adding sec. 718.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 430	10/31/2023	-3	Yea	Duplicates the federal research & development tax credit in state law. Basically, a tax-sheltered way to funnel favors to special interests. In health-related R&D, it further reduces the patient's role in what is produced.
HB5148	Records: vital records; requirements to obtain certificate of live birth of an adult adoptee; provide for. Amends secs. 2829 & 2882 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2829 & 333.2882). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5149'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 571	11/09/2023	3	Yea
HB5149	Children: adoption; central adoption registry; modify. Amends secs. 27a, 27b, 67 & 68, ch. X of 1939 PA 288 (MCL 710.27a et seq.) & adds sec. 27c to ch. X. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5148'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 572	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
HB5165	State management: other; denial of certain state economic development incentives for businesses listed on the registry; provide for. Amends 1984 PA 270 (MCL 125.2001 - 125.2094) by adding sec. 15.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 350	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	This bill attempts to use corporate handouts to leverage corporate behavior. This is aimed at Spectrum (now Corewell) and other hospital systems that transferred billing and call centers to India. However, that horse left the barn years ago. This sort of market manipulation is meant to impress voters, but in reality it fixes nothing.
HB5166	Health: other; perinatal quality collaborative; establish. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 9130.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 230	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	This bill seems to assume that the state has a magic caregiver machine that will pop out more quality clinicians if legislators just pour more money into it. On the contrary, this wholesale promulgation of new rules, regulations, and spending leaves taxpayers and real-life caregivers with fewer resources and lower morale to get healthcare done.
HB5167	Human services: medical services; coverage for blood pressure monitors for pregnant or postpartum individuals; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 109o.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 231	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	Medicaid already covers BP cuffs for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium period. Expanding coverage beyond those diagnosed could cost up to $3.1M, and would be of dubious benefit if even used. Note: Medicaid pricing ($62.30) is 30-60% higher than products offered on the open market.
HB5168	Insurance: health insurers; coverage for blood pressure monitors for pregnant or postpartum individuals; provide for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406kk.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 232	06/26/2024	-3	Yea
HB5169	Health: screening; mental health screenings and resources for mothers; provide for during certain time periods. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 9137.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 233	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	Mandates clinicians to do maternal mental health screenings and referrals if they think necessary. (As they already do, with less documentation time.) Directs MDHHS to create a screening tool. The net effect here is bigger, more expensive healthcare administration.
HB5170	Insurance: health insurers; coverage for mental health screenings for new mothers; require. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406oo.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 234	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	Amends Chapter 34 (Disability Insurance Policies) of the Insurance Code to require a health insurer in Michigan to provide coverage for mental health screenings during the postpartum period as proposed in House Bill 5169 (H-1). Such insurance coverage mandates further escalate the cost of premiums by an average of 4% each.
HB5171	Human services: medical services; coverage for mental health screenings during postpartum period; require. Amends sec. 109 of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.109).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 235	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	Amends the Social Welfare Act to specify that Medicaid eligible individuals could receive postpartum mental health screenings as proposed in HB 5169. HB 5170 and HB 5171 are tie-barred to HB 5169. Significantly, HFA notes that according to testimony, 40% of mothers do not attend their postpartum checkup, which can result in mental health issues going undetected and unscreened. In effect, this bill attempts to bypass patient choices deemed to be bad, by adding burdens to other clinicians.
HB5172	Health: other; program to register perinatal facilities as certain maternal care facilities; establish. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 9129.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 236	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	Empowers MDHHS to create, register, and subsidize levels of hospital maternity care units. If big government could create quality care, we’d already be there.
HB5173	Health facilities: hospitals; require hospitals to provide information on health insurance enrollment process for newborns; provide for. Amends sec. 20165 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20165) & adds sec. 21537.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 237	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	This is an additional mandate on healthcare time, which is already stretched. (An unfunded mandate, to boot.) And it’s a waste of legislation for hospitals that already do this, realizing it’s in their best interests to have enrollment complete before future visits. Perhaps the biggest impact is getting DIFS and MDHHS together on a promotional insurance project.
HB5174	Education: curriculum; instruction in organ and tissue donation; require. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1170c.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 483	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	This bill is a boon to the organ industry, already troubled by unethical practices. In addition, the bill would increase state (and perhaps local education) costs according to HFA. MDE: although a curriculum has already been developed by Gift of Life, meeting the requirements under the bill would require 1.0 FTE and $200,000 for a presentation on organ donation and transplantation; guidance to districts; and ensuring compliance.
HB5178	Health: other; syringe service programs; provide for. Amends secs. 7401, 7403, 7404, 7453 & 7457 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.7401 et seq.) & adds sec. 5137.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 510	12/13/2024	-3	Yea
HB5179	Controlled substances: drug paraphernalia; definition of drug paraphernalia; modify. Amends sec. 7451 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.7451).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 169	06/13/2024	3	Yea	According to House Fiscal agency, the bill amends the Public Health Code to specify that the term drug paraphernalia does not include testing products (such as fentanyl testing strips) that are used to determine whether a controlled substance contains chemicals, toxic substances, or hazardous compounds in amounts that can cause death or physical harm.
HB5192	Insurance: other; sharing of information concerning suspected or completed insurance fraud; allow. Amends sec. 4509 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.4509).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 217	06/25/2024	3	Yea	Adds the National Insurance Crime Bureau to allowed fraud report sharing list, shields reports from liability, and felonizes all but the lowest levels of fraud. List already includes NAIC, another industry org. Per DIFS, scams against government and private healthcare insurers form by far the largest type of insurance fraud. Healthcare fraud likely steals tens of billions of dollars a year. Q: Does federalizing this fraud serve freedom? Is MI passing the buck or leveraging federal funds?
HB5193	Insurance: health insurers; definition of health care insurer; include automobile insurers providing personal injury protection coverage. Amends sec. 2 of 1984 PA 323 (MCL 752.1002).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 218	06/25/2024	3	Yea	Addresses health insurance fraud. In 2016-18, MI SC limited no-fault “innocent 3rd party” coverage in case of fraudulent applications according to DIFS. “Staged-crash rings fleece auto insurers out of billions of dollars a year by billing for unneeded treatment of phantom injuries. Usually these are bogus soft-tissue injuries such as sore backs or whiplash, which are difficult to medically identify and dispute.”
HB5207	Family law: other; surrogate parenting act; repeal, and establish the assisted reproduction and surrogacy parentage act. Creates new act & repeals 1988 PA 199 (MCL 722.851 - 722.863). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5208'23, HB 5209'23, HB 5210'23, HB 5211'23, HB 5212'23, HB 5213'23, HB 5214'23, HB 5215'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 531	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
HB5208	Records: birth; birth certificates issued for a child whose parentage is determined under the assisted reproduction and surrogacy parentage act; provide for. Amends secs. 2822, 2824, 2831, 2832 & 2891 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2822 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5207'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 532	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
HB5209	Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for surrogate parentage contracts involving minors or intellectually disabled and for compensation; remove. Amends sec. 15g, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.15g). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5207'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 533	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
HB5210	Probate: wills and estates; intestate succession; revise for children conceived by assisted reproduction or surrogacy. Amends sec. 2114 of 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.2114). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5207'23, HB 5212'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 534	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
HB5211	Family law: paternity; determination under the paternity act; exclude children conceived by assisted reproduction or surrogacy. Amends secs. 1, 4, 4b & 7 of 1956 PA 205 (MCL 722.711 et seq.) & adds sec. 4c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5207'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 535	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
HB5212	Family law: other; reference to surrogate parenting act; eliminate, and refer to the assisted reproduction and surrogacy parentage act. Amends title & secs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 & 15 of 2012 PA 159 (MCL 722.1431 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5207'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 536	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
HB5213	Family law: paternity; determination under the summary support and paternity act; exclude children conceived by assisted reproduction or surrogacy. Amends sec. 3 of 2014 PA 366 (MCL 722.1493). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5207'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 537	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
HB5214	Family law: paternity; determination under the acknowledgment of parentage act; exclude children conceived by assisted reproduction or surrogacy. Amends secs. 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7 of 1996 PA 305 (MCL 722.1002 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5207'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 538	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
HB5215	Family law: paternity; determination under the genetic parentage act; exclude children conceived by assisted reproduction or surrogacy. Amends title & sec. 5 of 2014 PA 365 (MCL 722.1465). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5207'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 539	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
HB5276	Military affairs: other; office of mental health; establish within the Michigan department of military and veterans affairs. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5277'23, HB 5279'23, HB 5280'23, HB 5720'24	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 181	06/20/2024	-3	Yea	This package creates bureaucracy, not care. Veterans already have plenty of the former; give them the funds so they can seek out the latter locally.
HB5277	Military affairs: other; office of mental health; establish within the Michigan veterans affairs agency. Amends 1967 PA 150 (MCL 32.501 - 32.851) by adding sec. 322. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5276'23, HB 5279'23, HB 5280'23, HB 5720'24	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 182	06/20/2024	-3	Yea	This package creates bureaucracy, not care. Veterans already have plenty of the former; give them the funds so they can seek out the latter locally. Directs MDHHS to “ enter into an interagency agreement in cooperation with the MVAA to conduct statewide outreach on mental health and substance abuse support resources”
HB5279	Military affairs: other; office of mental health peer mentorship program; establish within the Michigan department of military and veterans affairs. Amends 1967 PA 150 (MCL 32.501 - 32.851) by adding sec. 323. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5276'23, HB 5277'23, HB 5280'23, HB 5720'24	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 183	06/20/2024	-3	Yea	This package creates bureaucracy, not care. Veterans already have plenty of the former; give them the funds so they can seek out the latter locally. Creates a "buddy-to-buddy program.”
HB5280	Military affairs: other; Michigan azimuth bridge program for transitioning military service members' mental health; establish. Amends 1967 PA 150 (MCL 32.501 - 32.851) by adding sec. 321. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5276'23, HB 5277'23, HB 5279'23, HB 5720'24	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 184	06/20/2024	-3	Yea	This package creates bureaucracy, not care. Veterans already have plenty of the former; give them the funds so they can seek out care locally. Requires DMVA “to develop a program called the Transition Bridge Program to help service members and veterans focus on mental health, wellbeing, and suicide prevention. "
HB5283	Records: health; health information exchange for certain entities and data; require health information technology commission to designate. Amends secs. 2501, 2505 & 2511 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2501 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 474	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	Are we safer when the state and Big Health know our health data, in real time – or not? Privacy is essential to healthcare freedom. It’s horrifying to imagine MI Medicaid exchanging “disparate clinical and other health data for treatment, care coordination, quality improvement, population health, public health emergencies, and other public health and community health purposes” and a governing board of experts doesn't help (public health /MDHHS, HIT Commission, a hospital, a health plan, etc).
HB5284	Insurance: other; allocation of revenue under the insurance provider assessment act; modify. Amends sec. 13 of 2018 PA 175 (MCL 550.1763). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5283'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 475	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	There is no right way to do a wrong thing. (See previous bill comments.) Directs millions of MDHHS revenue obtained from insurance provider taxes to a new Health Information Exchange.
HB5303	Records: birth; new certificate of birth requirements; modify. Amends secs. 2831 & 2872 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2831 & 333.2872).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 502	12/13/2024	-3	Yea	Currently per HFA, requesting a new birth certificate to designate a sex other than the one assigned at birth must have an affidavit from a doctor certifying sex-reassignment surgery was performed. The bill eliminates this and directs a form approved by the director for the person to indicate male, female, or “X.” If accompanied by a court order changing the person’s name, the new certificate would also have to reflect the new name. Allows state registrar to seal the original birth certificate.
HB5368	Health: children; reporting requirements for blood lead levels for minors; modify, and update certain definitions. Amends sec. 5474 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.5474) & adds sec. 5456a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4532'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 394	12/10/2024	-3	Yea	HBs 4532, 5368, and 5369 empower MDHHS to define elevated blood levels (EBL) of lead & report the number of children <5 to the legislature, & require referral to LEAP programming. Redefines EBL from 10mcg to 3.5 mcg; abatement to mean temporary instead of permanent reduction; expands paint investigation to risk assessment; certifies renovators & techs, with recert & penalty fees, loosens lead-work registry mandate, raises penalties to $5-$25K, extends statute of limitations from .5 to 3 years.
HB5369	Children: health; automatic qualification for children's special health care services for certain children affected by lead exposure; require. Amends secs. 5823 & 5825 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.5823 & 333.5825). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5368'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 395	12/10/2024	-3	Yea	Lays groundwork for even larger bureaucracy by defining emergency renovation operations and “firm” for this Act. Evidence for dose-specific lead harm was noticeably lacking in hearings; the catch-phrase became “no level is safe.” However, in context of environmental harms, lead is not alone or even dominant.
HB5371	Human services: medical services; certified community behavioral health clinics; provide certification and funding for. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 109o. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5372'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 477	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	Entrenches CMS mental health clinics in Michigan, via MDHHS certification.
HB5372	Human services: medical services; certified community behavioral health clinics; provide certification and funding for. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 109p. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5371'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 478	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	Entrenches CMS mental health clinics in Michigan, via MDHHS certification.
HB5394	Health: anatomical gifts; inclusion on the donor registry of an individual who elects to be a donor on an income tax schedule; allow. Amends sec. 10120 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.10120).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 317	09/25/2024	-3	Yea	Boosts organ donation, already troubled by systemic failure to protect life.
HB5403	Occupations: cosmetologists; branch facilities for a school of cosmetology; provide for. Amends 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.101 - 339.2677) by adding sec. 1205b. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1081'24	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 517	12/13/2024	-3	Yea	The bills facilitate cosmetology school chains within a grossly-excessive regulatory scheme. Put another way: this makes it easier for existing schools to expand, than for start-ups to begin.
HB5429	Children: services; court-appointed special advocate program; create. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 325	09/25/2024	-3	Yea	Centralizes Michigan’s county CASA program under MDHHS. Analysis claims no increased state costs but “An additional $1.5 million is allocated on a one-time basis in the FY 2023-24 DHHS budget.”
HB5435	Insurance: health insurers; coverage for pharmacist prescribing hormonal contraceptives; require. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406tt.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 339	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	Mandates on health insurance coverage serve manufacturer interests, and raise costs for everyone else.
HB5436	Health occupations: pharmacists; pharmacists to prescribe and dispense certain contraceptives; allow. Amends secs. 17703, 17704, 17707, 17708, 17709, 17744, 17751 & 17757 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17703 et seq.) & adds sec. 17744g.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 340	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	Expands LARA’s rulemaking over pharmacists. From here it’s a short step to mandating such prescriptions. A better alternative is to re-designate them as over the counter, requiring no prescription. “According to testimony, Michigan is experiencing a shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists (OB/GYNs), with 1/3 of Michigan’s 83 counties having no OB/GYNs at all.” - HFA
HB5450	Education: school districts; information regarding the safe storage of firearms; require DHHS to develop and provide to the department. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1313a.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 341	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	Empowering MDHHS to define safe gun storage is an abuse of state health policy power.
HB5451	Education: school districts; information regarding the safe storage of firearms; require districts to provide to parents and legal guardians. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1313b.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 342	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	Empowering MDHHS to define safe gun storage is an abuse of state health policy power.
HB5499	Appropriations: department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 118	05/22/2024	-3	Nay	Weaponizes department funding to pressure local governments: “(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1, local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of a local health officer.”
HB5501	Appropriations: department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 119	05/22/2024	-3	Nay	Funds a massive childcare study with LARA and MDHHS to find the top 10 most common rule violations, # of licenses revoked/ suspended, violations for incomplete health & safety training and safe sleep training. Actions to strengthen health & safety of care, including # of licensing consultants, avg caseload, on-site visits by provider type and region, etc. $3M to collaborate with DHHS to continue the network of infant and early childhood mental health consultation to child care providers.
HB5502	Appropriations: department of labor and economic opportunity; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 120	05/22/2024	-3	Nay	Sec. 351. The legislature finds and declares that appropriations for the critical industry program and the Michigan strategic site readiness program are for a public purpose and serve the health, safety, and general welfare of the residents of this state.” (Except none of the provisions are about healthcare.) Oversees independent living grant-making “(vi) Other wraparound services that may include, but are not limited to, health services, behavioral services, and licensed child care."
HB5503	Appropriations: school aid; fiscal year 2024-2025 appropriations for K-12 school aid; provide for. Amends secs. 11 & 31aa of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 & 388.1631aa) & adds 97h.	House Third Reading: Conference Report Adopted Roll Call # 306	09/25/2024	-3	Yea	Includes $151.5M for school mental health funding. The bill blurs lines between education and family, healthcare, and law enforcement. Institutional integrity and local decision-making are essential to healthcare freedom.
HB5504	Appropriations: community colleges; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Amends secs. 201 & 206 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1801 & 388.1806).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 122	05/22/2024	-3	Nay	The bill inserts state influence into local community colleges, leveraged by tax funds. College independence from direct enrollment and local funding can foster academic arrogance and drive political agendas. This undermines the local nature of healthcare, a strong source of trust between patients and clinicians.
HB5505	Appropriations: higher education; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Amends secs. 236 & 241 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1836 & 388.1841).	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 123	05/22/2024	-3	Nay	Higher ed is the immediate pipeline for healthcare professionals. Michigan Competitive Scholarship provisions: Redirects MDHHS Title IV TANF funds back to temporary assistance and substitutes TIP (Tuition Incentive Program) funds from the General Fund to phase in the Michigan Achievement Scholarship program. MDHHS determines Medicaid/TIP qualifications. Weaponizes department funding to pressure local government any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with health officer.
HB5506	Appropriations: department of education; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 124	05/22/2024	3	Nay	Local reporting requirement for restricting/interfering with health officer Blurs institutional lines, for example Sec. 601. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for adolescent and school health, the department shall use the funds to replace federal funding reductions from the CDC for homeless youth and children. Shifts infant and early childhood mental health to MI LEAP.
HB5507	Appropriations: school aid; fiscal year 2024-2025 omnibus appropriations for K-12 school aid, higher education, and community colleges; provide for. Amends, adds & repeals (See bill).	House Third Reading: Conference Report Adopted Roll Call # 269	06/27/2024	-3	Yea	“Health” is used 194 times in this 470-page school aid bill, and related expenditures total >$545M. Among other projects, assigns $2,425,000.00 for 2024-2025 for the purpose of employing school nurses, classroom aides, school social workers, and community health workers; for the provision of behavioral or mental health supports.
HB5508	Appropriations: department of corrections; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 125	05/22/2024	-3	Nay	Michigan's total number of offenders increased by 13,251, or 17.7%, since the previous year. Recidivism data lacking. Provides Mental health and substance use disorder treatment services staff 462 FTEs and $66,998,500. Requires local governments report action/ policy to restrict or interfere w local health officer, more staff training in mental health, detailed Health Care Utilization Reports, nurse attraction/ retention, MAT clinics, more long acting injectables. Cuts prisoner fees & co-pays.
HB5509	Appropriations: department of military and veterans affairs; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 126	05/22/2024	3	Nay	Public Impact: high hourly rates ($34.65 - $45.82) may skew the local RN job market towards state employment. Weaponizes local governments to report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of a local health officer. Provides $16.4 million to reflect Veteran Homes' operating cost increases for contracted nursing services, state healthcare employee wages, medical supplies and services, utilities, and DTMB accounting services fees.
HB5510	Appropriations: department of state police; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 127	05/22/2024	3	Nay	Weaponizes bill to require local govts to report action or policy to restrict/interfere with local health officer duties. Requires free training to local LEOs: Cultural awareness & competency; Tolerance, diversity, & implicit bias; Conflict management & de-escalation,; Use of force on vulnerable individuals, incl children, individuals with disabilities, unmet mental health needs, or under the influence, and pregnant individuals; and Mental health & wellness for law enforcement officers.
HB5511	Appropriations: department of agriculture and rural development; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 128	05/22/2024	3	Nay	Weaponizes bill to require local govts to report action or policy to restrict/interfere with local health officer duties. Markets Bridge Card food program, drives participation, and directs a count of participants by county.
HB5512	Appropriations: department of natural resources; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 129	05/22/2024	-3	Nay	Weaponizes department funding to pressure local governments: “(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1, local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of a local health officer.”
HB5513	Appropriations: department of insurance and financial services; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 130	05/22/2024	3	Nay	Weaponizes this spending bill to require local govts to report action or policy to restrict/interfere with local health officer duties. Spending increase of $3,623,500 (4.9 %). New PBM and health insurance rate regulation. Funding sources: $76,317,900 industry fees (read: consumers), $753.5K interdepartmental grants, $700K federal. 401 FTE (increase of 7). Deletes dept dashboard and reporting severance pay.
HB5514	Appropriations: department of licensing and regulatory affairs; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 131	05/22/2024	3	Nay	This is LARA incrementing costs by $8,526,300 (1.4%), and healthcare paying for it. From: Nurse aide and medication aide registration fund 1,657,800; Nurse professional fund 1,967,200; Health professions regulatory fund 27,323,300+; Health systems fees 4,139,500+; HHS-Medicaid, certification of health care providers & suppliers 9,118,700+; HHS-Medicare, certification of health care providers and suppliers 14,647,000+. Pays $250K for an Implicit Bias Study.
HB5515	Appropriations: judiciary; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 132	05/22/2024	3	Nay	Increases spending to $14,288,200, up 4.0% Diversion court programs create two-tier justice based on health, and cost a LOT. Less than prison? More effective than alternatives? It’s hard to tell. Pays for Drug Treatment Courts, Mental Health Courts, a Behavioral Health Administrator, a MAT program, and expands Prescription Compliance through Oral Fluid Testing including the Veteran Courts.
HB5516	Appropriations: general government; appropriations for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 133	05/22/2024	3	Nay	Decreases spending by $214,083,600) (4.0%) but increases FTEs by 59.9 / 0.8% Funding sources: 10+ are health-related, mostly interdepartmental grants. Weaponizes bill to require local govts to report action or policy to restrict/interfere with local health officer duties. Deletes dashboard, severance pay reporting, and grant funding transparency. Pays $1.365M for free feminine hygiene products pilot program.
HB5517	Appropriations: transportation department; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 134	05/22/2024	-3	Nay	Increases spending to $234,739,300 (3.5%) Weaponizes funding to require local govts to report action or policy to restrict/interfere with local health officer duties. Coordination of transportation dollars among state departments that provide transit-related services, including the department of health and human services. Deletes key metrics dashboard and severance pay reporting.
HB5523	Human services: other; bureau of community services and a commission on economic and social opportunity; create. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 223	06/25/2024	-3	Yea	Replaces the Michigan Economic and Social Opportunity Act with the new, less accountable, and more powerful “Bureau of Community Action and Economic Opportunity Act.” Gives MDHHS rule-making authority. Removes its mandate to develop interagency agreements and provide the house and senate committees that oversee labor matters an effectiveness report.
HB5527	Education: safety; cardiac emergency response plans; modify. Amends sec. 19 of 1941 PA 207 (MCL 29.19) & adds sec. 19b.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 35	04/23/2024	-3	Yea	This bill incorporates local school AEDs into the centralized state emergency response system, and requires local compliance in sections a-i. The heavy hand of the state kills local ownership and program effectiveness. The value of school AEDs is self-evident, but without local ownership that value drops precipitately. In addition, the bill includes an automatic kill switch if funds are not appropriated. This is a feel-good central management bill. The issue is tailor-made for local management.
HB5528	Education: athletics; CPR and AED certification requirements for athletic coaches; provide for. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1319.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 36	04/23/2024	-3	Yea	License mandates like this benefit primarily the certifying organizations, while costs fall to working individuals. In this case, requirements should be left to the employing school.
HB5556	Appropriations: department of health and human services; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 135	05/22/2024	-3	Nay	This 205-page bill increases MDHHS budget by $2,034,945,400 ($2 Bn, or 5.7%) for a total of $37.8 Billion. Requires local govts to report local health officer restrictions. Brings Healthy MI co-pays down to standard Medicaid rates. Establishes pharmacy dispensing fees based on the medication standing on the DHHS preferred drug list. Increases Autism behavioral tech rates to $62.00+ per hour. Deletes requirement for unwed Medicaid mother or the baby's father to pay part of the birth expenses.
HB5616	Health: pharmaceuticals; allow patients to take unused portion of eye drops or eye ointments after certain procedures for continued patient care; provide for. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 17773, 20817 & 21537.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 476	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	In mandating what is common sense, this bill engages in obvious healthcare micromanagement. More importantly, it fails to answer the root cause question: why are eye surgeons not doing this already?
HB5636	Health facilities: birthing centers; licensing for freestanding birth centers; provide for. Amends secs. 2811, 2823, 17101, 20104, 20106 & 20161 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2811 et seq.) & adds secs. 2823a & 22224c & pt. 207.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 470	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	Restricts professional practice, innovative care, and patient access. LARA estimates that staffing costs of $75,000 and one-time IT costs of $360,000 would be required. All such expenses eventually get billed to patients.
HB5651	State management: funds; 21st century jobs trust fund; modify. Amends secs. 7 & 8 of 2000 PA 489 (MCL 12.257 & 12.258).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 345	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	This 3-bill package shifts $60M to the Michigan Innovation Fund to support various venture funds. Venture capital is a red flag for state influence in the healthcare market, which has led in this space for several years. It’s not the state’s job to invest in startups. Worse, they’re no good at it. The private sector does better, given inherent safeguards and accountability for results. For the same reason, people spend their own money better than government does.
HB5652	Economic development: other; funding for the Michigan innovation fund program; provide for. Amends secs. 7, 31 & 33 of 2003 PA 296 (MCL 125.2237 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 346	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	This 3-bill package shifts $60M to the Michigan Innovation Fund to support various venture funds. Venture capital is a red flag for state influence in the healthcare market, which has led in this space for several years. It’s not the state’s job to invest in startups. Worse, they’re no good at it. The private sector does better, given inherent safeguards and accountability for results. For the same reason, people spend their own money better than government does.
HB5653	Economic development: Michigan strategic fund; Michigan innovation fund program; create. Amends secs. 88b, 88f & 88h of 1984 PA 270 (MCL 125.2088b et seq.) & adds sec. 88u.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 347	11/13/2024	-3	Yea	This 3-bill package shifts $60M to the Michigan Innovation Fund to support various venture funds. Venture capital is a red flag for state influence in the healthcare market, which has led in this space for several years. It’s not the state’s job to invest in startups. Worse, they’re no good at it. The private sector does better, given inherent safeguards and accountability for results. For the same reason, people spend their own money better than government does.
HB5654	State management: purchasing; policies and procedures for selecting architectural services, engineering services, and land surveying services for state contracts; modify. Amends sec. 237b of 1984 PA 431 (MCL 18.1237b).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 404	12/10/2024	3	Yea	DTMB oversaw ~550 state building projects last year, total value ~$1.2 billion. This bill tasks DTMB to select and rank firms in order of qualifications and enter into contract negotiations with the highest-ranked firm. If negotiation fails, it would be formally terminated and would begin with the next highest-ranked firm until an agreement is reached or the process is terminated. PLUS annual legislative reports. (HFA) No wonder DTMB dislikes it – and 17 architect/ engineering orgs support it.
HB5659	Law enforcement: state police; school safety commission membership; revise. Amends title & sec. 3 of 2018 PA 548 (MCL 28.803); adds sec. 6 & repeals sec. 5 of 2018 PA 548 (MCL 28.805).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 391	12/10/2024	-3	Yea	Amends the Comprehensive School Safety Plan Act to eliminate the current School Safety Commission, effective December 31, 2024, and repeal the section that established that commission. The bill would create a new commission, the School Safety and Mental Health Commission, in the Department of State Police, effective January 1, 2025. Local needs vary, and local responsibility is paramount to safe and accessible healthcare.
HB5683	Health occupations: other; the performance of certain exfoliation procedures; require to be under the supervision of a physician. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16276a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5684'24	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 329	11/12/2024	-3	Yea	Requires medical consent and supervision for medical exfoliation, dermaplaning, and dermabrasion beneath the stratum corneum. The American Medical Spa Association does not restrict this procedure to physician supervision. Exceeding necessary safety regulations unduly limits healthcare freedom for cosmetologists and would-be entrepreneurs.
HB5684	Occupations: cosmetologists; skin care services that may be performed by an esthetician or cosmetologist; modify. Amends secs. 1201 & 1210 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1201 & 339.1210). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5683'24	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 330	11/12/2024	-3	Yea	Skin treatments undergo constant innovation, according to national experts. Legislating who may perform every treatment sets up a revolving door of new law, increasing the risk of violations. In addition, legislation creates protected classes and high barriers to new service providers. Safety is served by lesser market barriers, including consumer choice and judgment.
HB5694	Insurance: unfair trade practices; unfair trade practices in the insurance industry; revise. Amends sec. 2025 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2025) & repeals secs. 2024a & 2024b of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2024a & 500.2024b).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 258	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	Increases the value of gifts life and casaulty insurance companies are allowed to give to induce buyers. The monetary increase is not of particularly great concern to healthcare freedom. However, the purposes specified in the bill include enhancing health and Incentivizing behavioral changes to improve the health or reduce the risk of death or disability of a customer. These attempts rely upon access to health records, creating privacy violations.
HB5695	Human services: medical services; participation in the ground emergency medical transport reimbursement program; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 109p.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 445	12/11/2024	-3	Yea	Attempts to leverage more federal Medicaid funds for local EMS. Limited to: "Eligible governmental entity" - eligible under federal law to provide ground medical transportation services and includes this state, a city, county, fire authority, township, ambulance authority, federally recognized Indian tribe, or a local unit of government. (SFA) The SFA offers details and a sample situation. (link below)
HB5720	Military affairs: other; access to resources by National Guard members; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5276'23, HB 5277'23, HB 5279'23, HB 5280'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 185	06/20/2024	-3	Yea	Would “require the DMVA to ensure that mental health and wellness resources are available to members of the National Guard and other military services.” (HFA) This is beyond the ability of state government. Quite simply, it's another layer of “make a wish” law atop hundreds of other programs. Not helpful.
HB5741	Education: other; recommended model core academic curriculum content standards for health education and certain guidelines for health education; modify. Amends sec. 1170a of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1170a).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 414	12/11/2024	-3	Yea	Strongly encourages all schools to provide grades 7-12 with Stop the Bleed and CPR training, by adding these to the recommended common core courriculum. Requires certain school employees to take additional training. Adds nurses to the list of local resources for teaching. Local schools need local decision-making and autonomy. This is not a state decision; codifying it reduces local ownership and learning effectiveness.
HB5742	Recreation: other; act regarding medical emergencies in health clubs; revise cross reference to the Good Samaritan Act. Amends sec. 3 of 2006 PA 23 (MCL 333.26313).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 415	12/11/2024	-3	Yea	Corrects an MCL reference in current law. No content change, but clarity serves freedom. However, the two-bill package is highly specific about bleeding, and serves to define health club owners/staff as Good Samaritan bystanders, instead of bearing a responsibility to help. It begs the question – is the an ex post facto attempt to alter the outcome a particular situation?
HB5743	Torts: liability; immunity for individuals rendering emergency services who apply bleeding control; provide for. Amends 1963 PA 17 (MCL 691.1501 - 691.1507) by adding sec. 8.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 416	12/11/2024	-3	Yea	See previous bill comments.
HB5785	Health occupations: psychologists; requirements for practice by limited licensed psychologist; modify. Amends secs. 18221, 18223, 18233 & 18237 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.18221 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 479	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	The rationale is lacking for this decrease in public presence on the psychology licensing board, and increasing supervision for limited licenses. Also missing are root cause questions about today’s psychologist shortage. Why should the state distinguish between doctoral and masters’ prepared practitioners? Do patient outcomes support different legal status? Why do today’s master-levels need more supervised years/hours? Are we compensating for DEI vs merit-based college admissions?
HB5786	Occupations: barbers; required hours of course study for licensure; modify. Amends secs. 1108 & 1110 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1108 & 339.1110).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 410	12/10/2024	3	Yea	Reduces barber education requirements from 1800 hours to 1500. This profession is grossly overregulated, and the bill would modestly improve healthcare freedom for barber students, clients, schools, and clients.
HB5825	Insurance: health insurers; issuing rebates to an insured if the insured does not meet medical loss ratio; require. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406jj.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 406	12/10/2024	-3	Yea	Requires health insurance policies in Michigan to issue rebates as required by the federal ACA. Insurers that file their medical loss ratio and other rebate information with the United States HHS would be required to concurrently file the information with MDHHS. Increases insurance paperwork and costs, raising barriers to patient autonomy through less competitive coverage options.
HB5826	Health: other; doula scholarship fund; create. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 401	12/10/2024	-3	Yea	FY 2024-25 appropriations includes a one-time appropriation within the DHHS budget of $2.9 million for doula training and continuing education. Doula practice began as a local initiative, between individuals who developed trust and service. State payment follows state standard-setting, and reflects another step downward into state takeover of this essentially local service.
HB5833	Probate: other; designation of a patient surrogate for health care decisions; allow. Amends 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.1101 - 700.8206) by adding pt. 6 to art. V & repeals sec. 66h of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.66h).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 490	12/13/2024	-3	Yea	The bill creates a new category of patient surrogate, while Michigan law already provides patient advocates, power of attorney for healthcare, and guardians. It is unclear why an additional legal category is needed, and confusion seems a likely result. This opposes the clear, stable law required for healthcare freedom.
HB5834	Crimes: drugs; illicit use of xylazine; prohibit, and provide penalties. Amends secs. 7103, 7105, 7106, 7401, 7403, 7403a, 7451, 7453 & 7455 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.7103 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 402	12/10/2024	-3	Yea	This drug is used with apparent safety and easy access in other countries. Abuse in Michigan does not rise to a level that warrants new law.
HB5835	Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for illicit use of xylazine; provide for. Amends sec. 13m of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.13m). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5834'24	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 403	12/10/2024	-3	Yea	This drug is used with apparent safety and easy access in other countries. Abuse in Michigan does not rise to a level that warrants legal penalties.
HB5846	Crimes: prostitution; references to prostitute and prostitution; modify in public health code. Amends sec. 5129 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.5129). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5841'24	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 429	12/11/2024	-3	Yea	Normalizing prostitution by renaming it “commercial sexual activity” says Yes to a form of slavery.
HB5851	Crimes: prostitution; references to prostitute and prostitution; modify in the child protection law. Amends sec. 2 of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.622). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5841'24	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 433	12/11/2024	-3	Yea	Normalizing child prostitution by renaming it “commercial sexual activity” says Yes to a form of slavery.
HB5853	Crimes: prostitution; references to prostitute and prostitution; modify in sex offender registration act. Amends sec. 2 of 1994 PA 295 (MCL 28.722). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5841'24	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 435	12/11/2024	-3	Yea	Downgrades soliciting a minor so it is no longer a registerable offense under the Sex Offenders Registration Act, administered by MDHHS /CPS. Treating children as sexual objects violates the life, liberty, and property rights of the vulnerable.
HB5938	Insurance: health insurers; methods of payments and reimbursements for dental benefits; provide for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406kk).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 473	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	Insurance mandates oppose healthcare freedom because they raise insurance costs. Instead, ask why a common-sense change like this is not already common practice. Which market conditions or regulations stand in the way?
HB5956	Insurance: health insurers; discrimination against a health care provider who is acting within the scope of that provider’s license or certification; prohibit. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406jj.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 405	12/10/2024	-3	Yea	Discrimination here is unclear. Nurse Practitioners support the bill; are insurance companies caving to physician lobbies with a two-tier pay for services? Politically, the bill codifies an ACA provision. However, the true metric is individual life, liberty, and property rights. Which market conditions or regulations block common sense justice? Eliminating insurance control over primary care pay rates via HSA or a similar tool restores patient voice in fair pay.
HB5964	Health occupations: physicians; interstate medical licensure compact; remove sunset. Amends sec. 16189 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16189).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 471	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	The bill entrenches an unaccountable bureaucracy that duplicates state regulatory power. Healthcare freedom requires limited government.
HB5999	Health facilities: hospitals; mandatory overtime for nurses; prohibit except under certain circumstances. Amends sec. 20165 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20165) & adds secs. 17233 & 21526.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 543	12/13/2024	-3	Yea	The reality is that staff shortages everywhere are driving overtime. Mandating otherwise increases busywork and bureaucracy, rather than improving conditions. Instead, ask why nurses (and other clinicians) are staying out of the workforce. Which market conditions or regulations make healthcare employment unappealing?
HB6025	Children: guardians; eligibility for guardianship assistance payments; modify. Amends secs. 2 & 4 of 2008 PA 260 (MCL 722.872 & 722.874).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 408	12/10/2024	3	Yea	Amends the Guardianship Assistance Act to allow child maintenance payments to relatives who are not licensed foster parents but have been approved by MDHHS. Expands definition of “relative” to the 5th degree, including spouses, to access federal title IV-E funding. (HFA) Simplifies qualifying for guardianship by leaving it to MDHHS judgment. May improve placement rates, the primary issue; along with risk of abusing the system. Will increase spending.
HB6027	State management: funds; accounting of expenditures in the disaster and emergency contingency fund; provide for. Amends title & secs. 18 & 19 of 1976 PA 390 (MCL 30.418 & 30.419) & adds sec. 18a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1047'24	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 506	12/13/2024	-3	Yea	It’s an unfunded black hole. Would use the taxpayer’s money for an undefined purpose, with an open-ended new authority under Michigan State Police. Healthcare freedom requires limited government.
HB6046	Human services: medical services; coverage for community violence prevention services; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding secs. 89 and 89a.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 507	12/13/2024	-3	Yea	Creates a new, unfunded, MDHHS training and certification program. Healthcare freedoms thrive in local innovation, not by chasing federal funds and giving up control. “... could be implemented only to the extent that federal financial participation is available, and any necessary federal approvals have been obtained. The department would have to seek any federal approvals necessary..." (HFA)
HB6075	Human services: services or financial assistance; Michigan energy assistance program; modify. Amends sec. 3 of 2012 PA 615 (MCL 400.1233).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 387	12/10/2024	-3	Yea	This is a state and industry marketing bill. It requires MDHHS to notify Michigan Energy Assistant Program (MEAP) participants of their eligibility for other services under the MEAP, including energy waste reduction products and services offered by an energy provider or a home weatherization assistance program. (SFA) Individual healthcare freedom comes from economic choice, not dependence on state welfare. Increasing state welfare responsibilities means higher government costs and control.
HB6099	Insurance: other; sponsor of sponsored captive insurance company; modify. Amends sec. 4665 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.4665).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 453	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	Opens MI to more self-insurance, but leaves approval to the discretion of the DIFS director. Individuals may be arbitrary in their use of such power. Equal rule of law is the constitutional standard.
HB6100	Insurance: other; definitions in the insurance code of 1956; revise. Amends sec. 4601 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.4601).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 454	12/12/2024	3	Yea	Expands self-insurance to affiliated groups by adding that the definition of participant(s) can apply to multiple entities. For example, piano teachers could come together to buy group health insurance.
HB6101	Insurance: other; special purpose financial captive plan of operation; modify. Amends sec. 4731 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.4731).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 455	12/12/2024	3	Yea	Allows for report dates linked to fiscal year.
HB6102	Insurance: other; limited certificate of authority to transact insurance or reinsurance; modify. Amends sec. 4705 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.4705).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 456	12/12/2024	3	Yea	Reduces barriers to self-insurance. “... reduces the application processing fee for special purpose financial captives (SPFCs) from $10,000 to $5,000. Currently, no SPFCs exist in Michigan, so this bill would have minimal to no fiscal impact on DIFS.” In addition, allows for payment dates linked to fiscal year. (HFA linked in previous bill in this series.)
HB6103	Insurance: other; sponsored captive insurance companies; modify. Amends sec. 4667 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.4667).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 458	12/12/2024	3	Yea	Enables special group insurance. “participants are allowed to insure risks of their affiliates or controlled unaffiliated businesses.” (HFA) Expands insurance options for innovation and savings, especially beneficial for small businesses.
HB6104	Insurance: other; captive insurance company limited certificate of authority; modify. Amends sec. 4603 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.4603).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 459	12/12/2024	3	Yea	Decreases application fee from $10,000 to $5,000, reducing barriers to self-insurance innovation and savings.
HB6106	Insurance: other; captive insurance company reports and inquiries; modify. Amends secs. 4621 & 4625 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.4621 & 500.4625).	Read 3rd time	12/12/2024	-3	Yea	Requires annual CPA financial audit. This may be financially-prohibitive to smaller entities as CPA fees in the US are extremely high. The bill limits this service to CPAs certified by AICPA. Single-sourcing causes a monopoly effect, raising prices and limiting these startups, as well as CPA job entry. Legislators can avoid compounding this problem by referring to qualifications in general terms (as it does previously, in part 2 of this section of law).
HB6238	Labor: discrimination; employees who are victims of certain crimes; prohibit employers from discriminating against because of. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 495	12/13/2024	-3	Yea	Healthcare freedom requires limited government. This expands state powers into an employer’s freedom of association, and would wreak havoc in healthcare. It fails to recognize that one root cause of increasing violence in Michigan is excessive government power, combined with diminished individual freedom and responsibility.
HR0072	A resolution to condemn the April 7, 2023, order in the case Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA and to denounce any and all efforts to limit access to abortion in Michigan and throughout the country.	House Third Reading: Roll Call # 58	04/13/2023	-3	Yea
SB0002	Crimes: abortion; provision related to publication of cures for conceptive preventatives; repeal. Repeals sec. 40 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.40).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 40	03/22/2023	-3	Yea
SB0004	Civil rights: general discrimination; sexual orientation and gender identity or expression; include as categories protected under the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act. Amends title & secs. 102, 103, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 301, 302, 302a, 402, 501, 502, 504, 505 & 506 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2102 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 18	03/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0006	Labor: hours and wages; prevailing wage; reenact. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 33	03/21/2023	-3	Yea
SB0007	Appropriations: supplemental; appropriations for multiple departments and branches for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Conference Report Adopted With Immediate Effect Roll Call # 8	01/26/2023	-3	Yea
SB0008	Appropriations: supplemental; supplemental appropriations in the school aid act for fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023; provide for. Amends secs. 11, 22b, 31f, 39a, 51a, 51c, 53a, 54 & 147c of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 7	01/26/2023	-3	Yea
SB0014	Administrative procedure: rules; prohibition on adoption of rules by state agencies from being more stringent than federal regulations; eliminate. Amends secs. 32 & 45 of 1969 PA 306 (MCL 24.232 & 24.245).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 260	06/28/2023	-3	Yea
SB0027	Insurance: health insurers; equitable coverage for behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment; provide for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406hh.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 49	05/01/2024	-3	Yea
SB0031	Health: screening; screening minors for lead poisoning; require at intervals determined by the department of health and human services by rule, and require documentation of screening in certificate of immunization. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 5474d. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4200'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 277	09/12/2023	-3	Yea
SB0034	Labor: collective bargaining; collective bargaining rights; revise to restore former provisions. Amends secs. 1, 2, 14 & 17 of 1939 PA 176 (MCL 423.1 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 34	03/21/2023	-3	Yea
SB0035	Human services: food assistance; asset test for food assistance program eligibility; eliminate. Amends sec. 10d of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.10d).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 172	06/20/2023	-3	Yea
SB0057	Controlled substances: drug paraphernalia; sale of nitrous oxide devices; prohibit. Amends sec. 7453 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.7453). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0058'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 14	02/27/2024	-3	Yea
SB0058	Controlled substances: drug paraphernalia; penalties for sale of nitrous oxide devices; provide for. Amends sec. 7455 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.7455). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0057'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 15	02/27/2024	-3	Yea
SB0059	Mental health: code; definition of a peace officer in the mental health code; modify. Amends sec. 100c of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1100c).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 228	06/27/2023	-3	Yea
SB0067	Crimes: criminal sexual conduct; sexual contact and sexual penetration under pretext of medical treatment; prohibit, and provide penalties. Amends sec. 90 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.90).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 194	06/21/2023	3	Yea
SB0068	Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for sexual contact or sexual penetration under pretext of medical treatment; modify. Amends sec. 16d, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.16d). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0067'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 195	06/21/2023	-3	Yea
SB0069	Health occupations: health professionals; additional individual present during certain examinations of minors; require under certain circumstances and require consent. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 16279 & 16279a.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 196	06/21/2023	-3	Yea
SB0070	Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for the crime of performing certain medical treatments on a minor without consent and another individual present and intentionally omitting certain services in a medical record; enact. Amends sec. 13n, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.13n). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0069'23, SB 0071'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 197	06/21/2023	-3	Yea
SB0071	Health: medical records; provision for the protection, retention, and maintenance of medical records referencing a vaginal or anal penetration treatment for 15 years by a health professional and health facility or agency; implement, and authorize department to provide guidance to licensees on certain medical services. Amends secs. 16213, 20175, 20175a & 20199 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16213 et seq.) & adds secs. 16213a, 16429, 17029, 17529, 17829, 17909 & 20175b.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 198	06/21/2023	-3	Yea
SB0072	Criminal procedure: sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for the crime of performing certain medical treatments on a minor without consent and another individual present and intentionally omitting certain services in a medical record; enact. Amends sec. 13n, ch. XVII of 1927 PA 175 (MCL 777.13n). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0069'23, SB 0071'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 199	06/21/2023	-3	Yea
SB0083	Civil procedure: injunctions; extreme risk protection order act; enact. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4146'23, HB 4147'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 55	04/13/2023	-3	Yea	This sweeping new act would attempt to achieve what only good local relationships can accomplish well. Lacking such relationships, this practice allows anyone with manipulative skills to use healthcare to run roughshod over individual rights.
SB0088	Water supply: quality and standards; installations of filtration systems in child care centers; require. Amends sec. 1 of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111) & adds sec. 3i. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4341'23, HB 4342'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 351	10/12/2023	-3	Yea	This bill package creates universal water mandates, no exceptions, without a clear end-point or even evidence of a universal water problem. Hearings sadly lacked a clear child-centered evidentiary goal, as well. Even if Lead (Pb) is a universal enemy, this package is excessive.
SB0090	Civil rights: racial discrimination; discrimination based on traits historically associated with race such as hair texture; prohibit. Amends sec. 103 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2103).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 142	06/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0101	Insurance: other; procedures for electronic meetings of private insurance companies; eliminate sunset. Amends secs. 5228, 5230 & 5245 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.5228 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 60	04/20/2023	3	Yea
SB0133	Health: controlled substances; overdose fatality review act; create. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 520	11/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0137	Children: guardians; guardians of tribal children; allow access to guardian funds. Amends secs. 5, 5a, 5b & 6 of 2008 PA 260 (MCL 722.875 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0138'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 210	06/22/2023	-3	Yea
SB0138	Children: guardians; guardians of tribal children; allow access to guardian funds. Amends secs. 2, 3 & 4 of 2008 PA 260 (MCL 722.872 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0137'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 211	06/22/2023	-3	Yea
SB0147	Civil rights: other; certain references to nontherapeutic abortions in the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act; remove. Amends secs. 201 & 202 of 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2201 & 37.2202).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 78	05/03/2023	-3	Yea
SB0148	Animals: research facilities; reporting requirements and penalties for noncompliance; provide for. Amends sec. 12 of 1969 PA 224 (MCL 287.392) & adds secs. 11a & 12a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0149'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 581	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
SB0149	Animals: research facilities; certain research facilities to offer certain laboratory animals for adoption before euthanization; require. Amends title & secs. 1 & 7 of 1969 PA 224 (MCL 287.381 & 287.387) & adds sec. 8a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0148'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 582	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
SB0161	Education: teachers and administrators; certain requirements concerning teacher certification; modify. Amends secs. 1526, 1531, 1531d, 1531j & 1531k of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1526 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 212	06/22/2023	3	Yea
SB0169	Labor: organizations; public employee contact information; require public employers to provide to bargaining representatives. Amends 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201 - 423.217) by adding sec. 11a.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 567	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
SB0173	Appropriations: school aid omnibus; appropriations in the school aid act for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Amends, adds & repeals (See bill).	House Third Reading: Conference Report Adopted Roll Call # 268	06/28/2023	-3	Yea
SB0174	Appropriations: supplemental; supplemental appropriations in the school aid act for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Amends secs. 6, 11, 12a, 12c, 20, 22l, 31a, 31ff, 41, 51a, 51c, 61l, 61s, 61u, 94a, 95b, 97e, 97g, 97k, 99d, 99m, 99n, 99ii, 99jj, 107a, 147a, 201, 236, 236m & 248 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1606 et seq.) & repeals sec. 12b of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1612b).	House Third Reading: Conference Report Adopted Roll Call # 482	11/02/2023	-3	Yea
SB0185	Labor: collective bargaining; definition of public employee in 1947 PA 336; remove exclusion of certain graduate assistants from. Amends sec. 1 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 570	11/09/2023	-3	Yea
SB0186	Appropriations: department of education; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 112	05/17/2023	-3	Yea
SB0194	Appropriations: department of labor and economic opportunity; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 109	05/17/2023	-3	Yea
SB0195	Appropriations: department of licensing and regulatory affairs; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 113	05/17/2023	-3	Yea
SB0200	Appropriations: higher education; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Amends secs. 236 & 241 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1836 & 388.1841).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 111	05/17/2023	-3	Yea
SB0201	Appropriations: community colleges; appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Amends secs. 201 & 206 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1801 & 388.1806).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 115	05/17/2023	-3	Yea
SB0209	Family law: marriage and divorce; marriage entered into by a person under 18 years of age; void. Amends title & sec. 1 of 1921 PA 352 (MCL 551.51). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4294'23, HB 4295'23, HB 4296'23, SB 0212'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 249	06/28/2023	3	Yea
SB0212	Probate: other; references to a "married minor" in the estates and protected individuals code; eliminate. Amends secs. 2519, 5103, 5204, 5206 & 5215 of 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.2519 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0209'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 250	06/28/2023	3	Yea
SB0213	Family law: marriage and divorce; right for emancipated minor to marry; revoke. Amends secs. 4 & 4e of 1968 PA 293 (MCL 722.4 & 722.4e).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 251	06/28/2023	3	Yea
SB0216	Children: other; reference to "marriage of minor child" in safe families for children act; remove. Amends sec. 5 of 2018 PA 434 (MCL 722.1555).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 252	06/28/2023	3	Yea
SB0219	Health occupations: pharmacists; pharmacists to order and administer certain vaccines and laboratory tests and dispense drugs under certain circumstances; allow. Amends secs. 9204, 9206, 17703, 17707, 17708, 17713, 17751 & 17757 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.9204 et seq.) & adds secs. 17724 & 17724a.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 237	06/27/2023	3	Yea
SB0227	Children: child care; emergency safety intervention in a children's therapeutic group home; modify conditions for. Amends secs. 1, 2b & 2c of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 83	05/09/2024	3	Yea
SB0249	Health occupations: emergency medical services personnel; examinations for certain emergency medical services personnel; modify, and require certain notices from education program sponsors. Amends secs. 20904, 20912, 20950, 20952 & 20954 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20904 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 48	05/01/2024	3	Yea
SB0268	Insurance: life; adjustment of death benefit for cemetery or funeral goods and services; modify. Amends sec. 2080 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2080).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 308	09/26/2023	-3	Yea
SB0280	Health: screening; dental oral assessment program for certain children; require department of health and human services to establish. Amends sec. 9316 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.9316).	House Third Reading: Passed Roll Call # 479	11/02/2023	-3	Yea
SB0281	Insurance: health insurers; granting third party access to a dental network contract; allow. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406aa.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 339	10/04/2023	-3	Yea
SB0288	Human services: services or financial assistance; Michigan energy assistance program sunset; repeal. Repeals sec. 6 of 2012 PA 615 (MCL 400.1236).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 217	06/22/2023	-3	Yea
SB0303	Energy: alternative sources; property assessed clean energy program; include environmental hazard and new construction projects and agricultural and multifamily property. Amends title & secs. 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15 & 17 of 2010 PA 270 (MCL 460.933 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 235	06/27/2023	-3	Yea
SB0350	Higher education: financial aid; qualified educational expenses under the promise zone authority act; modify. Amends sec. 3 of 2008 PA 549 (MCL 390.1663).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 243	06/26/2024	-3	Yea
SB0351	Civil rights: other; public breastfeeding antidiscrimination act; expand to protect public expression of human milk. Amends title & sec. 2 of 2014 PA 197 (MCL 37.232).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 322	09/25/2024	-3	Yea
SB0356	Insurance: health insurers; summary of benefits and coverage provided to insureds; modify. Amends sec. 2212a of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2212a).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 360	10/12/2023	-3	Yea
SB0357	Insurance: health insurers; prohibition on rescission of coverage; provide for. Amends sec. 2213b of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.2213b) & adds sec. 2213e.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 361	10/12/2023	-3	Yea
SB0358	Insurance: health insurers; providing coverage equivalent to a certain percentage of the full actuarial value of benefits under a health insurance policy; require. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406ee.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 362	10/12/2023	-3	Yea
SB0382	Civil rights: other; language access plan; require state agencies to create and implement for individuals with limited English proficiency. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 480	11/02/2023	-3	Yea
SB0384	Insurance: insurers; denying or limiting insurance to living organ donors; prohibit. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding secs. 3406z, 3901a & 4002.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 375	10/18/2023	3	Yea
SB0410	Torts: product liability; limitation on liability for drugs that have been approved by federal Food and Drug Administration; rescind. Amends sec. 2946 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2946).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 519	11/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0418	Human services: children's services; county child care fund reimbursement rate; increase, and provide for performance requirements. Amends sec. 117a of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.117a).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 522	11/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0421	Courts: family division; use of risk and needs assessment for juveniles in the juvenile justice system before disposition; require. Amends sec. 18, ch. XIIA of 1939 PA 288 (MCL 712A.18). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0418'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 523	11/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0425	Courts: other; duties of the appellate defender; include requirement to defend youth. Amends title & secs. 2, 4, 6 & 7 of 1978 PA 620 (MCL 780.712 et seq.) & adds secs. 1a & 8a.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 524	11/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0426	Juveniles: juvenile justice services; residential reimbursement; allow department to adjust rates and change provider agreements. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 117k.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 525	11/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0428	Juveniles: other; juvenile fines, fees, and costs; eliminate. Amends secs. 2f, 18, 28 & 29, ch. XIIA of 1939 PA 288 (MCL 712A.2f et seq.); adds sec. 29a to ch. XIIA & repeals sec. 18m, ch. XIIA of 1939 PA 288 (MCL 712A.18m). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0421'23, SB 0429'23, HB 4628'23, HB 4633'23, HB 4636'23, HB 4637'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 526	11/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0429	Juveniles: other; DNA fine for juveniles; eliminate. Amends sec. 6 of 1990 PA 250 (MCL 28.176). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0428'23, HB 4636'23, HB 4637'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 527	11/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0432	Children: services; children's ombudsman; rename, and modify powers and duties. Amends title & secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 of 1994 PA 204 (MCL 722.921 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 528	11/08/2023	3	Yea
SB0435	Children: services; reference to "children's ombudsman" in 1973 PA 116; amend to "child advocate". Amends secs. 5a & 10 of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.115a & 722.120). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0432'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 529	11/08/2023	3	Yea
SB0436	Children: services; reference to "children's ombudsman" in the child protection law; amend to "child advocate". Amends secs. 7, 7b & 7k of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.627 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0432'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 530	11/08/2023	3	Yea
SB0449	Human services: medical services; access to complex rehabilitation technology; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 108b. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0450'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 213	06/25/2024	-3	Yea
SB0450	Human services: medical services; definition of complex rehabilitation technology; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 108a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0449'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 214	06/25/2024	-3	Yea
SB0474	Health: abortion; public health code; amend to reflect repealed abortion laws and make other abortion-related changes. Amends secs. 2690, 2803, 2848, 2854, 9141, 10102, 16221, 16226, 16245, 16299, 17015 & 20115 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2690 et seq.) & repeals secs. 2835, 2836, 2837, 17014, 17016, 17017, 17516, 17517 & 22224 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2835 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4949'23, HB 4955'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 466	11/01/2023	-3	Yea
SB0476	Health: abortion; born alive infant protection act; amend to update definition of abortion. Amends sec. 1 of 2002 PA 687 (MCL 333.1071). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0474'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 467	11/01/2023	-3	Yea
SB0477	Higher education: other; prohibition on offering referrals for abortion services in pregnant and parenting student services offices; eliminate. Amends sec. 5 of 2004 PA 500 (MCL 390.1595). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4949'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 468	11/01/2023	-3	Yea
SB0482	Health: medical waste; containment of medical waste; modify. Amends secs. 13809 & 13810 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.13809 & 333.13810).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 212	06/25/2024	3	Yea
SB0506	Food: licensing; food service establishment fees; modify. Amends secs. 3119, 4103 & 4117 of 2000 PA 92 (MCL 289.3119 et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 376	10/18/2023	-3	Yea
SB0513	Businesses: nonprofit corporations; ability of a hospital to convert from a county hospital to a nonprofit hospital; allow. Amends sec. 305a of 1987 PA 230 (MCL 331.1305a).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 438	11/01/2023	-3	Yea
SB0544	Occupations: individual licensing and registration; license for refrigeration facility for storage of a dead human body and certificate of registration for a removal service for a dead human body; provide for. Amends 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.101 - 339.2677) by adding art. 18A.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 244	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	Licensing can reduce services by raising barriers to entry, and imposing penalties for compliance failures. It cannot retroactively fix the SE Michigan system failure during COVID. The bills will exacerbate the existing problem that there are already too few providing this service. We need a more open market to provide competition and a cushion for rare situations of high need.
SB0545	Occupations: licensing fees; refrigeration facility and removal service for a dead human body; establish license, registration, and application fees. Amends 1979 PA 152 (MCL 338.2201 - 338.2277) by adding sec. 43a. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0544'23	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 245	06/26/2024	-3	Yea	Licensing can reduce services by raising barriers to entry, and imposing penalties for compliance failures. It cannon retroactively fix the SE Michigan system failure during COVID. The bills will exacerbate the existing problem that there are already too few providing this service. We need a more open market to provide competition and a cushion for rare situations of high need.
SB0592	Civil procedure: civil actions; civil actions against certain opioid litigation settlement defendants; prohibit. Amends secs. 2 & 3 of 2022 PA 85 (MCL 691.1672 & 691.1673).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 521	11/08/2023	-3	Yea
SB0599	Corrections: parole; parole eligibility for medically frail inmates; modify. Amends secs. 34 & 35 of 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.234 & 791.235).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 242	06/26/2024	3	Yea
SB0701	Human services: medical services; rural hospital access pool; modify. Amends sec. 110a of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.110a).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 314	09/25/2024	-3	Yea	Redefines government hospital financing and increases its complexity. It could be called a policy of scraping by, serving the status quo rather than individual healthcare freedoms. "Rural Hospitals" in Livingston, Muskegon, and Saginaw Counties would be included as a result of this bill, and hospitals that used to meet the definition of a “rural hospital” located in DeWitt Charter Township (Clinton County) and Traverse City would become ineligible due to 2010-2020 population growth. (HFA)
SB0747	Appropriations: omnibus; appropriations for multiple departments and branches for fiscal year 2024-2025 and supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2023-2024; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Conference Report Adopted Roll Call # 294	06/27/2024	-3	Yea	Increased MDHHS budget by $328,948,700, and staff by 80. For other healthcare freedom issues, see each department’s 2024 budget within this bill; comments under related appropriation bills in this report card; and extensive analysis at the MHF Forum thread linked below.
SB0751	Appropriations: school aid; appropriations in the school aid act for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Amends secs. 11 & 17b of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1611 & 388.1617b).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 89	05/21/2024	3	Yea	Increases by $122.6 million (12.9%) for a total of $1.1 billion School Aid Fund. Allows recipient schools to use up to 60% of funds to support retention and recruitment of instructional staff and staff providing services related to mental, emotional, or physical health. Care and education are two different things, and mixing them without a parent present incurs great risk.
SB0752	Appropriations: higher education; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Amends secs. 236 & 241 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1836 & 388.1841).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 95	05/21/2024	3	Yea	Increases funding by $34,683,900 or 1.5%. Ties tuition incentives to Medicaid eligibility. Pulled funds for (among others) Michigan Tech’s BSN Program, which took over in Fall 2023 after the Finlandia program closed. Healthcare freedom grows best in conditions of local independence without the red tape that attends government funding, and the school has solicited donations elsewhere.
SB0756	Appropriations: department of corrections; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 96	05/21/2024	3	Yea	Mental and physical care should be limited to individuals appropriately in the corrections system, as part of the public cost of incarceration and public safety. The system oversees ~ 17% of Michigan’s population. Numbers, esp healthcare costs, are rising. Legislators are right to limit costs and require reports on healthcare utilization and program revisions for health-related recidivism. Medication by force and requiring local reporting are red flags: how do they aid self-governance?
SB0757	Appropriations: judiciary; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 97	05/21/2024	3	Yea	Establishes a behavioral health administrator within State Court Administrative Office, possibly to replace directive to link Swift and Sure Sanctions Program to DHHS, LEO, and MDOC state programs for offenders. Given the lack of transparent effectiveness data for alternative veteran and mental health courts, this is premature. Positive change: detailed reports on alternative courts & Swift and Sure Sanctions; deleting funds for Prescription Compliance through Oral Fluid Testing.
SB0758	Appropriations: department of agriculture and rural development; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 98	05/21/2024	3	Yea	“From the funds appropriated ... local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of the local health officer.” $600K of federal funds increase in Emergency Management to recognize United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) grant for “incident command training”? Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom.
SB0759	Appropriations: department of natural resources; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 99	05/21/2024	3	Yea	“From the funds appropriated in part 1, local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of the local health officer.” Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom.
SB0760	Appropriations: general government; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 91	05/21/2024	3	Yea	“From the funds appropriated ...local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of the local health officer.” Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom. Positive changes: Deletes requirement for DOS to maximize Organ Donor Registry growth. House claws back FY 2022-23 appropriation $25M for community health campus pilot project in Clare County. Sen. does not include.
SB0761	Appropriations: transportation department; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 100	05/21/2024	3	Yea	“From the funds appropriated in part 1, local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of the local health officer.” Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom.
SB0762	Appropriations: department of military and veterans affairs; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 101	05/21/2024	3	Yea	“From the funds appropriated in part 1, local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of the local health officer.” Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom.
SB0763	Appropriations: department of state police; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 102	05/21/2024	3	Yea	Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom. On the other hand, broad powers can be provided appropriately: “Sec. 704. ...(2) The state director of emergency management may expend money appropriated under part 1 to call on any agency or department of this state or any resource of this state to protect life or property or to provide for the health or safety of the population ..."
SB0764	Appropriations: department of licensing and regulatory affairs; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 103	05/21/2024	3	Yea	A one-time Health sector implicit bias study for $250,000. What exactly will be studied?? “From the funds appropriated in part 1, local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of the local health officer.” Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom.
SB0765	Appropriations: department of insurance and financial services; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 104	05/21/2024	3	Yea	“From the funds appropriated in part 1, local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of the local health officer.” Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom.
SB0766	Appropriations: department of labor and economic opportunity; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 92	05/21/2024	3	Yea	ocal governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of the local health officer.” Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom. $1 Million in grants for affordable housing for front line workers, including, but not limited to Healthcare workers, Teachers, Senior citizens, AFC providers, foster care age-outs, & veterans is special interest-driven and outdated 5 yr post COVID.
SB0767	Appropriations: department of health and human services; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 93	05/21/2024	3	Yea	Increases previous year funding by $1,976,101,000. or 5.5%, and 28 full-time-equivalent employees. Includes local government mandate to report limits on health officer duties. Unlimited government always results in limited individuals. Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom.
SB0768	Appropriations: department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 105	05/21/2024	3	Yea	“From the funds appropriated in part 1, local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of the local health officer.” Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom.
SB0769	Appropriations: department of education; appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 106	05/21/2024	3	Yea	Do we really want the state doing mental health training in schools to the tune of $684K? “From the funds appropriated in part 1, local governments shall report any action or policy that attempts to restrict or interfere with the duties of the local health officer.” Weaponizing government in the name of health violates the people’s trust and principles of healthcare freedom.
SB0790	Health: home health care; home help caregiver program; provide for. Creates new act.	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 302	09/25/2024	-3	Yea	bill provisions subject home help, including family members, to being corralled into union dues skimming; and make MDHHS the dues-collecting agency. SBs 790 and 791 would provide that, for collective bargaining purposes, caregivers under the Home Help Program are public employees of the director of MDHHS.
SB0791	Labor: collective bargaining; definition of public employee in 1947 PA 336; modify. Amends secs. 1 & 14 of 1947 PA 336 (MCL 423.201 & 423.214).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 303	09/25/2024	-3	Yea	Carves out union advantages by defining some healthcare workers as public employees solely for purposes of union membership. Besides opening the door to dues skimming (we’ve been here before!) and making the state serve a special interest, it would use state funds to bargain for higher wages, ie, against the public interest.
SB0928	Family law: paternity; medical expenses related to birth of a child born out of wedlock paid by Medicaid; modify. Amends sec. 2 of 1956 PA 205 (MCL 722.712).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 304	09/25/2024	-3	Yea	The bill eliminates the requirement that unwed fathers pay a portion of the birth expenses for mothers and children covered by Medicaid, if the Office of Child Support so requests the court. Increases MDHHS costs by $13.7 million, which has been accounted for in the 2024-25 DHHS budget. Freedom takes personal responsibility, and stable families are the foundation of society. The state is willing to pick up the slack, but that doesn’t make it healthy for it to do so financially or socially.
SB0929	State management: funds; distributions from the health and safety fund; modify. Amends sec. 5 of 1987 PA 264 (MCL 141.475).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 305	09/25/2024	-3	Yea	Moves Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments to general Medicaid spending. DSH claims were subject to fraud, and $4.6M is peanuts to MDHHS. Still - freedom requires government accountability, and only $3M were accounted for in the budget omnibus bill. Did the other $1.5M just get washed into general spending?
SB0932	Human services: services or financial assistance; family self-sufficiency plan; modify. Amends secs. 57e, 57g, 57p & 57r of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.57e et seq.).	House Third Reading: Given Immediate Effect Roll Call # 307	09/25/2024	-3	Yea	Extending family dependence on the Family Independence Program (FIP) state cash assistance program from 4 years to 5 seems shortsighted. How about saving for a rainy day? How many families on the state self-sufficiency plan actually become self-sufficient? Is there evidence that another year will improve that metric? $20.0 million in additional federal TANF funds were appropriated in order to cover the costs of additional cases.

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