MI HB6144

Requires nursing homes to execute written contracts with patients, applicants, or their legal representatives authorized to access funds for care at admission, contract expiration, or when payment source changes.

Mandates nursing homes provide written notice in a specific contract paragraph of hospice care availability or unavailability, requiring patient or representative signature before contract execution.

Requires contracts be written in clear, unambiguous language in at least 12-point type with form prescribed by the department, specifying term, services, charges, deposit terms, payment sources, and patient rights and duties.

Nursing homes must provide contract copies to patients and representatives at execution, and make copies available to third-party payers and the Department of Community Health upon request.

When reporting a proposed sale or change in ownership to the department, nursing homes must notify all patients and their representatives in writing; if noncompliance is found without an approved correction plan, the notice must state a license may not be issued until noncompliance is corrected.