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MI HB5734
Bill
Status
6/8/2016
Primary Sponsor
Tom Barrett
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AI Summary
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Adds veterans' facilities created under 1885 PA 152 (MCL 36.1 to 36.12) to the definition of "nursing home" under the Public Health Code.
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Removes the exemption that previously excluded veterans' facilities from nursing home licensing requirements.
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Requires veterans' facilities to obtain licensing as nursing homes under the Public Health Code rather than operating under separate regulations.
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Changes the definition of "skilled nursing facility" to clarify that it includes distinct parts of nursing care facilities, not just whole facilities.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.
Legislative Description
Health facilities; licensing; veterans facility operated by the state; require to be licensed as a nursing home. Amends secs. 20109 & 21711 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20109 & 333.21711).
Health facilities: nursing homes
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/08/2016
6/9/2016