HB 5520 Summary

• Amends MCL 331.531 to replace "a person" with "an individual" in provisions relating to health care peer review and information sharing.

• Updates references to the Public Health Code article 17 licensing range from MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260 to MCL 333.20101 to 333.21925 in multiple sections.

• Modifies language regarding physicians to include "physicians of medicine," "physicians of osteopathic medicine and surgery," and related terminology in peer review entity definitions.

• Changes department name from "community health" to "licensing and regulatory affairs" for reporting disciplinary actions against licensed health professionals.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment and is contingent upon passage of either Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5510 (request no. 04667'19).