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MI HB4862

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/18/2021

Primary Sponsor

Luke Meerman

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Allows provision of positron emission tomography (PET) scanner services without a certificate of need if specific scanner types are used, including whole-body PET scanners with axial field-of-view greater than 130 centimeters, digital PET/CT hybrid scanners, or PET/MRI hybrid scanners

  • Requires the PET scanner to be located immediately adjacent to or in the same facility as a radiopharmacy equipped with a qualified fixed cyclotron that is licensed under part 177

  • Mandates the radiopharmacy produce cyclotron-based radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic and medical applications at appropriately equipped clinical facilities

  • Requires finished radiopharmaceuticals to be transportable from the radiopharmacy to the scanner in less than 5 minutes

  • Defines "qualified fixed cyclotron" as a particle accelerator capable of producing at least 14 mega-electron volts, with installed targets providing at least 3 distinct positron-emitting isotopes, including one with a half-life not exceeding 20 minutes

Legislative Description

Health facilities: certificate of need; certain PET scanners; exempt from certificate of need regulations. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 22224b.

Health facilities: certificate of need

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/18/2021

5/19/2021

Committee Referrals

Health Policy5/18/2021

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