House Bill 5495 Summary

• Amends the Michigan Health Planning and Health Policy Development Act of 1978 to update references from current federal public health law to former Title XV of the Public Health Service Act (Public Law 93-641)

• Removes references to the state certificate of need program (Act 256 of 1972) from the definition of "institutional health services," replacing them with language indicating the program existed before July 10, 1978

• Updates statutory language throughout sections 4, 10, and 17 to use modern grammar (replacing "shall" with "must," "which" with "that," and similar stylistic corrections)

• Removes subsection (i) from section 10 and subsection (j) from section 17, which previously required the council and office to perform duties specified in part 222 of the public health code

• Bill only takes effect if Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill 5477 is enacted into law