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MI HB5948
Bill
Status
9/25/2024
Primary Sponsor
Carrie Rheingans
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AI Summary
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Replaces "shall" with "must" throughout patient rights language in the Public Health Code to modernize statutory language.
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Adds new patient right (subsection 2(m)) for hospital patients to be free from restraint or seclusion, except as authorized under federal regulation 42 CFR 482.13.
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Incorporates 42 CFR 482.13 by reference as of the effective date, with requirement that the Department of Health promulgate rules if the federal regulation is revised after enactment.
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Separates the right to be free from abuse (subsection 2(l)) from the right to be free from restraints (subsection 2(m)), and renumbers subsequent patient rights accordingly.
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Updates Title XIX reference from "42 USC 1396 to 1396w-5" to "42 USC 1396 to 1396w-8" to reflect current Social Security Act provisions.
Legislative Description
Health facilities: hospitals; use of restraint or seclusion; modify for hospitals. Amends secs. 20201 & 21734 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20201 & 333.21734) .
State agencies (existing): licensing and regulatory affairs
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/25/2024
9/25/2024