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MI SB0443

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/28/2023

Primary Sponsor

Michael Webber

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Origin

Senate

102nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Replaces "shall" with "must" throughout funeral establishment regulations for modernized language and grammatical updates.

  • Requires funeral establishments to have a refrigeration unit with capacity for all bodies housed on premises, unless the establishment has a contract with a nearby facility (within 25 miles) containing an approved refrigeration unit at or below 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

  • Mandates that within 24 hours of a dead body's arrival, funeral establishments must either embalm the body or house it in a refrigeration unit at no more than 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

  • Clarifies waiver procedures for allowing a single manager to oversee up to 2 funeral establishments, requiring the establishments be in the same or contiguous counties with below-state-average population density and located within 90 miles of each other.

  • Makes minor punctuation and grammatical corrections, including changing "more than 30 days" to "not later than 30 days" for manager notification requirements.

Legislative Description

Cemeteries and funerals: other; funeral establishments to have refrigeration units in certain circumstances; require. Amends sec. 1809 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1809).

Cemeteries and funerals: other

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Regulatory Affairs

6/28/2023

Committee Referrals

Regulatory Affairs6/28/2023

Full Bill Text

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