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MI HB5267
Bill
Status
11/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Angela Witwer
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AI Summary
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Expands the Michigan Veterans' Facility Ombudsman's jurisdiction to include receiving and investigating reports of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of resident veterans
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Requires the ombudsman to notify the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs within 10 business days when deciding to investigate a report of abuse, in addition to existing notification requirements
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Updates the definition of "Michigan veterans' facility" to reference the Michigan Veterans' Facility Authority Act (2016 PA 560) rather than the former 1885 PA 152
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Adds reports of abuse as a new category to be tracked and included in the ombudsman's semiannual reports to the legislature, council, and board of managers
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Extends whistleblower protections to prohibit retaliation against resident veterans who file reports of abuse or cooperate with abuse investigations; contingent on passage of HB 5263, HB 5268, HB 5269, and one additional bill
Legislative Description
Veterans: veterans' homes; Michigan veterans' facility ombudsman; require to notify certain entities and individuals after deciding to investigate a report of abuse, neglect, or exploitation in a veterans' facility. Amends secs. 1, 7, 12 & 13 of 2016 PA 198 (MCL 4.771 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5263'25, HB 5268'25, HB 5269'25
State agencies (existing): military and veterans affairs
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/12/2025
11/13/2025