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MI HB5592
Bill
Status
2/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Julie Rogers
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AI Summary
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Establishes licensure requirements for freestanding hyperbaric oxygen therapy facilities under Michigan's Public Health Code, adding them to the list of regulated health facilities and agencies
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Defines "freestanding hyperbaric oxygen therapy facility" as a facility not owned and operated as part of a hospital where one or more hyperbaric oxygen chambers are located
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Defines "hyperbaric oxygen chamber" as a device that increases environmental oxygen pressure to promote oxygen movement to tissue, excluding topical oxygen chambers for extremities and personally owned chambers for individual or family use
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Requires the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to conduct surveys and evaluations for licensure of these facilities at least once every 3 years
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Ties this bill to companion legislation HB 5590, HB 5591, and HB 5593 of 2026, indicating this is part of a broader regulatory framework for hyperbaric oxygen therapy facilities
Legislative Description
Health facilities: other; licensure of freestanding hyperbaric oxygen therapy facilities; provide for. Amends secs. 20104, 20106, 20155, 20161, 20162 & 20164 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20104 et sec.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5590'26, HB 5591'26, HB 5593'26
State agencies (existing): licensing and regulatory affairs
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/26/2026
3/3/2026