Bill Text: MI HB4283 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health occupations; health professionals; health professionals licensed in another state; allow to provide free care in certain circumstances. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16185a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-01 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/28/2017 [HB4283 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4283-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4283

 

 

February 28, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 16185a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 16185a. (1) An individual may practice a health

 

profession at a free medical clinic in this state without being

 

licensed under this act if all of the following requirements are

 

met:

 

     (a) The individual is licensed or otherwise authorized to

 

practice a health profession by any state of the United States.

 

     (b) The individual restricts his or her practice in this state

 

solely to the provision of care or services without charge or

 

remuneration at a free medical clinic.

 

     (c) The individual provides only the care or services that he

 

or she is licensed or otherwise authorized to provide by the state

 

in which he or she is licensed or authorized.

 

     (d) The individual provides a copy of his or her current out-

 

of-state license or authorization to practice to the free medical

 

clinic. A free medical clinic shall retain a copy of a license or

 

authorization provided under this subdivision for 2 years.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Free medical clinic" means an organized, community-based

 

program that provides medical care without charge to individuals

 

unable to pay for it, at which the care provided does not include

 

the use of general anesthesia or require an overnight stay in a

 

health care facility.

 

     (b) "State" means that term as defined in section 3o of 1846

 

RS 1, MCL 8.3o.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.