Bill Text: MI HB4603 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health; other; refusal to provide services based on patient's refusal to allow provider to photocopy or scan driver license; prohibit. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 16112 & 20135.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-16 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/11/2017 [HB4603 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4603-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4603
May 11, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Howrylak, Wittenberg, Gay-Dagnogo, Lucido, Hoadley, Pagan, Geiss and Sabo 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 sections 16112 and 20135.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 16112. A health professional licensed, registered, or
otherwise authorized to engage in a health profession under this
article shall comply with section 20135. A health professional who
violates section 20135 is subject to any penalty, remedy, or
administrative sanction applicable to a violation of this article.
Sec. 20135. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,
a health care provider shall not refuse to provide health care
services or supplies to a patient based solely on the patient's
refusal to allow the health care provider to photocopy or scan his
or her driver license or Michigan personal identification card.
This section does not prohibit a health care provider from viewing
the license or card to verify the patient's identity or from
capturing data from the license or card for the health care
provider's database.
(2) As used in this section, "health care provider" means any
of the following:
(a) A health professional licensed, registered, or otherwise
authorized to engage in a health profession under article 15.
(b) A health facility or agency licensed or certified under
this article.
