Bill Text: MI HB5639 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Veterans; veterans' homes; reporting requirements for state veterans' facilities; provide for. Amends 1885 PA 152 (MCL 36.1 - 36.12) by adding sec. 9.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-4)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-09 - Assigned Pa 314'16 With Immediate Effect [HB5639 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5639-Chaptered.html
Act No. 314
Public Acts of 2016
Approved by the Governor
October 26, 2016
Filed with the Secretary of State
October 26, 2016
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 2017
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
Introduced by Reps. Hughes, Barrett, Hooker, Whiteford, Rutledge, LaGrand, Crawford, Lucido, Outman, Chatfield, Talabi, Glenn, Lyons, Hovey-Wright, Jenkins, Sheppard, Glardon and Howell
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5639
AN ACT to amend 1885 PA 152, entitled “An act to authorize the establishment of facilities for former members of the armed forces of the United States in the state of Michigan; to create funds; and to provide for the promulgation of rules,” (MCL 36.1 to 36.12) by adding section 9.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 9. (1) No later than January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, the Michigan veterans affairs agency, its successor agency, or the department of military and veterans affairs shall report in writing all of the following information concerning any state veterans’ facility to the governor, the senate and house committees on veterans affairs, and the senate and house appropriations subcommittees for the department of military and veterans affairs:
(a) Staffing levels and the extent to which staffing levels do or do not meet industry standards.
(b) Number of patient complaints, average time to review a complaint and respond, and response to each complaint.
(c) Timeliness of distribution of pharmaceutical drugs.
(d) Security provided for pharmaceutical drugs in the facility, including the title of the individuals providing the security.
(e) How patient money is accounted for, including the name and title of the individual who supervises patient spending accounts.
(f) Number of facility resident deaths that occurred since the most recent report.
(2) The department of military and veterans affairs shall place the reports required under subsection (1) on its public website in a prominent and conspicuous manner.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
