Bill Text: MI SB0404 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health: other; medical providers implementing policies that prohibit certain persons from being present with minors or developmentally disabled individuals during medical procedures; prohibit except under certain circumstances. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-29 - Referred To Committee On Health Policy And Human Services [SB0404 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0404-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 404
A bill to prohibit the implementation of policies in medical facilities that ban other individuals from being present during certain medical procedures or during the end of life of certain individuals; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; and to prescribe civil sanctions.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 101. As used in this act:
(a) "Developmental disability" means that term as defined in section 100a of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100a.
(b) "Guardian" means an individual who is appointed under section 5202 or 5204 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5202 and 700.5204, or under the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106, to the extent that the scope of the guardianship includes the authority to act on the individual's behalf with regard to a medical procedure.
(c) "Health professional" means an individual who is licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to engage in a health profession under article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16101 to 333.18838.
(d) "Hospital" means that term as defined in section 20106 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20106.
(e) "Medical facility" means a hospital, a private practice office of a health professional, an urgent care clinic, or any other facility in which a medical procedure is performed.
(f) "Medical procedure" means any care, service, or procedure provided by a health professional or medical facility to diagnose, treat, or maintain an individual's physical condition, or that affects the structure or a function of the human body.
(g) "Minor" means an individual who is less than 18 years of age, but does not include an individual who is emancipated under section 4 of 1968 PA 293, MCL 722.4.
Sec. 103. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) and section 105, a health professional or medical facility shall not implement a policy that prohibits at least 1 parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of a minor, or a guardian of an adult with a developmental disability, from accompanying the minor or the adult with a developmental disability at all times throughout the course of a medical procedure.
(2) This section does not apply under any of the following circumstances:
(a) If the minor obtains the medical procedure without the consent or notification of a parent, guardian, or other person acting in loco parentis of the minor, as provided by law.
(b) If the medical procedure is to occur within an operating room.
Sec. 105. If a minor or adult with a developmental disability is at the end of his or her life, a hospital shall not implement a policy that prohibits any of the following from being present in the hospital with the minor or the adult with a developmental disability:
(a) Each of the minor's parents or a guardian or person in loco parentis of the minor.
(b) Each guardian of the adult with a developmental disability.
Sec. 107. A person who violates this act may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00 for the first offense and not more than $2,500.00 for a second or subsequent offense. A violation of this act may be prosecuted by the prosecutor of the county in which the violation occurred, or by the attorney general.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
