Bill Text: MI SB1142 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Senior citizens; housing; home for the aged; amend definition to include only facilities operated by a single entity or commonly owned and controlled entities. Amends sec. 20106 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20106).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-10-20 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [SB1142 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB1142-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1142

 

 

Introduced by Senators KNOLLENBERG, MACGREGOR and MARLEAU.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 20106 (MCL 333.20106), as amended by 2015 PA

 

104.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 20106. (1) "Health facility or agency", except as

 

provided in section 20115, means:

 

     (a) An ambulance operation, aircraft transport operation,

 

nontransport prehospital life support operation, or medical first

 

response service.

 

     (b) A county medical care facility.

 

     (c) A freestanding surgical outpatient facility.

 

     (d) A health maintenance organization.

 

     (e) A home for the aged.

     (f) A hospital.

 

     (g) A nursing home.

 

     (h) A hospice.

 

     (i) A hospice residence.

 

     (j) A facility or agency listed in subdivisions (a) to (g)

 

located in a university, college, or other educational institution.

 

     (2) "Health maintenance organization" means that term as

 

defined in section 3501 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218,

 

MCL 500.3501.

 

     (3) "Home for the aged" means a supervised personal care

 

facility, other than a hotel, adult foster care facility, hospital,

 

nursing home, or county medical care facility, that provides,

 

through a single entity or commonly owned and controlled entities,

 

room, board, and supervised personal care to 21 or more unrelated,

 

nontransient, individuals 60 years of age or older. Home for the

 

aged includes a supervised personal care facility for 20 or fewer

 

individuals 60 years of age or older if the facility is operated by

 

a single entity or commonly owned and controlled entities in

 

conjunction with and as a distinct part of a licensed nursing home.

 

Home for the aged does not include an area excluded from this

 

definition by section 17(3) 17 of the continuing care community

 

disclosure act, 2014 PA 448, MCL 554.917.

 

     (4) "Hospice" means a health care program that provides a

 

coordinated set of services rendered at home or in outpatient or

 

institutional settings for individuals suffering from a disease or

 

condition with a terminal prognosis.

 

     (5) "Hospital" means a facility offering inpatient, overnight

care, and services for observation, diagnosis, and active treatment

 

of an individual with a medical, surgical, obstetric, chronic, or

 

rehabilitative condition requiring the daily direction or

 

supervision of a physician. Hospital does not include a mental

 

health hospital licensed or operated by the department of community

 

health and human services or a hospital operated by the department

 

of corrections.

 

     (6) "Hospital long-term care unit" means a nursing care

 

facility, owned and operated by and as part of a hospital,

 

providing organized nursing care and medical treatment to 7 or more

 

unrelated individuals suffering or recovering from illness, injury,

 

or infirmity.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.