Bill Text: MI HB4013 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health facilities; nursing homes; notification of next of kin, county medical examiner, and others when patient dies in nursing home or home for the aged; require. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 21334 & 21784a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-27 - Printed Bill Filed 01/23/2009 [HB4013 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4013-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4013

 

January 22, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Liss and referred to the Committee on Senior Health, Security, and Retirement.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding sections 21334 and 21784a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 21334. Upon the death of a resident, the home for the

 

aged shall immediately notify the resident's next of kin, the

 

resident's authorized representative or legal guardian, the

 

resident's physician, and, as soon as possible, the person or

 

agency responsible for placing and maintaining the resident in the

 

home for the aged and the county medical examiner. The home for the

 

aged shall record this notification, including the names of the

 

individuals notified and the time notification was made, in the

 

resident's record.

 

     Sec. 21784a. Upon the death of a patient, the nursing home

 

shall immediately notify the patient's next of kin, the patient's

 

representative or legal guardian, the patient's physician, and, as

 

soon as possible, the person or agency responsible for placing and

 

maintaining the patient in the nursing home and the county medical

 

examiner. The nursing home shall record this notification,

 

including the names of the individuals notified and the time

 

notification was made, in the patient's clinical record.