Bill Text: MI HB4740 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health facilities; county medical care facilities; membership on board of trustees of a joint county medical care facility; revise qualifications and eliminate automatic membership for the members of the social welfare board. Amends sec. 2 of 1929 PA 178 (MCL 404.2).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-25 - Assigned Pa 39'14 With Immediate Effect [HB4740 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB4740-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4740
May 16, 2013, Introduced by Reps. McBroom and Somerville and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1929 PA 178, entitled
"An act to provide for the establishment, operation and control of
county medical care facilities by 2 or more counties of less than
1,000,000 population,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 404.2).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
2. (1) In case Except
as otherwise provided in this
section,
if the board county boards of supervisors commissioners
of
2
or more counties shall determine, by separate action thereof of
each
board, that a joint county medical care
facility shall is to
be
constructed, it shall be the duty of each said board to name
the
shall
appoint 3 members of the social welfare
board for their
respective
of the county to serve as members of the board of
trustees
of said the joint county medical care facility. Said Each
county
board of commissioners shall appoint trustees
shall be
appointed
for like identical terms and, except as
otherwise
provided
in this section, shall appoint individuals who qualify in
the
same manner as is provided
for in the office of member of the
county
social welfare board. , and they The board of trustees of
the joint county medical care facility shall cooperate with the
state
department of social welfare licensing and regulatory affairs
in
the construction and equipment of the necessary building or
buildings.facility.
(2) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that
added this subsection and subject to this subsection and subsection
(3), a county board of commissioners described in subsection (1)
shall appoint 4 individuals to serve as members of the board of
trustees of the joint county medical care facility. A member of the
board of trustees of the joint county medical care facility who
holds office on the effective date of the amendatory act that added
this subsection may continue in office as 1 of the 4 members of the
board of trustees of the joint county medical care facility for
that county until he or she resigns or otherwise vacates the office
or until the expiration of his or her term.
(3) For an appointment under subsection (2) or for a vacancy
in the board of trustees of a joint county medical care facility
that occurs after the effective date of the amendatory act that
added this subsection, the county board of commissioners
responsible for appointing the member or for filling the vacancy
shall appoint an individual who qualifies based upon criteria
established by the county board of commissioners.
