Bill Text: MI SB0165 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Health facilities; hospitals; policy regarding life-sustaining or nonbeneficial treatment; require policy be disclosed in writing upon request and provide to parent or guardian if it applies to a minor or ward. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding pt. 204.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-12 - Assigned Pa 0057'13 With Immediate Effect [SB0165 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0165-Engrossed.html
SB-0165, As Passed House, May 22, 2013
HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 165
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding part 204.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 204
MEDICAL GOOD-FAITH PROVISIONS
Sec. 20401. This part shall be known and may be cited as the
"medical good-faith provisions act".
Sec. 20403. (1) Upon the request of a patient or resident or a
prospective patient or resident, a health facility or agency shall
disclose in writing any policies related to a patient or resident
or the services a patient or resident may receive involving life-
sustaining or nonbeneficial treatment within that health facility
or agency.
Senate Bill No. 165 (H-2) as amended May 21, 2013
(2) If the patient or resident or prospective patient or
resident is a minor [or ward], the health facility or agency shall
[upon request] provide in
writing the policies described in subsection (1) to a parent or
legal guardian of the patient or resident or prospective patient or
resident.
Sec. 20405. This part does not require a health facility or
agency to establish or maintain a policy described in section 20403
that is not already required by federal or state law on the
effective date of this part.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after it is enacted into law.
