Bill Text: MI SB0956 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health facilities: patient safety; admittance of COVID-19 positive patients to nursing homes from another facility; prohibit, conduct evaluation, create plan for dedicated facilities, and require transfer of COVID-19 patients to certain facilities Amends sec. 21717 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.21717) & adds. secs. 5145 & 21537.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2020-08-06 - Vetoed By Governor 07/31/2020 [SB0956 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0956-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 956
June 03, 2020, Introduced by Senator LUCIDO and
referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 21717 (MCL 333.21717), as amended by 2014 PA 66, and by adding section 5145.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 5145. (1) The department shall
develop and operate a centralized intake facility in each of the 8 health care regions
of this state to provide care to individuals who test positive for coronavirus
and are ineligible for admission at a hospital.
(2)
The department may buy or lease property and enter into contracts as necessary
or appropriate to implement and carry out this section.
(3)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Coronavirus" means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2).
(b)
"Health care region" means a health care region as described by the
department.
Sec. 21717. (1) An individual shall not be admitted or retained
for care in a nursing home who if either of the following applies:
(a)
The individual requires special
medical or surgical treatment, or treatment for acute mental illness,
developmental disability, communicable tuberculosis, or a communicable disease,
unless the home is able to provide an area and a program for the care. The
department shall approve both the area and the program.
(b) The individual is being moved from another health facility or agency and the individual has tested positive for coronavirus unless that individual has since recovered from coronavirus.
(2) As used in this section, "coronavirus" means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
