Bill Text: MI SR0111 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution to urge the Governor to allow elective procedures in hospitals and to allow healthcare providers the freedom to determine their capacity to handle elective procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-04-28 - Adopted [SR0111 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SR0111-Enrolled.html
As adopted by
senate, April 28, 2020
senate resolution no.111
Senator Theis offered the following resolution:
Whereas, As part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Governor Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-17 on March 20, 2020, placing temporary restrictions on non-essential medical and dental procedures in Michigan hospitals and other health facilities to protect public health and ensure the availability of healthcare resources to address COVID-19. Non-essential procedures are those not necessary "to address a medical emergency or to preserve the health and safety of a patient," such as elective surgeries; and
Whereas, The Governor issued Executive Order 2020-59 on April 24, 2020, to extend the stay-at-home order through May 15, 2020, while also easing some restrictions on businesses, such as allowing garden stores, nurseries, and lawn care, pest control, and landscaping operations to resume operation. The order did not ease the temporary restrictions on elective procedures in hospitals or other health facilities; and
Whereas, While postponing some elective procedures, such as joint replacements and bariatric surgery, may not pose an immediate health risk to patients, many procedures are still needed to preserve patients’ quality of life and long-term well-being. Health and hospital organizations, such as the American Hospital Association, have issued standards to guide the safe resumption of elective surgeries and other procedures; and
Whereas, More than a dozen states have determined it is safe and appropriate to ease their restrictions on elective medical treatments as the stress on their healthcare systems from COVID-19 abates; and
Whereas, As cases of COVID-19 continue to fall in Michigan, resuming elective medical procedures, while continuing to ensure the health and safety of patients, is a key step in reopening the economy and improving the financial stability of hospitals, their workers, and the economy as a whole; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, That we urge the Governor to allow elective procedures in hospitals and to allow healthcare providers the freedom to determine their capacity to handle elective procedures; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to Governor.
