Tracking Status Report Rich Farran
Vaccine Exemptions (Eisen)
Provides for exemptions for vaccines related to a health pandemic.
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Introduced (1/26/2021; To Health Policy Committee)
Supplemental Appropriations (Albert)
Provides for supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2019-20.
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Referred in Senate (2/23/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
Supplemental Appropriations (Albert)
Provides for supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020-21.
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Enrolled in House (4/21/2021; Earlier concurred in Senate substitute 108-0)
Supplemental Appropriations (Albert)
Provides for supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020-21.
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Referred in Senate (2/23/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
Supplemental Appropriations (Albert)
Provides for multi-department supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020-21.
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Referred in Senate (2/23/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
Supplemental Appropriations (Tate)
Provides for supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020-2021.
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Introduced (1/27/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
Nurse Compact (Whiteford)
Enacts nurse licensure compact.
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Introduced (1/27/2021; To Health Policy Committee)
HB 4047
(PA 2)Supplemental Appropriations (Beson)
Provides for supplemental appropriations fiscal year 2020-2021.
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Signed by the Governor (3/9/2021; Presented 3/8/2021; Signed: March 9, 2021, Effective: March 9, 2021; line-item vetoes issued; earlier Presented; Veto override attempts defeated in House 64-45 and 66-43)
Healthy Michigan (Sowerby)
Eliminates language related to cost exceeding savings.
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Introduced (2/2/2021; To Health Policy Committee)
Emergency Reserve (Yaroch)
Provides for emergency materials and supplies reserve.
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Committee Hearing in House Health Policy Committee (3/25/2021)
Vulnerable Adults (Calley)
Provides for definitions for certain crimes against vulnerable adults.
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Referred to Judiciary (4/20/2021; From Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
Supplemental Appropriations (Whiteford)
Provides for supplemental appropriations for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
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Committee Hearing in House Appropriations Committee (2/10/2021)
Sales Tax Exemptions (Lilly)
Provides for exemption for certain personal protective equipment.
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Referred in Senate (3/4/2021; To Finance Committee)
Use Tax Exemptions (Anthony)
Provides for exemption for certain personal protective equipment.
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Referred in Senate (3/4/2021; To Finance Committee)
Declared Emergencies (Carter, B.)
Allows use of certain colleges and universities as hospitals during a declared emergency.
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Introduced (2/16/2021; To Health Policy Committee)
Medication Aides (Frederick)
Provides for medication aide training and permit program.
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Introduced (2/23/2021; To Health Policy Committee)
Nursing Homes (Witwer)
Creates nursing home advisory commission.
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Committee Hearing in House Health Policy Committee (2/25/2021)
COVID Risks (Kahle)
Establishes or implements a website identifying certain risk levels for coronavirus for counties and regions in this state.
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Committee Hearing in House Health Policy Committee (2/25/2021)
Background Checks (Hall)
Requires criminal history check for employees, volunteers, or independent contractors of a local area agency on aging.
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Reported in House (3/10/2021; 9-0; Substitute H-1 Adopted; By Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
Unemployment Benefits (Lasinski)
Increases weekly dependent care amount and benefit period.
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Introduced (2/24/2021; To Commerce and Tourism Committee)
Telehealth (Bollin)
Allows out-of-state health professionals to provide telehealth services to Michigan residents.
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Received in Senate (3/25/2021; To Health Policy and Human Services Committee)
Executive Budget Recommendation (Tate)
Provides for executive recommendation omnibus budget.
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Introduced (2/25/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
DHHS budget (Whiteford)
Provides for Department of Health and Human Services budget for 2021-22.
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Referred to Appropriations (4/21/2021; From Appropriations Health and Human Services Subcommittee)
Omnibus Budget (Albert)
Provides for omnibus budget for 2021-22.
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Introduced (3/2/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
Minimum Wage (Aiyash)
Increases minimum wage rate and indexes to inflation.
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Introduced (3/2/2021; To Commerce and Tourism Committee)
Supplemental Appropriations (Albert)
Provides supplemental appropriations for 2020-21.
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Introduced (3/2/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
Supplemental Appropriations (Albert)
Provides for multi-department supplemental for 2021-22.
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Committee Hearing in House Appropriations Committee (4/21/2021)
Supplemental Appropriations (Albert)
Provides for multi-department supplemental for 2021-22.
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Committee Hearing in House Appropriations Committee (4/21/2021)
Elderly Care (Whitsett)
Modifies eligibility criteria for a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly in certain geographic areas.
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Introduced (3/4/2021; To Health Policy Committee)
Vaccinations (Allor)
Prohibits requiring certain vaccinations as a condition of employment.
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Re-referred in House (3/23/2021; To Workforce, Trades and Talent Committee)
vulnerable adult embezzlement (Anthony)
Includes vulnerable adults in prohibition of embezzlement from elder adults.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
vulnerable adult assault (Wozniak)
Modifies certain penalties for assaults on elder or vulnerable adults.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
elder adults crimes (Wakeman)
Includes elder adults in Mental Health Code references to Penal Code chapter on vulnerable adults.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
elder adults crimes (Bolden)
Includes elder adults in Public Health Code reference to Penal Code chapter on vulnerable adults.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
elder adults crimes (Tisdel)
Includes elder adults in Adult Foster Care Licensing Act references to Penal Code chapter on vulnerable adults.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Government Operations Committee)
vulnerable adult embezzlement (Ellison)
Provides sentencing guidelines for embezzlement from a vulnerable adult.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
vulnerable adult assault (Farrington)
Provides sentencing guidelines for elder adult abuse.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
elder adults crimes (Carter, B.)
Includes elder adults in Estates and Protected Individuals Code references to Penal Code chapter on vulnerable adults.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Families, Children and Seniors Committee)
nurse staffing (Rabhi)
Requires hospitals develop nurse staffing plans.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Health Policy Committee)
nurse overtime (Cambensy)
Prohibits mandatory overtime for nurses except under certain circumstances.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Health Policy Committee)
nurse/patient ratios (Hauck)
Requires hospitals maintain records of nurse to patient ratios for each shift on each unit.
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Introduced (3/9/2021; To Health Policy Committee)
Insurance Coverage (Wozniak)
Revises medical treatment benefits and reimbursement provisions for rehabilitation clinics.
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Introduced (3/10/2021; To Insurance Committee)
Pay Equity (Young)
Establishes commission on pay equity and specifies duties.
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Introduced (3/24/2021; To Workforce, Trades and Talent Committee)
Nursing Home Investigations (Hornberger)
Allocates funding to prosecuting attorneys coordinating council to investigate nursing home policies.
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Introduced (3/25/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
certificate of need (Zorn)
Modifies Public Health Code requirement to obtain a certificate of need for catheterization.
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Reported in Senate (3/18/2021; 6-3; By Health Policy and Human Services Committee)
health occupations (Zorn)
Enacts a physical therapy licensure compact under the Public Health Code.
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Passed in Senate (2/18/2021; 25-10)
supplemental appropriations (Stamas)
Provides for supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2019-2020.
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Passed in Senate (3/18/2021; 20-15; earlier advanced to Third Reading)
supplemental appropriations (Stamas)
Provides for supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020-2021.
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Passed in Senate (3/25/2021; 20-15; earlier advanced to Third Reading with committee substitute S-1 adopted)
supplemental appropriations (Stamas)
Provides for supplemental appropriations for multi-year supplemental for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2021.
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Passed in Senate (3/18/2021; 20-15; earlier advanced to Third Reading)
nursing homes (Runestad)
Allows under certain circumstances within the Public Health Code for electronic monitoring devices in nursing homes.
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Introduced (1/26/2021; To Health Policy and Human Services Committee)
supplemental appropriations (Stamas)
Authorizes supplemental appropriations for various state departments and agencies for fiscal year 2020-2021.
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Introduced (1/26/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
supplemental appropriations (Stamas)
Authorizes supplemental appropriations for various state agencies and departments for fiscal year 2020-2021.
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Introduced (1/26/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
supplemental appropriations (Stamas)
Authorizes supplemental appropriations for various state departments and agencies for fiscal year 2020-2021.
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Introduced (1/26/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
supplemental appropriations (Hertel, C.)
Allows for supplemental appropriations to various state departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.
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Introduced (1/27/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
supplemental appropriations (Horn)
Allows for supplemental appropriations for various state departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.
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Introduced (1/28/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
health facilities (Horn)
Expands crime of assaulting a person performing certain job-related duties to include emergency room personnel under the Michigan Penal Code.
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Introduced (2/2/2021; To Judiciary and Public Safety Committee)
DHHS budget (Outman, R.)
Makes appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services for Fiscal Year 2021-22.
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Introduced (2/2/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
licensing and regulatory affairs budget (Nesbitt)
Provides appropriations for the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs for Fiscal Year 2021-22.
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Introduced (2/2/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
omnibus budget (Stamas)
Provides omnibus appropriations for various state departments for Fiscal Year 2021-22.
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Introduced (2/2/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
emergency supplies (Ananich)
Creates a MI supply infrastructure factory in the state for design, manufacture, assembly, storage and distribution of personal protection equipment, ventilators, flood remediation supplies and other emergency items.
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Introduced (2/3/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
SB 114
(Vetoed)supplemental appropriations (Stamas)
Makes supplemental appropriations for various state agencies and departments for Fiscal Year 2020-21.
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Vetoed (3/26/2021; Vetoed: March 26, 2021)
supplemental appropriations (Hollier)
Provides for supplemental appropriations for various departments and state agencies for Fiscal year 2020-21.
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Introduced (2/18/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
licensing (Bizon)
Provides for reciprocity for veterans and military service members and their dependents who hold an out-of-state license or registration and updates definition of armed forces under statute.
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Passed in Senate (4/21/2021; 34-0)
licensing (Hollier)
Provides for individual licensing and registration and licensing reciprocity for certain occupations for veterans and military service members and their dependents who hold an out-of-state license.
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Reported in Senate (3/3/2021; S-1 substitute adopted; By Families, Seniors and Veterans Committee)
worker's compensation (McCann)
Provides for worker's compensation benefits and infectious disease presumption for essential employees during a declared emergency.
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Introduced (2/23/2021; To Economic and Small Business Development Committee)
labor (Chang)
Increases maximum penalties for Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Act violations.
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Introduced (2/23/2021; To Economic and Small Business Development Committee)
unemployment benefits (Geiss)
Expands unemployment benefits for certain employees during a declared emergency under the Michigan Employment Security Act.
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Introduced (2/24/2021; To Economic and Small Business Development Committee)
certificate of need (VanderWall)
Modifies requirement to obtain a certificate of need for air ambulance, increase in psychiatric beds, and certain psychiatric programs and modifies the amount for covered capital expenditures.
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Passed in Senate (3/24/2021; 20-15)
certificate of need (Theis)
Modifies membership of the Certificate of Need Commission.
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Passed in Senate (3/24/2021; 35-0)
certificate of need (MacDonald)
Provides for general revisions to certificate of need statute.
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Passed in Senate (3/24/2021; 35-0)
omnibus appropriations (Hertel, C.)
Provides omnibus appropriations to various state departments and agencies for the 2022-23 fiscal year.
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Introduced (2/25/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
elderly care (VanderWall)
Modifies eligibility criteria for a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE) in certain geographic areas under The Social Welfare Act.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Health Policy and Human Services Committee (4/22/2021)
nurses (McBroom)
Requires the development of a staffing plan for nurses under the Public Health Code.
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Introduced (3/4/2021; To Health Policy and Human Services Committee)
health facilities (Moss)
Requires hospitals to maintain records of direct care registered professional nurse-to-patient ratios for each unit for each shift.
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Introduced (3/4/2021; To Health Policy and Human Services Committee)
Long-Term Care (LaSata)
Modifies duties of the long-term care ombudsman during a declared emergency.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Health Policy and Human Services Committee (4/15/2021)
Health Occupation Expenses (VanderWall)
Modifies the essential health provider repayment program by modifying the maximum amount of debt or expense repayment under certain circumstances.
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Introduced (3/16/2021; To Health Policy and Human Services Committee)
Health Insurance (VanderWall)
Provides preauthorizations conducted by utilization review entities related to health care services.
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Committee Hearing in Senate Health Policy and Human Services Committee (4/22/2021)
Health Orders (MacDonald)
Provides limitations on certain gatherings in emergency orders in response to an epidemic.
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Passed in Senate (3/23/2021; 20-15; earlier discharged from Government Operations Committee and advanced to Third Reading with amendments adopted )
Medical Reimbursement (Hertel, C.)
Revises reimbursement provisions for rehabilitation clinics.
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Introduced (3/24/2021; To Insurance and Banking Committee)
COVID records (McBroom)
Provides mandatory website disclosure of state records regarding COVID-19 pandemic.
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Introduced (3/25/2021; To Oversight Committee)
Employment Discrimination (Hertel, C.)
Expands prohibited employment discrimination practices to include asking a job applicant about past compensation.
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Introduced (3/25/2021; To Economic and Small Business Development Committee)
Supplemental Appropriations (Runestad)
Provides multiple departments for supplemental appropriations.
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Introduced (3/25/2021; To Appropriations Committee)
COVID Vaccine (Morse)
A resolution to recognize the life-saving work and innovation of employees in Michigan and around the country working to manufacture and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Passed in House (2/24/2021; Voice vote)
Month Designation (Roth)
A resolution to declare April 2021 as Home Care Awareness Month in the state of Michigan.
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Passed in House (3/25/2021; Voice vote)
Denounce Attorney General (Runestad)
A resolution to denounce the Attorney General's decision to not investigate the Governor's nursing home policy and the reported data on deaths in nursing homes and encourage county prosecutors to pursue investigations.
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Passed in Senate (3/18/2021; 20-15)
Month Designation (Irwin)
A resolution to recognize April 2021 as Home Care Awareness Month.
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Passed in Senate (3/24/2021; Voice Vote)
Frontline Workers (Roth)
A concurrent resolution to honor and recognize frontline workers in the state of Michigan.
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Passed in Senate (2/11/2021; Adopted)
COVID-19 (Glenn)
A concurrent resolution to recognize the victims lost to COVID-19 and to express our most sincere condolences to the families that have lost loved ones to COVID-19.
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Passed in Senate (2/11/2021; Adopted)