CERTIFICATES OF NEED; MODIFY                                                                         S.B. 12, 181-183, & 190 (S-1):

                                                                                                                                                                                                      SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                                                                                                        REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Senate Bills 12 (as reported without amendment)

Senate Bills 181 through 183 (as reported without amendment)

Senate Bill 190 (Substitute S-1 as reported)

Sponsor:   Senator Dale W. Zorn (S.B. 12)

                            Senator Curtis S. VanderWall (S.B. 181 & 190)

                            Senator Lana Theis (S.B. 182)

                            Senator Michael D. MacDonald (S.B. 183)

Committee:   Health Policy and Human Services

CONTENT

Senate Bill 12 would amend Part 222 (Certificate of Need) of the Public Health Code to modify the definition of "covered clinical service".

Senate Bill 181 would amend Part 222 to modify the definitions of "change in bed capacity", "covered capital expenditure", and "covered clinical service".

Senate Bill 182 would amend Part 222 to do the following:

 --       Increase the membership of the Certification of Need Commission to 13 and require the Commission to include two individuals representing the general public, one of whom would have to be from a county with a population of less than 40,000.

 --       Modify the requirements for members of the standard advisory committee appointed by the Commission.

Senate Bill 183 would amend the Public Health Code to delete a provision prohibiting a hospital from transferring more than 35% of its licensed beds to another hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility more than once if it is located in a city that has a population of 750,000 or more.

Senate Bill 190 (S-1) would amend the Mental Health Code to do the following:

 --       Require, as a condition of licensing, a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit to public patients and to maintain 50% of beds available to public patients.

 --       Beginning June 1, 2021, require a psychiatric hospital and psychiatric unit to submit an annual report to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) as a part of the application for license renewal certain data related to total patient days of care provided and total beds available during the previous calendar year.

 --       Allow the DHHS to use the annual report data or a DHHS investigation to determine if a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit maintained 50% of beds available to public patients.

Senate Bills 181 through 183 are tie-barred to each other. Senate Bill 190 is tie-barred to Senate Bill 181.

MCL 333.22203 (S.B. 12)                                                                             Legislative Analyst:   Stephen Jackson

            333.22203 (S.B. 181)

            333.22211 & 333.22215 (S.B. 182)

           333.20145 et al. (S.B. 183)

      &