RETROACTIVE EMS LICENSE RENEWAL                                                                                         S.B. 1057:

                                                                                                                                                                                SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                                                                                REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Senate Bill 1057 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:   Senator Curtis S. VanderWall

Committee:   Health Policy and Human Services

CONTENT

The bill would amend Part 209 (Emergency Medical Services) of the Public Health Code to do the following:

 --     Allow the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) to renew an emergency medical services (EMS) personnel license retroactively upon application if the license had expired after March 9, 2020, and before January 1, 2021, the applicant met the requirements of Part 209, and LARA verified that any continuing education requirements in effect at the time of application had been fulfilled.

 --     Specify that if LARA renewed an individual's license retroactively that individual would be considered licensed from the date it expired.

 --     Require an individual seeking to renew his or her license retroactively to submit an application to LARA by December 31, 2022.

 --     Modify certain relicensure provisions.

MCL 333.20950 et al.                                                       Legislative Analyst:   Stephen P. Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill could result in a negligible loss in late fee revenue for LARA. Emergency medical services personnel whose licenses expired after March 9, 2020, and before January 1, 2021, would be allowed to renew their licenses retroactively to the date the license expired after payment of the renewal fee. Under normal circumstances, it is likely that some of those renewals would have been late and would have incurred a late fee. The bill does not state that a late fee would be assessed as the license would be renewed retroactively; accordingly, LARA could lose some late fee revenue. The amount of revenue loss is indeterminate, as there is no way to predict how many of those renewals would have been late without the exception proposed under the bill.

Date Completed:   6-29-22                                                                 Fiscal Analyst:   Joe Carrasco, Jr.

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.