Happy belated Halloween to everyone. Things in Lansing continue to move at a smooth and slow pace concerning health legislation. Auto No-Fault reform continues to be at the forefront along with the repeal of the crash helmet requirements for motorcyclists. Here's a rundown of the activity this week in the legislature:
House:
House Health Policy committee continued to take testimony on the creating of a health insurance exchange in Michigan, testimony has been ongoing for almost a month now. The committee also considered House Bill 5131 that would provide some efficiencies for prescription transfers from hospitals to assisted living and nursing facilities.
The House Appropriations subcommittee for Community Health met to continue hearing testimony on programs related to long term care, Michigan MI Choice program and dual eligibles in efforts of understanding the process and looking for possible savings down the road in Medicaid.
The full House considered three items on the radar of the society, HB 5002 that amends the workers compensation provisions, SB 291 that appeals the motorcycle crash helmet requirements and SB 235 that changed provisions associated with criminal sexual conduct and physicians and their patients. All of the bills will be sent to the Senate for their consideration.
Senate:
Senate Health Policy met to consider two bills where they continued their testimony on SB 698 that would create the framework for Michigan's Health Insurance Exchange or known as MI Health Marketplace. They also considered HB 4893 that would provide a volunteer license for optometrists and would provide certain liability protections for volunteers. Physicians currently have this privilege, this would just extend it to optometrists.
The full Senate considered HB's 4411 and 4412 that within the same scope of SB 235 changed provisions associated with CSC, physicians, and patients. Also they considered SB 466 that would create a senior tracking system similar to an amber alert system for children. The Senate also considered and passed out SB 137 that would require school districts to create guidelines for bullying in the school system.
Bill information can be found at http://www.msms.org/advocacy
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