Public Act 683 of 2002

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• Introduced by Rep. Tom George (R) on February 28, 2002, to require the Department of Community Health to impose more rigorous health facility design standards on hospitals and other health facilities.
  • Referred to the House Health Policy Committee on February 28, 2002.
• Passed 106 to 1 in the House on May 1, 2002.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on May 1, 2002.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on September 19, 2002, to replace the previous version of the bill with one adding a provision to exempt from the Certificate of Need process certain teaching hospitals for purposes of allowing them to share space at Veterans Administration hospitals. This would apply to the University of Michigan Medical Center and the Detroit Medical Center, allowing their overburdened facilities to share beds and equipment with nearby veterans hospitals that are currently under capacity. The substitute was amended to clarify the exemption. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on September 19, 2002.
• Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on September 19, 2002, to require the Department of Community Health to impose more rigorous health facility design standards on hospitals and other health facilities. The bill would also exempt from the Certificate of Need process certain teaching hospitals for purposes of allowing them to share space at Veterans Administration hospitals. This would apply to the University of Michigan Medical Center and the Detroit Medical Center, allowing their overburdened facilities to share beds and equipment with nearby veterans hospitals that are currently under capacity.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on November 13, 2002.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Mark Schauer (D) on November 13, 2002, to clarify a provision related to the provision exempting from the Certificate of Need process certain teaching hospitals for purposes of allowing them to share space at Veterans Administration hospitals. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on November 13, 2002.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tom George (R) on December 12, 2002, to clarify a provision related to the provision exempting from the Certificate of Need process certain teaching hospitals for purposes of allowing them to share space at Veterans Administration hospitals. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on December 12, 2002.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Tom George (R) on December 12, 2002, to clarify a provision related to the provision exempting from the Certificate of Need process certain teaching hospitals for purposes of allowing them to share space at Veterans Administration hospitals. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on December 12, 2002.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Stephen Ehardt (R) on December 12, 2002, to strip out a provision related to the provision exempting from the Certificate of Need process certain teaching hospitals for purposes of allowing them to share space at Veterans Administration hospitals. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on December 12, 2002.
• Passed 100 to 0 in the House on December 13, 2002, to require the Department of Community Health to impose more rigorous health facility design standards.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on December 13, 2002.
• Passed 30 to 0 in the Senate on December 13, 2002, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. John Engler on December 29, 2002.