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 in the House (106 to 1) on May 1, 2002. [Vote Details and Comments]
• 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 in the Senate by voice vote on September 19, 2002.
• Passed in the Senate (35 to 0) 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. [Vote Details and Comments]
• 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 in the House by voice vote 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 in the House by voice vote 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 in the House by voice vote 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 in the House by voice vote on December 12, 2002.
• Passed in the House (100 to 0) on December 13, 2002, to require the Department of Community Health to impose more rigorous health facility design standards. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on December 13, 2002.
• Passed in the Senate (30 to 0) on December 13, 2002, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. John Engler on December 29, 2002.