Public Act 382 of 2010

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• Introduced by Rep. Roy Schmidt (D) on December 1, 2009, to require the state to investigate allegations that a person subject to occupational licensure mandates under the Public Health Code is operating without a license, which can be prosecuted as a felony. The bill does not allow for discretion or specify any criteria for assessing the credibility of an allegation or motives of the accuser.
  • Referred to the House Health Policy Committee on December 1, 2009.
    • Reported in the House on January 19, 2010, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed 95 to 4 in the House on January 27, 2010.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on February 2, 2010.
  • Referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee on February 2, 2010.
    • Reported in the Senate on September 21, 2010, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on December 1, 2010, to adopt a version of the bill that does not deal with licensure violations; see Senate-passed version for details. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on December 1, 2010.
• Passed 33 to 0 in the Senate on December 3, 2010.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Moved to reconsider by Sen. Alan L. Cropsey (R) on December 3, 2010, the vote by which the bill was passed. The motion passed by voice vote in the Senate on December 3, 2010.
• Received in the Senate on December 3, 2010.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Wayne Kuipers (R) on December 3, 2010. The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on December 3, 2010.
• Passed 33 to 0 in the Senate on December 3, 2010, to not revise details of investigations related to state licensure mandate violations as the House-passed version of this bill did, but instead replace those provisions with the contents of Senate Bill 419, which allows a person who is age 16 to donate blood with parental consent, rather than age 17, and name the bill after the daughter of SB 419's sponsor, Sen. Wayne Kuipers, reportedly because he says he wants it passed for her. Also, to use the bill as a "vehicle" to establish that health professionals who do anything that comes under the scope of activities of a recently-imposed "physical therapist" licensure mandate are exempt from that mandate.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on December 3, 2010.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Roy Schmidt (D) on December 15, 2010, to not name the bill after the daughter of the sponsor of the bill whose provisions replaced the version originally passed by the House. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on December 15, 2010.
• Passed 88 to 3 in the House on December 15, 2010, to concur with the Senate-passed version if the bill, which replaced its provisions with the contents of Senate Bill 419, which allows a person who is age 16 to donate blood with parental consent, rather than age 17, except the House deleted the provision naming the bill after the daughter of SB 419's sponsor. Also, to establish that health professionals who do anything that comes under the scope of activities of a recently-imposed "physical therapist" licensure mandate are exempt from that mandate.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on December 15, 2010.
• Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on December 15, 2010, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, except without the provision naming the bill after the daughter of the sponsor of the as-passed version.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 22, 2010.