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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Local Issues and Governments</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/20.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2011 Senate Bill 457 (Authorize nursing home suspicious death review teams )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/282425.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:59:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:282425</guid><dc:creator>stvc0921</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/282425.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=282425</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;the addition of local long term care ombudsman would be very beneficial to the bill. &amp;nbsp;local ombudsmen have a much closer relationship with clients in licensed long term care facilities and the day to day operations of such sites. &amp;nbsp;local ombudsmen are currently involved in these review teams in ingham county and in the saginaw area. &amp;nbsp;if not directly adding ombudsman at least some language that does not limit the members of the committee to those listed. &amp;nbsp;perhaps add others as deemed appropriate or similar language. &amp;nbsp;thank you&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 457 (Authorize nursing home suspicious death review teams )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/282424.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:282424</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/282424.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=282424</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on June 15, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-457'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>