2023 House Bill 4580 / 2024 Public Act 53

Human services: medical services; reimbursement rate for telehealth visits; require to be the same as reimbursements for office visits.

An act to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled “An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state; to provide general assistance, hospitalization, infirmary and medical care to poor or unfortunate persons; to provide for compliance by this state with the social security act; to provide protection, welfare and services to aged persons, dependent children, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled; to administer programs and services for the prevention and treatment of delinquency, dependency and neglect of children; to create a state department of social services; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department; to provide for the interstate and intercounty transfer of dependents; to create county and district departments of social services; to create within certain county departments, bureaus of social aid and certain divisions and offices thereunder; to prescribe the powers and duties of the departments, bureaus and officers; to provide for appeals in certain cases; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state department with respect to county and district departments; to prescribe certain duties of certain other state departments, officers, and agencies; to make an appropriation; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” by amending section 105h (MCL 400.105h), as added by 2020 PA 101.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 4580 would amend the Social Welfare Act to prohibit the Medicaid program or the Healthy Michigan program from requiring a recipient to use telemedicine service in lieu of inperson consultation or contact.

Introduced in the House

May 16, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Felicia Brabec (D-33) and 27 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Natalie Price (D-5), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Regina Weiss (D-6), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), Rachel Hood (D-81), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Carol Glanville (D-84), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Kara Hope (D-74), Julie Brixie (D-73), Reggie Miller (D-31), Christine Morse (D-40), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Jasper Martus (D-69), Noah Arbit (D-20), Ranjeev Puri (D-24), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Jenn Hill (D-109), Jason Morgan (D-23), Stephanie Young (D-16) and Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

Oct. 26, 2023

Reported with substitute H-1

Nov. 9, 2023

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

Passed in the House 58 to 49 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Nov. 14, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

March 13, 2024

Reported without amendment

March 14, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

April 17, 2024

Reported without amendment

May 15, 2024

Passed in the Senate 35 to 1 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

June 6, 2024