2025 House Bill 4789

Health: other; individualized investigational treatment for certain patients suffering from a life-threatening or severely debilitating illness; provide for.

A bill to amend 2014 PA 345, entitled “Right to try act,” by amending the title and sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (MCL 333.26451, 333.26452, 333.26453, 333.26454, 333.26455, 333.26456, and 333.26457), and by adding section 2a.

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House Bill No. 4789 expands Michigan's Right to Try Act to include life-threatening and severely debilitating illnesses, introduces individualized investigational treatments, and strengthens legal protections for patients, providers, and manufacturers involved in accessing experimental therapies.

Introduced in the House

Aug. 21, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Jamie Thompson (R-28) and 17 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Gina Johnsen (R-78), Joseph Pavlov (R-64), Jason Woolford (R-50), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Kathy Schmaltz (R-46), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Rylee Linting (R-27), Peter Herzberg (D-25), Jason Morgan (D-23), Tom Kunse (R-100), Matt Maddock (R-51), Steve Frisbie (R-44), Gregory Alexander (R-98), John Roth (R-104), David Prestin (R-108), Bryan Posthumus (R-90) and William Bruck (R-30)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy