A bill to require hospitals to develop and implement financial assistance programs for certain patients; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; to allow for the promulgation of rules; and to prescribe civil sanctions and remedies.
Senate Bills 449 & 450 require Michigan hospitals to establish standardized financial assistance programs for low-income and uninsured patients, mandates transparency and reporting, and creates a medical debt relief fund to support debt relief initiatives.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 33 to 2 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
