A bill to amend 1913 PA 350, entitled “An act to enable counties to establish and maintain public hospitals, levy a tax and issue bonds therefor, borrow money and issue bonds and notes therefor, elect hospital trustees, maintain training schools for nurses, maintain nursing home facilities, provide suitable means for the care of tuberculous persons, and to make possible the ultimate establishment of an adequate supply of hospitals,” by amending section 17 (MCL 331.167).
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
