2026 House Bill 5455 / Public Act 6

Health occupations: physicians; interstate medical licensure compact; update.

An act to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “An act to protect and promote the public health; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the laws relating to public health; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to provide for the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, and other health services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments, boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting the public health; to regulate health maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain health facilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of health care services, to provide for the appropriate utilization of health care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals or consolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to provide for the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation of federal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and local ordinances; to provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repeal certain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 16189.

AI Analysis – Experimental

House Bill No. 5455 enacts the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact in Michigan, streamlining multi-state physician licensure to improve healthcare access and regulatory cooperation while preserving state oversight.

Introduced in the House

Jan. 15, 2026

Introduced by Rep. Rylee Linting (R-27) and 9 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Jamie Thompson (R-28), Steve Frisbie (R-44), John Roth (R-104), Kathy Schmaltz (R-46), Tom Kunse (R-100), Kelly Breen (D-21), Phil Green (R-67), Bill Schuette (R-95) and Curtis VanderWall (R-102)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

Jan. 21, 2026

Reported without amendment

Referred to the Committee on Rules

Jan. 22, 2026

Reported without amendment

Feb. 4, 2026

Passed in the House 102 to 2 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Feb. 11, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations

March 24, 2026

Discharged from committee

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Reported without amendment

Passed in the Senate 31 to 0 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Sen. Sam Singh (D-28)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

March 26, 2026