2026 Senate Bill 970

Human services: adult foster care; definition of covered facility; exclude hospitals that provide swing bed services.

A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled “Mental health code,” by amending section 134a (MCL 330.1134a), as amended by 2014 PA 72.

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Amends Michigan's Mental Health Code to enhance background check requirements and employment restrictions for psychiatric facilities, aiming to prevent individuals with certain criminal convictions or substantiated abuse findings from working with vulnerable populations.

Introduced in the Senate

May 14, 2026

Introduced by Sen. Sarah Anthony (D-21)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy