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Topic starter
May 9, 2026 11:33 pm
A 50% increase in the allowed medical record fees benefits who, exactly? The hospitals.
Hospitals will argue inflation, everything costs more, we're losing money, etc.
I reply: fees at independent radiology centers (like Basha Diagnostics in SE Michigan, and The Imaging Center in West MI) include a CD of images plus the written report, and still beat hospital prices.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 9:00 AM
AGENDA
HB 5681 (Rep. Phil Green)
Health: medical records; medical record fees; modify.HB 5903 (Rep. Bierlein)
Health facilities: certificate of need; allowable use of hospital swing beds; expand to include behavioral health patients.OR ANY BUSINESS PROPERLY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE
Topic starter
May 16, 2026 6:50 pm
Blood lead levels, PBMs, and another CON bill join those in the previous hearing this week.
These lead bills revisit a 3-year saga (early house bills here) that culminated in MDHHS rules announced 1 year ago.
It's one of the system's self-perpetuating advantages: failed solutions will always beg for more bills to "do something". Especially in an election year.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 9:00 AM
AGENDA
HB 4864 (Rep. Rogers)
Health: children; definition of elevated blood lead level; modify.HB 4865 (Rep. Jaime Greene)
Food: other; testing of baby foods for heavy metals; require.HB 5303 (Rep. Farhat)
Human services: medical services; Medicaid managed care contract with pharmacy benefit manager; modify.HB 5709 (Rep. Roth)
Health facilities: certificate of need; certificate of need requirements for certain outpatient imaging centers; modify.HB 5773 (Rep. Cavitt)
Health occupations: health professionals; referral of patients to a diagnostic center for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; require under certain circumstances.HB 5774 (Rep. Young)
Health: children; referral of certain children to the early on program; require.HB 5903 (Rep. Bierlein)
Health facilities: certificate of need; allowable use of hospital swing beds; expand to include behavioral health patients.HB 5975 (Rep. Fox)
Children: health; referral of certain children with elevated blood lead levels to the Early On program administered by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential; require.OR ANY BUSINESS PROPERLY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE
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