House Health Pol Feb 4 2026: nurse license, speech license, dentistry task force, respiratory license, ambulance license, physician CE

For a measure not proven to secure health and safety, licensing is getting an awful lot of action in Lansing these days. 😭 

The only good news in this whole line-up is in the final bill, a physician CE cut from 150 down to 75 hr/3 year renewal. However, there's a down side: that excellent provision is paired with a $250-500 fine for all professions who fail to produce CEs.

Licensing is unproven to ensure quality; conditioning licenses on continuing education, even less so.

Sometimes I think the health professions can't win for losing in Michigan.

Wednesday, February 4, 2026     9:00 AM

AGENDA

HB 4901 (Rep. Thompson)
Health: licensing; licensing of nurses and speech-language pathologists; modify.

HB 5102 (Rep. Kuhn)
Health occupations: dentists; dentistry task force; eliminate.

HB 5150 (Rep. Thompson)
Health occupations: respiratory therapists; licensure for respiratory therapists; modify.

HB 5249 (Rep. Prestin)
Health: emergency services; ambulance operation adaptive care license; create.

HB 5313 (Rep. Bierlein)
Health: licensing; setting aside certain disciplinary records; provide for, and modify certain continuing education requirements and sanctions.

OR ANY BUSINESS PROPERLY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE