House HPol June 2026: organ donation, minor patient records, pharmacist recruitment, mental health screening, controlled substance federal alignment

An 11-bill drug abuse licensing package is so fresh the HFA analysis isn't up yet.

Ditto for the pair of behavioral heath transport license bills, which appear to be a reworked version of senate bills from last term.

The agenda is up to 17 bills in next week's hearing.

Wednesday, June 17, 2026     9:00 AM

AGENDA

HB 5728 (Rep. Schuette)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the prudent purchaser act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5729 (Rep. Schmaltz)
Health: substance use disorder; persons required to hold a substance use disorder services program license; modify and require uniform rules as is reasonable.

HB 5730 (Rep. Frisbie)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the municipal health facilities corporations act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5731 (Rep. Tisdel)
Health facilities: licensing; exemptions from the substance use disorder license requirement; include crisis stabilization units.

HB 5732 (Rep. Meerman)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the Michigan zoning enabling act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5733 (Rep. VanderWall)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the motor vehicle code; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5734 (Rep. DeBoer)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the nonprofit health care corporation reform act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5735 (Rep. Thompson)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the overdose fatality review act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5736 (Rep. St. Germaine)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the patient’s right to independent review act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5737 (Rep. Harris)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the social welfare act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5738 (Rep. Bohnak)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the adult foster care facility licensing act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5943 (Rep. Frisbie)
Health: licensing; behavioral health transportation licensing requirements; provide for.

HB 5944 (Rep. O'Neal)
Human services: medical services; coverage for behavioral health transportation; provide for.

HB 5974 (Rep. Aragona)
Health: medical records; rights of a minor patient; modify.

HB 5985 (Rep. Kunse)
Health occupations: pharmacists; Michigan essential health provider recruitment strategy; expand to include pharmacists.

SB 144 (Sen. Santana)
Health occupations: physical therapists; prescription requirement for physical therapy treatment; eliminate, and make other modifications to the practice of physical therapy.

SB 716 (Sen. Wojno)
Controlled substances: schedules; scheduling of certain controlled substances; modify.

OR ANY BUSINESS PROPERLY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE

More about SB 144 at the first hearing over a year ago.

Two agenda revisions later, it's up to twenty-seven (27) bills. Not an italic in sight - all have healthcare impact.

Committee members had better eat their Wheaties. 

I've reorganized the added bills to include previous posts with more issue information. Due to the changes, I've removed the usual agenda quote format.

Wednesday, June 17, 2026     9:00 AM

AGENDA

HB 5728 (Rep. Schuette)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the prudent purchaser act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5729 (Rep. Schmaltz)
Health: substance use disorder; persons required to hold a substance use disorder services program license; modify and require uniform rules as is reasonable.

HB 5730 (Rep. Frisbie)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the municipal health facilities corporations act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5731 (Rep. Tisdel)
Health facilities: licensing; exemptions from the substance use disorder license requirement; include crisis stabilization units.

HB 5732 (Rep. Meerman)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the Michigan zoning enabling act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5733 (Rep. VanderWall)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the motor vehicle code; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5734 (Rep. DeBoer)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the nonprofit health care corporation reform act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5735 (Rep. Thompson)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the overdose fatality review act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5736 (Rep. St. Germaine)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the patient’s right to independent review act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5737 (Rep. Harris)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the social welfare act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5738 (Rep. Bohnak)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the adult foster care facility licensing act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5943 (Rep. Frisbie)
Health: licensing; behavioral health transportation licensing requirements; provide for.

HB 5944 (Rep. O'Neal)
Human services: medical services; coverage for behavioral health transportation; provide for.

HB 5974 (Rep. Aragona)
Health: medical records; rights of a minor patient; modify.

HB 5985 (Rep. Kunse)
Health occupations: pharmacists; Michigan essential health provider recruitment strategy; expand to include pharmacists.

SB 144 (Sen. Santana)
Health occupations: physical therapists; prescription requirement for physical therapy treatment; eliminate, and make other modifications to the practice of physical therapy.

SB 716 (Sen. Wojno)
Controlled substances: schedules; scheduling of certain controlled substances; modify.
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NEWLY ADDED BILLS

HB 5254 (Rep. Rigas)
Consumer credit: interest rates; maximum interest rate allowed for medical debt; modify.

HB 5255 (Rep. Pohutsky)
Civil procedure: foreclosure; foreclosure or garnishment of wages for medical debt; prohibit.

SB 449 (Sen. Anthony)
Health facilities: hospitals; hospital financial assistance act; enact.

SB 450 (Sen. Lindsey)
Health facilities: hospitals; certain hospital financial assistance policies; make subject to the hospital financial assistance act.

SB 451 (Sen. Anthony)
Consumer credit: credit reports and reporting agencies; collection and reporting of medical debt information; regulate.

Previous hearings on these two bills: https://mihealthfreedom.org/community/house-hpol/health-policy-apr-medical-debt-mental-health-licenses-pediatric-insurance-mandate-facility-license/#post-2827
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SB 701 (Sen. Lindsey)
Consumer credit: interest rates; maximum interest rate allowed for medical debt; modify.

SB 702 (Sen. Anthony)
Civil procedure: foreclosure; foreclosure or garnishment of wages for medical debt; prohibit.

Background to these two bills: https://mihealthfreedom.org/community/senate-hpol/senate-ficp-cmte-jan-feb-cap-interest-rates-ban-foreclosure-garnishment-of-wages-for-medical-debt/#post-2504

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HB 6071 (Rep. Schmaltz)
Health facilities: hospitals; hospital financial assistance act; enact.

HB 6072 (Rep. Frisbie)
Health facilities: hospitals; certain hospital financial assistance policies; make subject to the hospital financial assistance act.

HB 6073 (Rep. Bohnak)
Consumer credit: credit reports and reporting agencies; collection and reporting of medical debt information; regulate.

The federal credit reporting rule changed 7 months ago:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) is issuing this interpretive rule to clarify that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) generally preempts State laws that touch on broad areas of credit reporting, consistent with Congress's intent to create national standards for the credit reporting system. This interpretive rule replaces a July 2022 interpretive rule that the Bureau withdrew in May 2025.
https://mihealthfreedom.org/community/dcoverreach/cfpb-reinterprets-fcra-to-override-state-medical-debt-reporting-limitations/#post-2140

OR ANY BUSINESS PROPERLY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE

There’s an odd mix of motives and interests behind bills that detail Good Samaritan liability for bleeding control, and revise health club regulation to address the new Good Samaritan provisions. Additional bills and background here: https://mihealthfreedom.org/community/house-hpol/health-policy-apr-medical-debt-mental-health-licenses-pediatric-insurance-mandate-facility-license/#post-2827

Michigan’s Good Samaritan Law already contains very broad provisions, so what’s going on? 

The initiating factor appears to be the 2018 shooting death at a Flint health club. The victim was with a police officer, who would have had first responder training, perhaps implying a higher level of responsibility. Health club regulation requires one employee with first aid training, but specifies no duty to perform emergency aid, and no limits to Good Samaritan protection. Michigan’s Trauma Coalition and Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health lobbied for the bills. Michigan Association for Justice opposed the final bill. https://www.americanspa.com/news/man-shot-and-killed-while-exercising-at-michigan-health-club

This week's agenda is down to 20. A few added bills were first heard in April, indicated here with bold font. Newbies are announced with an asterisk.

https://mihealthfreedom.org/community/house-hpol/health-policy-apr-medical-debt-mental-health-licenses-pediatric-insurance-mandate-facility-license/#post-2827

Wednesday, June 24, 2026     9:00 AM

AGENDA

SB 144 (Sen. Santana)
Health occupations: physical therapists; prescription requirement for physical therapy treatment; eliminate, and make other modifications to the practice of physical therapy.

SB 590 (Sen. Outman)
Torts: liability; immunity for individuals rendering emergency services who apply bleeding control; provide for.

SB 591 (Sen. Chang)
Recreation: other; act regarding medical emergencies in health clubs; revise cross-reference to the Good Samaritan Act.

*NEW: HB 4832 (Rep. Prestin)
Health occupations: health professionals; licensure of anesthesiologist assistants; provide for.

HB 5303 (Rep. Farhat)
Human services: medical services; Medicaid managed care contract with pharmacy benefit manager; modify.

*NEW: HB 5681 (Rep. Phil Green)
Health: medical records; medical record fees; modify. [This annual re-set actually goes the right direction for once. The Detroit Consumer Price Index indicates inflation is down!]

HB 5728 (Rep. Schuette)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the prudent purchaser act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5729 (Rep. Schmaltz)
Health: substance use disorder; persons required to hold a substance use disorder services program license; modify and require uniform rules as is reasonable.

HB 5730 (Rep. Frisbie)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the municipal health facilities corporations act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5731 (Rep. Tisdel)
Health facilities: licensing; exemptions from the substance use disorder license requirement; include crisis stabilization units.

HB 5732 (Rep. Meerman)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the Michigan zoning enabling act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5733 (Rep. VanderWall)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the motor vehicle code; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5734 (Rep. DeBoer)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the nonprofit health care corporation reform act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5735 (Rep. Thompson)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the overdose fatality review act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5736 (Rep. St. Germaine)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the patient’s right to independent review act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5737 (Rep. Harris)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the social welfare act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

HB 5738 (Rep. Bohnak)
Health: licensing; references to licenses for certain substance use disorder services programs in the adult foster care facility licensing act; modify to include those exempt from licensure.

*NEW: HB 5903 (Rep. Bierlein)
Health facilities: certificate of need; allowable use of hospital swing beds; expand to include behavioral health patients.

HB 5943 (Rep. Frisbie)
Health: licensing; behavioral health transportation licensing requirements; provide for.

HB 5944 (Rep. O'Neal)
Human services: medical services; coverage for behavioral health transportation; provide for.

OR ANY BUSINESS PROPERLY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE

Rep. Joseph Aragona's HB 5974 passed the Michigan House with immediate effect and has been sent to the Senate, where it was referred to their Committee on Health Policy:

https://www.wilx.com/2026/07/21/michigan-bill-would-give-parents-access-minors-medical-records/

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5974

Michigan bill would give parents access to minors’ medical records
The bill passed the House with bipartisan support and now heads to the Senate Committee on Health Policy.
By Wells Foster - July 20, 2026

LANSING, Mich. (News 10) - State lawmakers are pushing to change Michigan’s Medical Record Access Act to ensure parents can obtain their child’s medical records, including in cases where a minor received lawful medical care without parental permission.

Under current law, minors can seek medical help for pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and some mental health concerns without their parents’ knowledge.

What the bill would do

House Bill 5974 would require parents to have access to those records. State Rep. Gina Johnsen of Portland said the legislation is aimed at restoring parental involvement in medical decisions.

“We want to reestablish a medical community that works with the parent and the child takes best care and the parent knows what’s going on,” Johnsen said.

Opposition and next steps

Not everyone supports the measure. Opponents warn the bill could put children in unsafe home situations at risk by making it harder to keep medical exams private.

The bill passed the House with bipartisan support and now heads to the Senate Committee on Health Policy.

Michigan parents have been complaining about officious staff excluding them from their child's exam room, for decades. In the stories I hear, action is never initiated by the child; always clinicians.

An impressive summation of legislator views from CapCon.

https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/news/house-votes-for-parental-access-to-medical-records-of-minor-children

House votes for parental access to medical records of minor children

Lawmakers weigh healthcare privacy and parental rights

Jamie A. Hope    |    August 20, 2026

A Michigan House bill would allow parents greater access to their minor children’s medical records.

House Bill 5974, sponsored by Rep. Joseph Aragona, R-Clinton Township, passed the House in June with bipartisan support in a 61-46 vote.

Currently in Michigan, minors can approve certain medical interventions, such as treatment for mental health, prenatal and pregnancy-related healthcare, and substance abuse, all without a parent’s knowledge or input.

Aragona did not respond to an email seeking comment, but he did post about the legislation on Facebook.

“This legislation restores parents’ access to their minor child’s medical records, ensuring they have the information they need to make informed decisions and advocate for their child’s health and well-being,” Aragona posted after the legislation passed the House June 25. “Parents are responsible for their children’s care, and they should have access to the medical information necessary to fulfill that responsibility.”

Aragona testified in favor of the bill before the Health Policy Committee in early June.

“Can an 11-year-old or 12-year-old purchase health insurance, drive a car, get themselves to this appointment and make payment for these types of services?” asked Rep. Jamie Thompson, R-Brownstown Township, who supports the legislation.

Rep. Matthew Bierlein, R-Vassar, said a doctor last year required his 12-year-old child to use email to give permission for his parents to access his medical records. Bierlein noted that his child didn’t have an email account.

Reps. Brenda Carter, D-Pontiac and Angela Witwer, D-Delta Township, challenged the legislation and asked about the rights of minors to their own medical privacy.

Witwer noted that when she was in high school, she would not have wanted her father to see her medical records.

Carter asked if minors could consent to some forms of health care without the consent of their parents and how will the legislation impact the child’s rights.

Society has determined a minor is too inexperienced or immature to vote, obtain a mortgage or car loan, and enlist in the military, Aragona responded.

He added a minor cannot even get a tattoo without consent and therefore parents should be able to know what is going on with their children.

If a minor receives emergency medical services, they do not have the ability to sign an Against Medical Advice form and a parent has to sign off, added Rep. David Prestin, R-Cedar River.

Karen Whitsett, a Democratic representative from Detroit, described the state’s treatment of parental authority as confused and “astounding” on issues ranging from abortion to medical decisions.

“We are allowing things to get so out of control that there is no control and parents aren’t raising their kids and they’re not taking care of them and they’re not looking out for their best interest,” said Whitsett.

The Michigan Nurses Association opposes the legislation, according to committee meeting minutes.

The state’s major professional organization for physicians took a balanced view of the legislation.

“Supporters argued that some hospitals and health systems have adopted policies and patient portal practices that can restrict parental access to records for adolescents, making it more difficult for parents to participate in healthcare decisions,” said a statement from the Michigan State Medical Society. “Some legislators viewed the bill as a parental rights measure, while others raised concerns about its potential impact on existing privacy protections for minors seeking confidential healthcare services. No vote was taken on the bill and MSMS will work with the Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics to ensure the physician-patient relationship is prioritized.”