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It's not news that locally-controlled healthcare is under attack, or that declaring cause of death can be a powerful political tool. (In addition to having a powerful impact on patient families and others they knew.)
Thursday, the Michigan House advances major changes to county medical examiner practices.
HB 5043 re-writes the traditional chain of local responsibility to declare cause of death.
It also eliminates local medical examiner reports, and replaces them with an MDHHS website form. In addition, it mandates ME documentation on the site and undergoing MDHHS training to do so.
This is on top of past legislation giving MDHHS authority to declare cause of death if local the ME has not done so within 48 hours.
HB 5044 expands which deaths the ME must investigate.
If you want to see classic, petty, poorly-framed state micromanagement, check out the sharps container bill.
Thursday, May 16, 2024 10:30 AM
PLACE:
Room 519, House Office Building, Lansing, MIAGENDA:
SB 482 (Sen. McDonald Rivet) Health; medical waste; containment of medical waste; modify.
HB 5043 (Rep. Rogers) Health; medical examiners; process for medical certification of a death record; modify.
HB 5044 (Rep. Mueller) Health; medical examiners; requirements for an investigation of the cause and manner of death; modify.
OR ANY BUSINESS PROPERLY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE
State-produced insulin, anyone?
Or how about a new way for the state to get in on our health information?
Plus a second hearing on changing ME law, and a few more.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
TIME: 3:00 PM or after committees are given leave by the House to meet, whichever time is later.AGENDA:
HB 5043 (Rep. Rogers) Health; medical examiners; process for medical certification of a death record; modify.
HB 5044 (Rep. Mueller) Health; medical examiners; requirements for an investigation of the cause and manner of death; modify.
HB 5114 (Rep. Rheingans) Mental health; code; definition of mental health professional; expand to include physician assistants, certified nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists-certified, and allow them to perform certain examinations.
HB 4890 (Rep. VanderWall) Health; pharmaceuticals; insulin production program; establish.
HB 5519 (Rep. Conlin) Economic development; Michigan strategic fund; insulin production program; include in report of activities.
HB 5283 (Rep. Rogers) Records; health; health information exchange for certain entities and data; require health information technology commission to designate.
HB 5284 (Rep. VanderWall) Insurance; other; allocation of revenue under the insurance provider assessment act; modify.
NOTE: the committee meeting time has been revised to "1:45 PM or after committees are given leave by the House to meet, whichever time is later."
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