March 18 MI Senate HHS - health insurance mandates, foster care, racial disparities, birth and breastfeeding mandates

Catching up the week: the Michigan Senate had a very busy Tuesday driving the woke agenda and micromanaging healthcare.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025        3:00 p.m.

AGENDA

SB 18 Sen. Irwin     
Children: foster care; conditions on the use of certain benefits for a child in foster care; provide.

SB 29 Sen. Geiss     
Records: death; commission to investigate racial disparities related to maternal health; create.

SB 30 Sen. Geiss     
Civil rights: general discrimination; reporting procedures for mistreatment during perinatal period; provide for.

SB 31 Sen. Cavanagh     
Health facilities: hospitals; certain policies on patients who are giving birth; require a hospital to adopt.

SB 32 Sen. Cavanagh     
Insurance: health insurers; provision of information on medical malpractice insurance relating to perinatal care services to the department of health and human services; require on request.

SB 33 Sen. Anthony     
Probate: patient advocates; withholding life-sustaining treatment for a patient who is pregnant; allow.

SB 34 Sen. Chang
Civil rights: sex discrimination and harassment; definition of sex; modify to include lactating status for employment situations and include pregnancy and lactating status for places of public accommodation or public service.

SB 36 Sen. Anthony
Health: occupations; Michigan essential health provider recruitment strategy; expand to include midwives.

SB 37 Sen. Santana
Insurance: health insurers; coverage for gynecological and perinatal services; require.

SB 38 Sen. Santana
Human services: medical services; guidelines for coverage for perinatal and gynecological services; provide for.

SB 39 Sen. Anthony
Human services: medical services; medical assistance coverage for ultrasound procedures and fetal nonstress tests performed in certain locations; provide for.

And any other business properly before the committee.