Senate Bill 64: Revise nursing home regulation detail
Passed 67 to 37 in the House on September 22, 2015, to revise the extensive regulatory regime imposed on nursing homes, so as to establish that patient care policies, compliance procedures, outcome measures and more should be based on nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines or best-practices (rather than regulations promulgated by state departments), along with other detail changes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717146
Senate Bill 65: Revise nursing home medical treatment restriction
Passed 69 to 35 in the House on September 22, 2015, to allow any nursing home to employ or contract with a licensed health care professional to provide a program of planned and continuing nursing care and medical treatment for residents. Under current law medical and dental treatment provided in nursing homes are subject to complex regulatory restrictions and constraints.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717147
Senate Bill 66: Revise nursing home medical treatment restriction
Passed 69 to 35 in the House on September 22, 2015, to revise the definition of “services in a learned profession” in the Michigan business corporations act to make it conform with the proposal in Senate Bill 65 potentially dismantling various regulatory obstacles to medical care provided being in nursing homes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717148
Senate Bill 67: Revise nursing home medical treatment restriction
Passed 69 to 35 in the House on September 22, 2015, to revise the definition of “services in a learned profession” in the Michigan business corporations act to make it conform with the proposal in Senate Bill 65 potentially dismantling various regulatory obstacles to medical care being provided in nursing homes.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717149
Senate Bill 358: Revise teacher certificate detail for out-of-state teachers
Passed 94 to 10 in the House on September 22, 2015, to remove the current caps on fees charged for the tests given to get a state teacher certification, including a basic skills test, an elementary certification test, and subject area endorsement tests.
See Who Voted “Yes” and Who Voted “No” at http://www.michiganvotes.org/RollCall.aspx?ID=717150
Senate Bill 491: Slightly expand alternative teacher authority
Introduced by Sen. Phil Pavlov (R) on September 16, 2015, to expand a law that allows schools to employ a teacher who has not obtained a government teaching certificate to teach courses in computer science, a foreign language, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, physics and robotics. The bill would expand that list to include writing, journalism and health sciences. Current law requires a non-certified teacher to have a major or graduate degree in the relevant subject area, and the bill would also add recent professional experience in the field to this requirement.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170224
Senate Bill 492: Clarify franchised business employee status
Introduced by Sen. Jack Brandenburg (R) on September 16, 2015, to establish that the owner of a business franchise rather than the franchisor is considered the sole employer of the workers for whom he or she provides a benefit plan or pays wages, except as otherwise specified in the franchise agreement, or where prohibited by law. The bill was introduced after President Obama’s appointees on the National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling that all franchise employees are actually employed by the franchiser for purposes of union organizing. Among other things, if sustained this policy would mean that employees at local restaurants franchised by a national chain like McDonalds could be unionized on a nationwide basis.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170225
Senate Bill 493: Clarify franchised business employee status
Introduced by Sen. John Proos (R) on September 16, 2015, to establish that for purposes of workers compensation insurance coverage, the owner of a business franchise rather than the franchisor is considered the sole employer of the workers for he or she provides a benefit plan or pays wages, except as otherwise specified in the franchise agreement, or as prohibited by law. See also Senate Bill 493.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170226
Senate Bill 494: Revise locked classroom doors law
Introduced by Sen. Judy Emmons (R) on September 16, 2015, to revise the state fire code to permit the use of lock block devices on school classroom doors, and locks that can lock a classroom from the inside without a key. “Lock block device” is defined as a device that prevents a classroom door from latching when closed, so that the door may kept locked at all times but still be used without the use of a key.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170227
Senate Bill 495: Revise telemedicine insurance restriction
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) on September 16, 2015, to revise insurance code details to facilitate “telemedicine” services. Specifically, the bill would require insurers to include reimbursement for “asynchronous store and forward action,” which means sending data to a health care provider for later review. Under current law insurers are prohibited from reimbursing telemedicine services from a health care provider who is not licensed or “authorized” to practice in Michigan, and this restriction would not be changed.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170228
Senate Bill 496: Make operating a motorcycle without a license a misdemeanor
Introduced by Sen. Rick Jones (R) on September 16, 2015, to make operating a motorcycle without a motorcycle “indorsement” on the operator’s drivers license a misdemeanor punishable by a $500 fine and three months in jail for a first offense, and up to a year for subsequent offenses.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170229
Senate Bill 497: Require faith-based adoption agencies participate in placements with homosexuals
Introduced by Sen. David Knezek (D) on September 16, 2015, to essentially repeal the 2015 law that prohibits requiring adoption and foster care agencies to participate in child placements that violate their moral convictions (which essentially means faith-based agencies and placements with homosexuals).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170230
Senate Bill 498: Require faith-based adoption agencies participate in placements with homosexuals
Introduced by Sen. Rebekah Warren (D) on September 16, 2015, to essentially repeal the 2015 law that prohibits requiring adoption agencies to participate in child placements that violate their moral convictions (which essentially means faith-based agencies and placements with homosexuals).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170231
Senate Bill 499: Require faith-based adoption agencies participate in placements with homosexuals
Introduced by Sen. Curtis Hertel, Jr. (D) on September 16, 2015, to essentially repeal the 2015 law that prohibits government sanctions against foster care agencies that won’t participate in child placements that violate their moral convictions (which essentially means faith-based agencies and placements with homosexuals).
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170232
Senate Bill 500: Revise workers comp employee assessment detail
Introduced by Sen. Kenneth Horn (R) on September 16, 2015, to authorize a change in the formula that determines employer payroll tax assessments to a state fund that provides expeditious payment of workers compensation claims, if the fund has sufficient money.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170233
Senate Bill 501: Require alien drivers have visa or passport while driving
Introduced by Sen. Jim Stamas (R) on September 17, 2015, to require resident aliens who drive a vehicle in Michigan to have both a valid drivers license issued by their native land and a passport or valid visa. Current law only requires a valid drivers license.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170235
Senate Bill 502: Revise Medicaid fraud law detail
Introduced by Sen. Jim Marleau (R) on September 17, 2015, to establish that a customer rebate from a drug company may be paid to a third party on the customer’s behalf without violating a state health care false claims act.
http://www.michiganvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=170236