A bill to provide for the establishment of a universal and unified health care system and to reform the current payment system for health care coverage in this state; to create certain boards and committees and prescribe their powers and duties; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and agencies; to establish a fund; to provide for the promulgation of rules; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies.
This comprehensive bill proposes the creation of the MIcare board and fund to offer a wide range of health services, including primary, preventive, chronic, and acute care, along with hospital services, mental health services, prescription drugs, medical devices, dental, vision, hearing care, substance use disorder treatment, reproductive health care, long-term care, and more, with an emphasis on mental health equality.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Insurance and Financial Services
