A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending sections 21702 and 21703 (MCL 333.21702 and 333.21703), section 21702 as amended by 1994 PA 73 and section 21703 as amended by 2015 PA 155, and by adding sections 21788, 21788a, 21788b, 21788c, 21788d, 21788e, 21788f, 21788g, 21788h, and 21788i.
The bill allows nursing home residents to install electronic monitoring devices in their rooms with proper consent, mandates nursing homes to accommodate such devices, and establishes a loan program for Medicaid-eligible residents.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services
