A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “Public health code,” by amending sections 2227, 2617, 2617a, and 2618 (MCL 333.2227, 333.2617, 333.2617a, and 333.2618), section 2227 as added by 2006 PA 653 and section 2617a as added by 2016 PA 479, and by adding section 2617b.
Senate Bill No. 818, introduced in Michigan in 2024, aims to amend the 1978 Public Health Code to address racial and ethnic health disparities. The bill focuses on developing a statewide strategic plan to reduce health inequities, monitoring minority health progress, establishing minority health policy, and supporting minority health programs. Key initiatives include providing data, enhancing recruitment and retention in health professions, promoting culturally appropriate health initiatives, creating a minority health resources webpage, and outlining departmental responsibilities in supporting health initiatives. The bill mandates reporting on the status and effectiveness of health initiatives, including statistics on obstetric violence and racism, maintaining a team for reviewing maternal deaths, conducting a study on the use of research evidence in perinatal period policies, requiring periodic health statistics publications, an annual health information system report to the governor and legislature, and a triennial report on preventable causes of maternal mortality and recommendations for clinical best practices. The enactment of this bill is tied to the passage of related bills within the 102nd Legislature.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services
Reported with substitute S-1
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-2
Substitute S-2 concurred in by voice vote
