HEALTH FACILITY/AMBULANCE LICENSE H.B. 5895 (H-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 5895 (Substitute H-1 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)
Sponsor: Representative Bill Huizenga
House Committee: Commerce
Senate Committee: Economic Development, Small Business and Regulatory Reform
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Public Health Code to do the following:
-- Require the Department of Community Health (DCH), upon determining that a health facility or agency was in compliance with the Code, to issue an initial license within six months after the applicant filed a "completed application" (as defined in the bill).
-- Require the DCH to approve or reject an initial license application for an ambulance operation, nontransport prehospital life support operation, aircraft transport operation, or medical first response service, within six months after the applicant filed a completed application.
-- Require the DCH, within 30 days after receiving an incomplete application, to give the applicant written notice of the deficiency or make the notice electronically available.
-- Toll the six-month period if the DCH notified the applicant of a deficiency or that a corrective action plan was required, until the DCH received the requested information or determined that requirements of the corrective action plan had been met.
-- Require the DCH to return the license fee and reduce the license fee by 15% for the applicant's next licensure application, if any.
-- Require the DCH Director, beginning in 2005, to report annually by December 1 to the appropriate Senate and House committees regarding the DCH's compliance with these requirements.
MCL 333.20162 et al. Legislative Analyst: Suzanne Lowe
FISCAL IMPACT
If the Department did not meet the requirements of HB 5895 (H-1), some or all of the fee revenue collected by the Department for the following entities could be lost: health facilities or agencies, ambulance operations, nontransport prehospital life support operations, aircraft transport operations, and medical first response services. If none of the applications for licensure were processed within the six-month time frame, the entire amount of potential fee revenue would have to be returned to those entities. In addition, 15% of that revenue would be retained by those entities on their next licensure application.
In addition, the Department would incur increased staff time and information technology costs related to fulfilling the reporting requirements of the bill.
Date Completed: 7-1-04 Fiscal Analyst: Dana Patterson
floor\hb5895 Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. 5895/0304