February 20, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Agema, Marleau, Meekhof, Opsommer, Wenke, Booher, Dean, Moore, Meltzer, Stahl, Nitz, Emmons, Hoogendyk, Green, Brandenburg and Rick Jones and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 21513 (MCL 333.21513), as amended by 2002 PA
125.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 21513. The owner, operator, and governing body of a
hospital licensed under this article:
(a) Are responsible for all phases of the operation of the
hospital, selection of the medical staff, and quality of care
rendered in the hospital.
(b) Shall cooperate with the department in the enforcement of
this part, and require that the physicians, dentists, and other
personnel working in the hospital who are required to be licensed
or registered are in fact currently licensed or registered.
(c) Shall assure that physicians and dentists admitted to
practice in the hospital are granted hospital privileges consistent
with their individual training, experience, and other
qualifications.
(d) Shall assure that physicians and dentists admitted to
practice in the hospital are organized into a medical staff to
enable an effective review of the professional practices in the
hospital for the purpose of reducing morbidity and mortality and
improving the care provided in the hospital for patients. The
review shall include the quality and necessity of the care provided
and the preventability of complications and deaths occurring in the
hospital.
(e) Shall not discriminate because of race, religion, color,
national origin, age, or sex in the operation of the hospital
including employment, patient admission and care, room assignment,
and professional or nonprofessional selection and training
programs, and shall not discriminate in the selection and
appointment of individuals to the physician staff of the hospital
or its training programs on the basis of licensure or registration
or professional education as doctors of medicine, osteopathic
medicine and surgery, or podiatry.
(f) Shall assure that the hospital adheres to medical control
authority protocols according to section 20918.
(g) Shall assure that the hospital develops and maintains a
plan for biohazard detection and handling.
(h) Shall create a list of at least the top 50 high-volume
elective or nonemergent inpatient and outpatient services provided
by the hospital and the average charge for each of those services.
The list created under this subdivision shall be continuously
maintained, updated, and posted on the internet through the website
of the hospital, shall be provided to individuals seeking
information on those services, and shall be provided in writing
upon request.