SENATE BILL No. 1224

 

 

March 11, 2010, Introduced by Senator WHITMER and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1967 PA 270, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the collection, reporting, and release of

certain information or data relating to health care research or

education, patient safety, health care entities, practitioners, or

professions, or certain governmentally funded programs; to limit

the liability with respect to the collection, reporting, and

release of certain information or data; and to safeguard the

confidential character of certain information or data,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 331.532), as amended by 1993 PA 86.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. (1) The Except as provided in subsection (2), the

 

release or publication of a record of the proceedings or of the

 

reports, findings, and conclusions of a review entity shall be for

 

1 or more of the following purposes:

 

     (a) To advance health care research or health care education.

 

     (b) To maintain the standards of the health care professions.

 

     (c) To protect the financial integrity of any governmentally

 


funded program.

 

     (d) To provide evidence relating to the ethics or discipline

 

of a health care provider, entity, or practitioner.

 

     (e) To review the qualifications, competence, and performance

 

of a health care professional with respect to the selection and

 

appointment of the health care professional to the medical staff of

 

a health facility.

 

     (f) To comply with section 20175 of the public health code,

 

Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.20175 of

 

the Michigan Compiled Laws.1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20175.

 

     (2) The review entity responsible for mortality and morbidity

 

records, reports, findings, and conclusions regarding prisoners

 

under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections shall

 

release those records, reports, findings, and conclusions to the

 

legislative corrections ombudsman to the extent required under

 

section 5 of 1975 PA 46, MCL 4.355.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 1223                                  

 

          of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.