Bill Text: MI HB4373 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health occupations: health professionals; permanent revocation of license or registration if convicted of sexual conduct under pretext of medical treatment; provide for. Amends sec. 16226 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16226).

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-7)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-12-09 - Referred To Committee Of The Whole With Substitute (s-2) [HB4373 Detail]

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HOUSE BILL No. 4373

 

 

March 14, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Rendon, Hoadley, Pagan, Griffin, Hornberger, Glenn, Alexander, Witwer, Pohutsky, Brixie, Clemente, Ellison, Hood, Hammoud, Guerra, Manoogian, Garza, LaGrand, Whiteford, Bolden, Hertel, Kuppa, Sabo, Koleszar, Elder, Sowerby, Camilleri, Kennedy, Sneller, Tyrone Carter, Hauck, Lasinski, Whitsett, Warren, Neeley, Shannon, Tate, Greig, Byrd, Garrett, Wittenberg, Jones and Gay-Dagnogo and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

      A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 16226 (MCL 333.16226), as amended by 2018 PA

 

463.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 16226. (1) After finding the existence of 1 or more of

 

 2  the grounds for disciplinary subcommittee action listed in section

 

 3  16221, a disciplinary subcommittee shall impose 1 or more of the

 

 4  following sanctions for each violation:

 

 

5	Violations of Section 16221	Sanctions
6	Subdivision (a), (b)(i),	Probation, limitation, denial,
7	(b)(ii), (b)(iii), (b)(iv),	suspension, revocation,
8	(b)(v), (b)(vi), (b)(vii),	permanent revocation,
9	(b)(ix),  (b)(x), (b)(xi),	restitution, or fine.
10	or (b)(xii)

1
2	Subdivision (b)(viii)	Revocation, permanent revocation,
3		or denial.
4
5	Subdivision (b)(xiii)	Permanent revocation
6		for a violation described in
7		subsection (5); otherwise,
8		probation, limitation, denial,
9		suspension, revocation,
10		restitution, or fine.
11
12	Subdivision (b)(xiv)	Permanent revocation.
13	or (b)(xv)
14
15	Subdivision (c)(i)	Denial, revocation, suspension,
16		probation, limitation, or fine.
17
18	Subdivision (c)(ii)	Denial, suspension, revocation,
19		restitution, or fine.
20
21	Subdivision (c)(iii)	Probation, denial, suspension,
22		revocation, restitution, or fine.
23
24	Subdivision (c)(iv)	Fine, probation, denial,
25	or (d)(iii)	suspension, revocation, permanent
26		revocation, or restitution.
27

1	Subdivision (d)(i)	Reprimand, fine, probation,
2	or (d)(ii)	denial, or restitution.
3
4	Subdivision (e)(i),	Reprimand, fine, probation,
5	(e)(iii),  (e)(iv), (e)(v),	limitation, suspension,
6	(h), or (s)	revocation, permanent revocation,
7		denial, or restitution.
8
9	Subdivision (e)(ii)	Reprimand, probation, suspension,
10	or (i) (i)	revocation, permanent
11		revocation, restitution,
12		denial, or fine.
13
14	Subdivision (e)(vi),	Probation, suspension, revocation,
15	(e)(vii), or (e)(viii)	limitation, denial,
16		restitution, or fine.
17
18	Subdivision (f)	Reprimand, denial, limitation,
19		probation, or fine.
20
21	Subdivision (g)	Reprimand or fine.
22
23	Subdivision (j)	Suspension or fine.
24
25	Subdivision (k), (p),	Reprimand, probation, suspension,
26	or (r)	revocation, permanent revocation,
27		or fine.

1
2	Subdivision (l)	Reprimand, denial, or
3		limitation.
4
5	Subdivision (m) or (o)	Denial, revocation, restitution,
6		probation, suspension,
7		limitation, reprimand, or fine.
8
9	Subdivision (n)	Revocation or denial.
10
11	Subdivision (q)	Revocation.
12
13	Subdivision (t)	Revocation, permanent revocation,
14		fine, or restitution.
15
16	Subdivision (u)	Denial, revocation, probation,
17		suspension, limitation, reprimand,
18		or fine.
19
20	Subdivision (v) or (x)	Probation, limitation, denial,
21		fine, suspension, revocation, or
22		permanent revocation.
23
24	Subdivision (w)	Denial, fine, reprimand,
25		probation, limitation,
26		suspension, revocation, or
27		permanent revocation.

 1        (2) Determination of sanctions for violations under this

 

 2  section shall be made by a disciplinary subcommittee. If, during

 

 3  judicial review, the court of appeals determines that a final

 

 4  decision or order of a disciplinary subcommittee prejudices

 

 5  substantial rights of the petitioner for 1 or more of the grounds

 

 6  listed in section 106 of the administrative procedures act of 1969,

 

 7  1969 PA 306, MCL 24.306, and holds that the final decision or order

 

 8  is unlawful and is to be set aside, the court shall state on the

 

 9  record the reasons for the holding and may remand the case to the

 

10  disciplinary subcommittee for further consideration.

 

11        (3) A disciplinary subcommittee may impose a fine in an amount

 

12  that does not exceed $250,000.00 for a violation of section

 

13  16221(a) or (b). A disciplinary subcommittee shall impose a fine of

 

14  at least $25,000.00 if the violation of section 16221(a) or (b)

 

15  results in the death of 1 or more patients.

 

16        (4) A disciplinary subcommittee may require a licensee or

 

17  registrant or an applicant for licensure or registration who has

 

18  violated this article, article 7, or article 8 or a rule

 

19  promulgated under this article, article 7, or article 8 to

 

20  satisfactorily complete an educational program, a training program,

 

21  or a treatment program, a mental, physical, or professional

 

22  competence examination, or a combination of those programs and

 

23  examinations.

 

24        (5) A disciplinary subcommittee shall impose the sanction of

 

25  permanent revocation for a violation of section 16221(b)(xiii) if

 

26  the violation occurred while the licensee or registrant was acting

 

27  within the health profession for which he or she was licensed or

 1  registered.

 

 2        (6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5) and this

 

 3  subsection, a disciplinary subcommittee shall not impose the

 

 4  sanction of permanent revocation under this section without a

 

 5  finding that the licensee or registrant engaged in a pattern of

 

 6  intentional acts of fraud or deceit resulting in personal financial

 

 7  gain to the licensee or registrant and harm to the health of

 

 8  patients under the licensee's or registrant's care. This subsection

 

 9  does not apply if a disciplinary subcommittee finds that a licensee

 

10  or registrant has violated section 16221(b)(xiv) or (b)(xv).

 

11        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

12  after the date it is enacted into law.

 

13        Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

14  unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4372 (request no.

 

15  02201'19) of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.