Bill Text: MI HB5172 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health: other; program to register perinatal facilities as certain maternal care facilities; establish. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 9129.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-11-02 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5172 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5172-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5172
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 9129.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 9129. (1) Subject to appropriation, the department shall, by rule, establish and implement a program to register a perinatal facility as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility. The department shall establish the criteria for a perinatal facility to attest to the facility's designation as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility, with level I providing basic care to a pregnant individual or fetus and level IV providing the most advanced care to a pregnant individual or fetus with 1 or more of the most complex maternal conditions. The criteria must require a facility to use tools and self-assessments determined appropriate by the department to attest to the facility's designation. The criteria may include, but are not limited to, data collection and reporting, patient volume, patient transportation, practice guidelines, coordinating with and the referral of a patient to and from another facility, implementing safety bundles, and inspections of a perinatal facility.
(2) A perinatal facility seeking registration as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility under the program shall apply to the department on a form and in a manner required by the department. The department shall register a perinatal facility as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility if the perinatal facility demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that it meets the applicable criteria for the facility level established under the program. The department shall publish and annually update on its website a list of each perinatal facility that is registered as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility.
(3) If the department determines that the perinatal facility no longer meets the criteria established pursuant to rules promulgated under this section for the registration as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility, as applicable, the department may remove the facility from the list described in subsection (2).
(4) This section does not require a perinatal facility to seek a registration as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility under the program to provide maternal care. However, a perinatal facility that does not hold a registration as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility under the program shall not advertise or otherwise hold itself out to the public as providing level I, II, III, or IV maternal care or as holding a registration as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility.
(5) In promulgating rules for purposes of the program, the department shall consult with recognized entities that are involved in providing services in a perinatal facility, including, but not limited to, the Michigan Perinatal Quality Collaborative, the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American College of Nurse Midwives. In establishing criteria for recognizing a perinatal facility as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility, the department shall consider the maternal levels of care verification program established by the Joint Commission and the maternal care obstetric care consensus established by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) "Perinatal facility" means a hospital licensed under article 17 that provides maternal care.
(b) "Program" means the program described in subsection (1).
