HB-5993, As Passed House, May 18, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5993

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 21737.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 21737. (1) A nursing home shall not be licensed under

 

this part unless the nursing home is fully sprinklered.

 

     (2) Within 6 months after the effective date of this section,

 

a nursing home licensed under this part that is not fully

 

sprinklered shall, in accordance with the fire prevention code,

 

1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 to 29.34, submit detailed plans and

 

specifications of the installation of a fire suppression system or

 

the retrofitting of its current system to the state fire marshal

 

and provide the department, upon request, copies of the same. Not

 


later than 1 year after the effective date of this section, each of

 

those nursing homes shall have an automatic fire suppression system

 

installed on each floor that is approved by the state fire marshal.

 

     (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply unless the state

 

establishes a funding mechanism or congress enacts the nursing home

 

fire safety act of 2005 or other similar legislation, as determined

 

by the department, creating a funding mechanism for fire sprinkler

 

retrofitting in nursing homes. Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply

 

until 90 days after the implementation of a state funding mechanism

 

or the effective date of such federal legislation or 90 days after

 

the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section,

 

whichever is later.