October 13, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Guerra, Durhal, Chang, Hoadley, Plawecki, Phelps, Wittenberg, Chirkun, Faris, Hovey-Wright, Love, Garrett, Moss and Singh and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 16221b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 16221b. (1) This state or any political subdivision of
this state shall not do any of the following:
(a) Require a health care professional to provide a patient
with any of the following:
(i) Information that is not medically accurate information and
appropriate for the patient.
(ii) A medical service in a manner that is not evidence-based
and appropriate for the patient.
(b) Prohibit a health care professional from providing a
patient with any of the following:
(i) Medically accurate information that is appropriate for the
patient.
(ii) A medical service that is evidence-based and appropriate
for the patient.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter
existing professional standards of care or abrogate the duty of a
health care professional to meet an applicable standard of care.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Evidence-based" means a treatment approach that has been
proven effective through appropriate empirical analysis.
(b) "Health care professional" means a person licensed,
certified, or registered under this article.
(c) "Medically accurate information" means information that
meets 1 or more of the following standards:
(i) Is verified or supported by the weight of medical research
conducted in compliance with accepted scientific methods.
(ii) Is recognized as correct and objective by leading medical
organizations with relevant expertise.
(iii) Is recommended by or affirmed in the medical practice
guidelines of a nationally recognized accrediting organization.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.