REPORTING DEATH OF VETS' HOME RESIDENT S.B. 75 (S-1):
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
Senate Bill 75 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
Sponsor: Senator Margaret E. O'Brien
Committee: Veterans, Military Affairs and Homeland Security
CONTENT
The bill would amend Public Act 152 of 1885, which governs veterans' facilities, to require a facility's director to notify legislators and the Veterans' Facility Ombudsman when a facility resident died.
Specifically, upon the death of a resident of a veterans' facility, the director of that facility would have to notify the offices of the State Senator and State Representative representing the district or districts where the deceased was a resident before being admitted to a Michigan veterans' facility. The facility director also would have to notify the office of the Michigan Veterans' Facility Ombudsman of the death. Notices would have to be made within 30 days after the facility resident's death.
Proposed MCL 36.11a Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 2-9-17
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.