Health Occupations Licensure & Interstate Compacts

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• 2026-09-01 — Health occupations: health professionals; use of advertisements, name tags, and making other representations that contain false or misleading information; prohibit. Amends sec. 16221 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16221) & adds sec. 16260.: A bill amending sec. 16221 of 1978 PA 368 and adding sec. 16260 would prohibit licensed health professionals from using advertisements, name tags, or other representations containing false or misleading information, making violations grounds for professional discipline; introduced. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-09-01 — Health occupations: health professionals; competency-based assessment examination for licensure or registration; require under certain circumstances. Amends secs. 16177 & 16178 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16177 & 333.16178): A bill amending secs. 16177 & 16178 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16177 & 333.16178) would require health professionals to pass a competency-based assessment examination to obtain or maintain a Michigan license or registration in certain circumstances; introduced and at committee stage. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-12 — Health occupations: massage therapists; massage therapist licensure compact; enact. Amends sec. 17951 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17951) & adds secs. 16187e & 17953a.: HB 5948 (103rd Legislature) would amend sec. 17951 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17951) and add secs. 16187e & 17953a to enact the Massage Therapist Licensure Compact, allowing licensed massage therapists to practice across member states under a compact privilege; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-12 — Health occupations: massage therapists; massage therapist apprenticeship program; provide for. Amends secs. 16334, 17951, 17957 & 17959 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16334 et seq.) & adds sec. 17959a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5946’26: HB 5947 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 5946’26, would amend secs. 16334, 17951, 17957 & 17959 of 1978 PA 368 and add sec. 17959a to establish a massage therapist apprenticeship program as an additional pathway to licensure under the Public Health Code; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-12 — Health occupations: massage therapists; continuing education requirements for massage therapists; modify. Amends secs. 16148 & 17965 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16148 & 333.17965). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5947’26: HB 5946 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 5947’26, would amend secs. 16148 & 17965 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16148 & 333.17965) to modify continuing-education requirements for licensed massage therapists under the Public Health Code; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2025-09-26 — Health occupations: mental health care professionals; number of renewals of temporary or limited licenses; modify. Amends secs. 16903, 18111, 18223, 18233 & 18509 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16903 et seq.) & adds secs. 18111a & 18227.: HB 5074 (103rd Legislature) would amend secs. 16903, 18111, 18223, 18233 & 18509 of 1978 PA 368 and add secs. 18111a & 18227 to modify the number of times temporary or limited licenses may be renewed for specified mental health care professionals under the Public Health Code; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-14 — Health occupations: dentists; dentist and dental hygienist compact; enact. Amends sec. 16601 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16601) & adds secs. 16187b & 16611a.: HB 4935 (103rd Legislature) would amend sec. 16601 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16601) and add secs. 16187b & 16611a to enact the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact, enabling interstate licensure portability for dentists and dental hygienists under the Public Health Code; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 3) (novelty: 3)
• 2026-05-21 — Education: all other employees; school psychologist licensure compact; enact. Creates new act.: HB 6017 (103rd Legislature) would enact the School Psychologist Licensure Compact, enabling interstate practice and license portability for school psychologists — extending Michigan’s growing set of health/education occupational compacts; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 3) (novelty: 3)
• 2026-05-21 — Health occupations: respiratory therapists; licensure for respiratory therapists; modify. Amends secs. 16204, 16344, 18701, 18703, 18707 & 18709 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16204 et seq.) & adds secs. 18710 & 18712.: HB 5150 (103rd Legislature) would amend secs. 16204, 16344, 18701, 18703, 18707 & 18709 of 1978 PA 368 and add secs. 18710 & 18712 to modify licensure requirements for respiratory therapists under the Public Health Code; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-03-19 — Health occupations: health professionals; referral of patients to a diagnostic center for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; require under certain circumstances. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16282a.: HB 5773 (103rd Legislature) would amend 1978 PA 368 by adding sec. 16282a to require licensed health professionals to refer patients to a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnostic center under specified circumstances — a new duty imposed on health-occupation licensees under the Public Health Code; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-22 — Health occupations: physical therapists; physical therapy licensure compact; enact. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16187a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4102’25: HB 4101 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 4102’25, was enacted — adding sec. 16187a to 1978 PA 368 to enact the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact in Michigan, allowing PTs licensed in member states to practice under a unified compact privilege. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-29 — Health occupations: physical therapists; licensing process; modify to incorporate physical therapy licensing compact. Amends secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16335 et seq.) & adds secs. 17820a & 17820b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4101’25: HB 4102 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 4101’25, was enacted — amending secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 of 1978 PA 368 and adding secs. 17820a & 17820b to incorporate the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact into Michigan’s PT licensing process, with immediate effect. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-15 — Health: licensing; procedure for voluntary relinquishment of license; provide for. Amends sec. 16201 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16201) & adds sec. 16202.: SB 1105 (103rd Legislature) would amend sec. 16201 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16201) and add sec. 16202 to establish a formal procedure for voluntary relinquishment of a health professional license under the Public Health Code; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-09 — Health occupations: health professionals; reciprocity for individuals who hold an out-of-state license or registration; modify. Amends secs. 16186 & 16186a of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16186 & 333.16186a).: HB 6060 (103rd Legislature) would amend secs. 16186 & 16186a of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16186 & 333.16186a) to modify reciprocity provisions under the Public Health Code for health professionals holding an out-of-state license or registration; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-09 — Occupations: individual licensing and registration; licensing reciprocity under the occupational code for certain individuals who hold an out-of-state license; provide for. Amends 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.101 - 339.2677) by adding sec. 216.: HB 6058 (103rd Legislature) would amend 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.101 - 339.2677) by adding sec. 216 to provide occupational licensing reciprocity for individuals holding a valid out-of-state license under the Occupational Code — a general reciprocity mechanism spanning occupations regulated by PA 299 (adjacent to the health-specific interstate compacts tracked here); the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-03 — Health: other; gender reassignment procedures or treatment for minors; prohibit. Creates new act.: HB 4467 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 4466’25, would create a new act prohibiting gender reassignment procedures or treatment for minors — the substantive prohibition companion to the HB 4466 licensing-sanction amendments; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-03 — Health: licensing; sanctions for performing gender reassignment procedures or treatment to minors; provide for. Amends secs. 16221 & 16226 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16221 & 333.16226). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4467’25: HB 4466 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 4467’25, would amend secs. 16221 & 16226 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16221 & 333.16226) to add performing gender reassignment procedures or treatment on minors as a basis for professional licensing sanctions under the Public Health Code; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 3) (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-11 — Health occupations: respiratory therapists; respiratory care interstate compact; provide for. Amends sec. 18701 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.18701) & adds secs. 16187h & 18703a.: SB 1037 (103rd Legislature) would amend sec. 18701 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.18701) and add secs. 16187h & 18703a to enact the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact, allowing respiratory therapists licensed in member states to practice in Michigan without a separate license; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-17 — Health occupations: marriage and family therapists; licensing requirements for marriage and family therapists; modify, and require continuing education. Amends secs. 16903 & 16909 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16903 & 333.16909) & adds secs. 16909a & 16914.: SB 707 (103rd Legislature) would amend secs. 16903 & 16909 of 1978 PA 368 and add secs. 16909a & 16914 to modify marriage and family therapist licensing requirements and impose a continuing education mandate under the Public Health Code; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-05-19 — Health occupations: pharmacists; Michigan essential health provider recruitment strategy; expand to include pharmacists. Amends secs. 2701 & 2705 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2701 & 333.2705).: HB 5985 (103rd Legislature) would amend secs. 2701 & 2705 of 1978 PA 368 to add pharmacists to Michigan’s essential health provider recruitment strategy — a workforce-recruitment expansion adjacent to health occupation licensure; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-23 — Occupations: mortuary science; crematory ownership and regulation; modify. Amends sec. 2 of 1968 PA 251 (MCL 456.522). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1061’26, SB 1063’26: SB 1068 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to SB 1061’26 and SB 1063’26, would amend sec. 2 of 1968 PA 251 (MCL 456.522) to modify crematory ownership and regulation provisions, complementing the SB 1060/SB 1061 mortuary science and crematory licensing package; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-23 — Occupations: mortuary science; crematory facility and operator licenses; provide for. Amends sec. 1851 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1851) & adds art. 18B. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1063’26: SB 1061 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to SB 1063’26, would amend sec. 1851 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1851) and add Article 18B to the Occupational Code to create a new licensing framework for crematory facilities and crematory operators alongside existing mortuary science licensure; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-23 — Occupations: mortuary science; licensing of funeral directors; modify. Amends secs. 1801, 1806a, 1806b, 1810 & 1859 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1801 et seq.); adds sec. 1806c & repeals sec. 1812 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1812).: SB 1060 (103rd Legislature) would amend secs. 1801, 1806a, 1806b, 1810 & 1859 of 1980 PA 299 and add sec. 1806c (repealing sec. 1812) to modify funeral director/mortuary science licensing requirements under the Occupational Code; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-23 — Health: licensing; preliminary determination process for certain applicants seeking licensure or registration; modify. Amends secs. 16174a & 16241 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16174a & 333.16241).: SB 1055 (103rd Legislature) would amend secs. 16174a & 16241 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16174a & 333.16241) to modify the preliminary determination process for applicants seeking health occupational licensure or registration under the Public Health Code; the bill has been introduced. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2025-04-22 — Health occupations: physical therapists; prescription requirement for physical therapy treatment; eliminate, and make other modifications to the practice of physical therapy. Amends secs. 17801, 17820, 17822, 17824 & 17825 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.17801 et seq.) & adds sec. 17825a.: SB 144 (103rd Legislature) would amend secs. 17801, 17820, 17822, 17824 & 17825 of 1978 PA 368 and add sec. 17825a to eliminate the prescription requirement for physical therapy treatment and modify the practice of physical therapy — a direct-access reform expanding patient access to PTs; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-05-12 — Traffic control: parking; determination of disability for purpose of obtaining a disability placard by nurse practitioners; allow. Amends secs. 19a, 675, 803d & 803h of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.19a et seq.).: HB 5644 (103rd Legislature) would amend secs. 19a, 675, 803d & 803h of 1949 PA 300 to add nurse practitioners to the list of health professionals authorized to certify disability for disability parking placards — a modest scope-of-practice expansion for NPs; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-25 — Health occupations: counselors; virtual supervision to earn marriage and family therapy licensing; provide for. Amends sec. 16909 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16909).: HB 4905 (103rd Legislature) would amend sec. 16909 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16909) to allow virtual supervision hours to count toward marriage and family therapy licensing requirements; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-03 — Health occupations: physical therapists; licensing process; modify to incorporate physical therapy licensing compact. Amends secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16335 et seq.) & adds secs. 17820a & 17820b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4101’25: HB 4102 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 4101’25, would amend secs. 16335, 17801 & 17821 of 1978 PA 368 and add secs. 17820a & 17820b to modify the physical therapist licensure process to incorporate the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-07-03 — Health occupations: physician’s assistants; physician’s assistants licensure compact; provide for. Amends sec. 18001 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.18001) & adds secs. 16188, 17011b, 17511b & 18011b.: 2026-07-03 — Health occupations: physician’s assistants; physician’s assistants licensure compact; provide for (citation removed): HB 4309 (103rd Legislature) would amend sec. 18001 of 1978 PA 368 and add secs. 16188, 17011b, 17511b & 18011b to establish a Physician Assistants Licensure Compact, allowing PAs licensed in Michigan to practice across member states; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-03 — Health occupations: occupational therapists; licensure process for occupational therapists; modify to incorporate occupational therapy licensure compact. Amends secs. 16345, 18301 & 18305 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.16345 et seq.) & adds secs. 18303a & 18303b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4103’25: 2026-07-03 — HB 4104 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 4103’25, would amend secs. 16345, 18301 & 18305 of 1978 PA 368 and add secs. 18303a & 18303b to modify the occupational therapist licensure process to incorporate the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-03 — Health occupations: occupational therapists; occupational therapy licensure compact; enact. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16188. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4104’25: 2026-07-03 — HB 4103 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 4104’25, would amend 1978 PA 368 by adding sec. 16188 to enact the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, allowing OTs licensed in member states to practice in Michigan; the bill has passed a chamber. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-03 — Health occupations: physical therapists; physical therapy licensure compact; enact. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16188. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4102’25: HB 4101 (103rd Legislature), tie-barred to HB 4102’25, would add MCL 333.16188 to enact the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, allowing PTs licensed in member states to practice in Michigan under a unified license; the bill has passed a chamber and was ordered enrolled. (novelty: 2)

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