Health facilities: hospitals; certain hospital financial assistance policies; make subject to the hospital financial assistance act. Amends sec. 17 of 1913 PA 350 (MCL 331.167). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0449’25
Key claim: SB0450 amends Michigan’s 1913 PA 350 to make certain hospital financial assistance policies subject to the Hospital Financial Assistance Act, tied to SB0449.
Abstract
(SB0450 · 103rd Legislature) Health facilities: hospitals; certain hospital financial assistance policies; make subject to the hospital financial assistance act. Amends sec. 17 of 1913 PA 350 (MCL 331.167). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0449’25 Latest action (2026-06-17): Referred To Second Reading
Why this matters
SB0450 is the Senate-side conforming amendment that plugs existing municipal/public hospital authority statute (1913 PA 350) into the broader Hospital Financial Assistance Act framework advancing under SB0449. Together the tie-barred pair ensures that public hospital financial assistance policies are governed by the same statutory charity-care standards proposed for other Michigan hospitals, affecting the scope of patient eligibility and hospital obligations.