Health facilities: other; definition of covered facility; include hospitals that provide swing bed services. Amends secs. 20173a & 20173b of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20173a & 333.20173b).
Key claim: Michigan SB0969 would amend the Public Health Code so hospitals that provide swing-bed services are included in the definition of covered facilities subject to employee criminal-history check requirements.
Abstract
(SB0969 · 103rd Legislature) Health facilities: other; definition of covered facility; include hospitals that provide swing bed services. Amends secs. 20173a & 20173b of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20173a & 333.20173b). Sponsor: Sen. Ricky Outman ® In committee: S Health Policy Latest action (2026-05-14): Referred To Committee On Health Policy
Why this matters
Swing-bed hospitals (typically small/rural facilities that flex acute beds into skilled nursing use) currently sit outside the Public Health Code’s ‘covered facility’ criminal-history check regime that applies to nursing homes and similar long-term-care settings. Adding them would extend employee background-check protections to patients receiving nursing-facility-level care in these hospitals, while imposing new screening compliance costs on the affected hospitals.