HOUSE BILL No. 4685 April 24, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Hammerstrom, Law, Gire, Griffin, Crissman, Profit, Ciaramitaro, Rocca, Raczkowski, Olshove, Leland, Green, Cassis, Kukuk and Dalman 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 21053d. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 SEC. 21053D. (1) A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION SHALL 2 INCLUDE, IN EACH GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT, A WRITTEN STATE- 3 MENT IN 12-POINT TYPE THAT CONTAINS 1 OF THE FOLLOWING: 4 (A) "THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR THE EVALUATION AND 5 TREATMENT OF INTRACTABLE PAIN THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE, MULTIDIS- 6 CIPLINARY PAIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 7 HOSPICE CARE FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL.". 8 (B) "THIS CONTRACT DOES NOT PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR THE EVALU- 9 ATION AND TREATMENT OF INTRACTABLE PAIN THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE, 10 MULTIDISCIPLINARY PAIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR HOSPICE CARE FOR THE 11 TERMINALLY ILL.". 00141'97 ** CPD 2 1 (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "COMPREHENSIVE, 2 MULTIDISCIPLINARY PAIN MANAGEMENT PROGRAM" AND "INTRACTABLE PAIN" 3 MEAN THOSE TERMS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 16204A(7). 4 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take 5 effect unless all of the following bills of the 89th Legislature 6 are enacted into law: 7 (a) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request 8 no. 00151'97 **). 9 (b) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request 10 no. 00152'97 **). 11 (c) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request 12 no. 00250'97 **). 13 (d) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request 14 no. 02457'97 *). 15 (e) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request 16 no. 02458'97 *). 00141'97 ** Final page. CPD