PATIENT PROGRAMMING CENTER NAMED

FOR JAMES K. HAVEMAN

Senate Bill 680 as passed by the Senate

Sponsor:  Sen. Peter MacGregor

House Committee:  Health Policy

Senate Committee:  Health Policy                                        (Enacted as Public Act 37 of 2016)

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SUMMARY:

Senate Bill 680 would amend Public Act 173 of 1968, which provides for the naming of certain state buildings, to designate the patient programming center located in the Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital in Westland, Michigan, as the "James K. Haveman Center for Activity, Rehabilitation, and Therapy."

Proposed MCL 19.133

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

As noted in information from the Senate Fiscal Agency, Mr. Haveman served as the director of the Michigan Department of Community Health from 1996 to 2003 and again from 2012 to 2014. He also served as the director of the Department of Mental Health from 1991 to 1996.  Further, he was appointed by President George W. Bush as the Coalition Provisional Authority Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Health in 2003.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This bill will have no fiscal impact on the state or local units of government.

                                                                                        Legislative Analyst:   Jennifer McInerney

                                                                                                Fiscal Analyst:   Kevin Koorstra

■ This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.