ATHLETIC TEAM HEALTH PROFESSIONAL                                                 H.B. 4792 (H-1):

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 4792 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Representative Robert Wittenberg

House Committee:  Regulatory Reform

Senate Committee:  Health Policy

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Public Health Code to create an exception to the Code's licensure requirement for a health professional traveling to Michigan with an athletic team from another state.

Article 15 (Occupations) of the Code requires certain individuals to be licensed by a Michigan licensing board in order to practice a health profession in Michigan, subject to a number of exceptions for individuals who meet various criteria. The bill would include among the exceptions an individual who was authorized to practice a health profession in another state and was providing health services for an athletic team, if all of the following conditions were met:

-- The individual provided only those health services he or she would be permitted to provide if he or she were authorized under Article 15 to engage in that health profession in Michigan.

-- The athletic team was from the same state that authorized the individual to practice the health profession.

-- The individual provided the health services under the terms of a written agreement with the athletic team.

-- The individual provided the health services only while the athletic team was traveling to or from or participating in a sporting event in Michigan; and only to a member of the team, a member of the team's coaching, communications, equipment, or sports medicine staff, a member of a band or cheerleading squad that was accompanying the team, or the team's mascot.

-- The individual did not provide health services at a health care facility or agency located in Michigan.

The bill would take effect 90 days after enactment.

MCL 333.16171                                                             Legislative Analyst:  Julie Cassidy

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  3-2-16                                                       Fiscal Analyst:  Josh Sefton

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.