Michigan legislation · 103rd Legislature
Michigan HB5770: Health facilities: other; facility fees; prohibit under certain circumstances. Creates new act.
Status: In committee, August 26, 2026
What the bill says
To regulate the use of facility fees by certain health care providers; and to provide remedies.
From the introduced text, March 19, 2026:
A bill to regulate the use of facility fees by certain health care providers; and to provide remedies. the people of the state of michigan enact: Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Emergency room" means a specialized area in which immediate medical evaluation, treatment, and stabilization is provided to an individual with an acute illness or an injury that may be life threatening, limb threatening, or time critical. (b) "Facility fee" means a fee that meets all of the following: (i) The fee is charged or billed by a health care provider. (ii) The fee is intended to compensate the health care provider for the operational expenses of the health care provider. (iii) The fee is separate and distinct from a professional fee. (c) "Freestanding emergency facility" means an emergency room that is not physically connected to a hospital and that performs laboratory tests, ultrasounds, computerized tomography scans, and other tests and procedures that are performed in an emergency room of a hospital. (d) "Health care provider" means a health facility or a health professional. (e) "Health facility" means a health facility or agency as that term is defined in section 20106 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, or any other organized entity that provides health care to patients, including, but not limited to, a health …
Sponsors
- VanderWall, Curtis (R, 102) · primary sponsor
- Miller, Reggie (D, 31)
- Morgan, Jason (D, 23)
- Wozniak, Douglas (R, 59)
- Bollin, Ann (R, 49)
Latest actions
- : placed on third reading
- : substitute (H-1) adopted and amended
- : read a second time
- : placed on second reading
- : motion to discharge committee approved
- : rule suspended
- : bill electronically reproduced 03/19/2026
- : referred to Committee on Health Policy
- : read a first time
- : introduced by Representative Rep. Curtis VanderWall
Subjects: Health facilities: other
Common questions
- What is HB5770?
- HB5770 is a bill in the Michigan Legislature (103rd Legislature): Health facilities: other; facility fees; prohibit under certain circumstances. Creates new act.
- What does HB5770 do?
- In its own words: To regulate the use of facility fees by certain health care providers; and to provide remedies.
- What is the status of HB5770?
- In committee as of August 26, 2026. Latest action: placed on third reading (August 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB5770?
- VanderWall, Curtis (R, 102), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB5770?
- On the Michigan Legislature website: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5770
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