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HB4037 • 2026

Records: health; health information exchange; establish certain requirements to operate a health data utility. Amends secs. 2501 & 2505 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2501 & 333.2505) & adds sec. 2508.

Records: health; health information exchange; establish certain requirements to operate a health data utility. Amends secs. 2501 & 2505 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2501 & 333.2505) & adds sec. 2508.

Healthcare
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Sponsor
Julie Rogers (District 41), Curtis VanderWall (District 102), Stephen Wooden (District 81), John Roth (District 104), Sharon MacDonell (District 56), Jason Morgan (District 23), Carrie Rheingans (District 47), Douglas Wozniak (District 59), Carol Glanville (District 84), Reggie Miller (District 31), Timothy Beson (District 96), Stephanie Young (District 16), Mike McFall (District 14), Morgan Foreman (District 33), Phil Skaggs (District 80), Noah Arbit (District 20), Jennifer Conlin (District 48), Jimmie Wilson (District 32), Brenda Carter (District 53), Joey Andrews (District 38), Luke Meerman (District 89), Kathy Schmaltz (District 46), Brian BeGole (District 71), Phil Green (District 67), Cynthia Neeley (District 70), Steve Frisbie (District 44), Jerry Neyer (District 92), David Prestin (District 108), Ken Borton (District 105), Alabas Farhat (District 3)
Last action
2025-05-21
Official status
referred to second reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information on the specific content of the bill's provisions or how it updates existing laws. The summary text only indicates that sections are amended and a new section is added, but does not specify what those changes entail.

Health Records Sharing; New Rules for a Health Data Utility

This law sets rules for sharing health information to help improve patient care through better data use.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates new rules for how health information can be shared among different healthcare providers and organizations.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Healthcare providers who share patient information

Terms To Know

health data utility
A system that collects, stores, and shares health data to improve healthcare services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the new rules will be enforced or monitored.
  • It is unclear what specific penalties there are for breaking these rules.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

H-2

5

reported with recommendation with substitute (H-2)

Plain English: reported with recommendation with substitute (H-2) 5

  • The official amendment file could not be read automatically during the last sync, so only the official amendment metadata is shown right now.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-21 HJ 50 Pg. 603

    reported with recommendation with substitute (H-2)

  2. 2025-05-21 HJ 50 Pg. 603

    referred to second reading

  3. 2025-01-30 HJ 10 Pg. 81

    bill electronically reproduced 01/29/2025

  4. 2025-01-29 HJ 9 Pg. 77

    introduced by Representative Rep. Julie Rogers

  5. 2025-01-29 HJ 9 Pg. 77

    read a first time

  6. 2025-01-29 HJ 9 Pg. 77

    referred to Committee on Health Policy

Official Summary Text

Records: health; health information exchange; establish certain requirements to operate a health data utility. Amends secs. 2501 & 2505 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2501 & 333.2505) & adds sec. 2508.