Michigan Legislation to Require Disclosure of Medical Futility Policies

In April, I described proposed legislation in Minnesota that would have required hospitals to disclose the existence and content of institutional futility policies.  Along very similar lines, a few days ago, Michigan introduced SB 1343, the Medical Good-Faith Provisions Act.



Basically, the bill would amend the Michigan Public Health code to require: "a health facility or agency that maintains a medical futility policy
that applies to the treatment of a patient from birth to 18 years of age shall,
upon request, provide a copy of that medical futility policy to the patient,
prospective patient, or parent or legal guardian of the patient or prospective patient."