Lansing, MI – State Representative Bronna Kahle voted to supersede the governor’s nursing home policies that have put lives in danger during the COVID-19 era.
Governor Whitmer’s mandate to put COVID-19 patients into long-term care facilities alongside uninfected residents was decided by her alone, without any legislative input.
Nearly 2,000 of Michigan’s COVID-19 deaths have been nursing home residents – roughly a third of the state’s total virus-related fatalities. Representative Kahle told WLEN News that the existing policy has to go…
The legislative plan requires the state’s Health and Human Services Department, along with the state department for Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, to complete an evaluation and report of the current policies regarding COVID-19 patients and nursing homes by August 15th.
The legislation also requires the MDHHS to develop and implement a new plan by September 1st… creating at least one dedicated regional facility within each of the state’s eight health regions for use as COVID-19 patient facilities.
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