SB 30 Michigan Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Civil rights: general discrimination; reporting procedures for mistreatment during perinatal period; provide for. Creates new act.

SB 30, known as the "Biased and Unjust Care Reporting Act," requires the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to collect reports from individuals who are pregnant or in the postpartum period. These reports concern gynecological or perinatal care that does not meet standards for being culturally congruent, unbiased, just, or dignified. The DHHS will use a validated tool to identify instances of "obstetric violence" and "obstetric racism," as defined in the bill. The department will then provide a report containing de-identified data on the incidence and prevalence of these issues to the governor and relevant legislative committees, without identifying specific healthcare providers.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2025
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What changed between versions

Senate Introduced Bill As Passed by the Senate · 3 edits · Apr 17, 2025
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from a draft introduction to a version passed by the Senate, with minor text adjustments to definitions and formatting. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, focusing on creating a reporting system for biased and unjust care in healthcare settings, particularly around obstetric care.
TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes removed page numbers and tracking codes from the original draft version.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'de-identified data' was slightly expanded to clarify that there must be no reasonable basis to believe the information could be used to identify an individual.

REQUIREMENT

The standard for culturally congruent care was updated to explicitly include 'unbiased and just' as required criteria.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 17, 2025

How they voted

2215
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Apr 17, 2025
D Democratic19
19 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
3 Yea 15 Nay 1
78% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Apr 17, 2025
Committee
referred to Committee on Health Policy
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Introduced
received on 04/17/2025
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED ROLL CALL # 52 YEAS 22 NAYS 14 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 3/18/2025
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ERIKA GEISS
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Erika Geiss
DDemocratic
MI
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