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HB 4072 MI
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Health: pharmaceuticals; allow patients to take unused portion of eye drops or eye ointments after certain procedures for continued patient care; provide for. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding secs. 17773, 20817 & 21539.

MI · session 2025-2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Feb 12, 2025

Latest action (Jul 29, 2026) assigned PA 41'26

Summary

Michigan HB 4072 allows patients undergoing eye procedures at hospitals and freestanding surgical facilities to take home any unused eye drops or eye ointments provided by the facility if the medication is needed for continued treatment after discharge. The facility must offer the unused medication to the patient, and if a pharmacist dispenses it rather than a prescriber, it must be properly labeled with directions for use. The prescriber must counsel the patient on how to use the medication, though counseling by a pharmacist is waived if the pharmacist dispenses the drug.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

23 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (25)

  1. Feb 12, 2025 introduced by Representative Rep. Samantha Steckloff · lower
  2. Feb 12, 2025 read a first time · lower
  3. Feb 12, 2025 referred to Committee on Health Policy · lower
  4. Feb 13, 2025 bill electronically reproduced 02/12/2025 · lower
  5. Apr 16, 2025 reported with recommendation without amendment · lower
  6. Apr 16, 2025 referred to second reading · lower
  7. May 6, 2025 read a second time · lower
  8. May 6, 2025 placed on third reading · lower
  9. May 7, 2025 read a third time · lower
  10. May 7, 2025 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #94 Yeas 109 Nays 0 Excused 0 Not Voting 1 · lower
  11. May 7, 2025 transmitted · lower
  12. May 13, 2025 PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT · upper
  13. May 13, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY · upper
  14. Mar 5, 2026 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 3/4/2026 · upper
  15. Mar 5, 2026 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE · upper
  16. Jul 1, 2026 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) · upper
  17. Jul 1, 2026 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING · upper
  18. Jul 2, 2026 PASSED ROLL CALL # 169 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 · upper
  19. Jul 2, 2026 returned from Senate without amendment with full title · lower
  20. Jul 2, 2026 full title agreed to · lower
  21. Jul 2, 2026 bill ordered enrolled · lower
  22. Jul 14, 2026 presented to the Governor 07/14/2026 12:24 PM · lower
  23. Jul 29, 2026 approved by the Governor 07/21/2026 02:44 PM · lower
  24. Jul 29, 2026 filed with Secretary of State 07/22/2026 10:46 AM · lower
  25. Jul 29, 2026 assigned PA 41'26 · lower
Subjects
Health facilities: freestanding surgical outpatient facilitiesHealth facilities: hospitalsHealth occupations: health professionalsHealth occupations: pharmacistsHealth: pharmaceuticals

Text versions (10)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Public Act · HTML
  • Public Act · PDF
  • House Concurred Bill · HTML
  • House Concurred Bill · PDF
  • As Passed by the Senate · HTML
  • As Passed by the Senate · PDF
  • As Passed by the House · HTML
  • As Passed by the House · PDF
  • House Introduced Bill · HTML
  • House Introduced Bill · PDF

Full text

Full text imported from legislature.mi.gov

Act No. 41 Public Acts of 2026 Approved by the Governor July 21, 2026 Filed with the Secretary of State July 22, 2026 EFFECTIVE DATE: Sine Die (91st day after final adjournment of the 2026 Regular Session) state of michigan 103rd Legislature Regular session of 2026 Introduced by Reps. Steckloff, Rogers, McKinney, Neeley, Glanville, Rheingans, Weiss, Pohutsky, Price, Skaggs, Morgan, Foreman, MacDonell, Young, Wilson, Dievendorf, Brixie, Byrnes, Mentzer, Johnsen, Hoadley, DeBoyer, Breen and Wooden ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4072 AN ACT to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled �An act to protect and promote the public health; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the laws relating to public health; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to provide for the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, and other health services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments, boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting the public health; to regulate health maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain health facilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of health care services, to provide for the appropriate utilization of health care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals or consolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to provide for the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation of federal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and local ordinances; to provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repeal certain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,� (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding sections 17773, 20817, and 21539. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Sec. 17773. (1) Any unused portion of a facility-provided drug that is dispensed for an ophthalmic surgical procedure performed on or for ophthalmic medical care provided to a patient in a hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility licensed under article 17 must be offered to the patient on the patient�s discharge from the hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility if all of the following apply: (a) The hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility orders the facility-provided drug for an ophthalmic surgical procedure for the patient that is performed on an in-patient basis or for ophthalmic medical care that the patient receives from the hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility on an in-patient basis. (b) The facility-provided drug is administered to the patient at the hospital or freestanding surgical outpatient facility. (c) The unused portion of the facility-provided drug is required for the patient�s continued treatment.

(2) If a pharmacist, rather than a dispensing prescriber, dispenses a facility-provided drug that is offered to a patient under subsection (1), the pharmacist shall ensure that the drug is provided to the patient in a container that is labeled in the same manner as required in section 17745(7) for a drug dispensed by a dispensing prescriber. (3) The prescriber of the facility-provided drug shall counsel the patient on the directions for the patient�s use of the facility-provided drug. If a pharmacist dispenses the facility-provided drug, any counseling requirement on the pharmacist is waived. (4) As used in this section, �facility-provided drug� means a drug that meets both of the following requirements: (a) The drug is an eye drop or eye ointment. (b) The drug is not a pharmaceutical compounded under section 17748b.

Sec. 20817. A freestanding surgical outpatient facility shall comply with section 17773.

Sec. 21539. A hospital shall comply with section 17773.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate Approved___________________________________________

____________________________________________________ Governor

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