2013 – HB 4152 Licensing of Naturopathic Doctors
Oppose
2012 – H.B. 5594, licensure of naturopathic physicians (introduced on 05/03/2012)
Opposed
2011-2012 – HB4789 Consumer Health Freedom Bill
Supported
2006 – SB 403 Dietitian Licensing bill
Opposed: and also supported safe harbor amendments for unlicensed practitioners; Bill passed with no freedom amendment.
The Michigan Sunshine Health Freedom contacts are working closely with the Michigan Natural Health Coalition and they introduced a Natural Health Freedom Bill in Michigan, HB4789, in 2012. It did not pass that session. They are asking people who know legislators to help out with legislative relationships. They are making great progress and are now on Facebook!
The impetus for their active mobilization was in 2010, learning that a restrictive licensing bill was being planned that would make it impossible for traditional naturopaths to practice their profession or use the term “naturopathic doctor” or their degree initials “N.D.”. The bill would have negatively impacted many other natural health practitioners. The group has gotten a new website and Board of Directors and plans to move swiftly to stop negative bills, and to continue to introduce a safe harbor exemption bill that would protect consumer access to unlicensed practitioners such as herbalists, traditional naturopaths, homeopaths, Reiki practitioners and a host of others. Michigan is the home of Reiki International (www.reiki.org) and its founder and Director, William Lee Rand, Reiki Master.
In 2006, Michigan introduced a health freedom bill, HF 5918, to protect consumer access to practitioners that provide complementary and alternative health care, both licensed and unlicensed practitioners, but the bill did not proceed. In addition in 2006, Michigan passed a Dietitian bill that was not ideal for health freedom after Michigan Health Freedom Coalition members worked hard to amend the bill without success.
Michigan
Sunshine Health Freedom State Coordinator
Mary Born – Secretary
15831 Twelve Mile Rd
Southfield, Michigan 48076
Phone: 248-623-2288
E-mail: drmarymnhc@gmail.com
Michigan Natural Health Coalition
Contact: Jeri Spence
Email: info@michigannaturalhealthcoalition.org or jeri@michigannaturalhealthcoalition.org
State/Bill Number:
2013 Michigan HB 4738
Subject:
Safe Harbor
Position:
Support
Status:
5/15 Intro’d & to Health Policy Cmmtt – no change 5/22/13
Link:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2013-2014/billintroduced/House/pdf/2013-HIB-4738.pdf
State/Bill Number:
2013 Michigan H.B. 4152
Subject:
NP Licensure
Position:
Oppose
Status:
1/31 Health cmmtt; printed bill filed 02/01 – no change 5/22/13
Link:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2013-2014/billintroduced/House/pdf/2013-HIB-4152.pdf
State/Bill Number:
2013 Michigan HB 4688
Subject:
Deregulate Dietetics / Nutrition
Position:
Support
Status:
introduced 5/2/2013, filed 5/3 – no change 5/22/13
Link:
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS88/HF1817.0.pdf
State/Bill Number:
Michigan HB 4567
Subject:
intoxicating substance to include homeopathic drugs
Position:
Oppose
Status:
4/16/13 – intro’d & referred to Committee on Criminal Justice – no change 5/22/13
Link:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2013-2014/billintroduced/House/pdf/2013-HIB-4567.pdf
State/Bill Number:
2013 Michigan H.B. 4188
Subject:
Ban flu Vax req school kids & employees
Position:
Support
Status:
to Ed cmmtt 2.5.13 – no change 5/22/13
Link:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2013-2014/billintroduced/House/pdf/2013-HIB-4188.pdf