Health care legislation is of key interest to many citizens of Michigan today. State Senator Dianne Byrum (D-Lansing) has worked diligently as an advocate in health care legislation over the past three years, and continues to develop safe-guards for patients in the managed care and insurance systems. Sen. Byrum hopes to create legislation that will "engage Michigan in dialogue on public policy aspects of health care and how it's changing in terms of providers and consumers." She currently serves as the Democratic Vice-Chair of the Senate Health Policy Committee and recently worked at the committee level on the Patient Bill of Rights-which was signed into law on December 31, 1996.
如今,医疗保健立法是密歇根州许多公民极为关注的问题。州参议员黛安·拜鲁姆(民主党,兰辛市)在过去三年里一直勤勉地担任医疗保健立法的倡导者,并继续为管理式医疗和保险系统中的患者制定保障措施。拜鲁姆参议员希望制定出能“让密歇根州就医疗保健的公共政策方面以及其在提供者和消费者方面如何变化展开对话”的立法。她目前担任参议院卫生政策委员会的民主党副主席,最近还在委员会层面参与了《患者权利法案》的工作,该法案于1996年12月31日签署成为法律。