MichiganHB 40722025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

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. Last Action: assigned PA 41'26

Sponsored By: Samantha Steckloff (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Health: pharmaceuticalsHealth occupations: health professionalsHealth occupations: pharmacistsHealth facilities: hospitalsHealth facilities: freestanding surgical outpatient facilities

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Patients can take leftover eye medicine

Michigan hospitals and freestanding surgical outpatient facilities must offer qualifying patients leftover eye drops or eye ointment at discharge. The facility must have ordered the medicine for the patient's inpatient eye procedure or medical care and administered it there. The leftover medicine must be needed for continued treatment; compounded drugs are excluded. A dispensing pharmacist must ensure the container meets the labeling rules that apply when prescribers dispense medicine. The prescriber must explain how to use the medicine. A pharmacist who dispenses it is exempt from pharmacist counseling requirements.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Samantha Steckloff

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Carol Glanville

    Democratic • House

  • Carrie Rheingans

    Democratic • House

  • Cynthia Neeley

    Democratic • House

  • Denise Mentzer

    Democratic • House

  • Donavan McKinney

    Democratic • House

  • Emily Dievendorf

    Democratic • House

  • Erin Byrnes

    Democratic • House

  • Gina Johnsen

    Republican • House

  • Jason Morgan

    Democratic • House

  • Jay DeBoyer

    Republican • House

  • Jimmie Wilson

    Democratic • House

  • Julie Brixie

    Democratic • House

  • Julie Rogers

    Democratic • House

  • Kelly Breen

    Democratic • House

  • Laurie Pohutsky

    Democratic • House

  • Mike Hoadley

    Republican • House

  • Morgan Foreman

    Democratic • House

  • Natalie Price

    Democratic • House

  • Phil Skaggs

    Democratic • House

  • Regina Weiss

    Democratic • House

  • Sharon MacDonell

    Democratic • House

  • Stephanie Young

    Democratic • House

  • Stephen Wooden

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 146 • No: 0

Senate vote • 7/2/2026

PASSED

Yes: 37 • No: 0 • Other: 1

House vote • 5/7/2025

passed; given immediate effect

Yes: 109 • No: 0 • Other: 1

Bill Text

  • Public Act

    7/21/2026

  • As Passed by the Senate

    7/2/2026

  • House Concurred

    7/2/2026

  • As Passed by the House

    5/7/2025

  • Introduced

    2/12/2025

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