# Michigan HB 4072: 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

Michigan HB 4072, 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, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Samantha Steckloff (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-07-29 (assigned PA 41'26); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Michigan HB 4072
- State: Michigan
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: 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
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Last action: 2026-07-29, assigned PA 41'26
- Sponsor: Samantha Steckloff (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Subjects: Health: pharmaceuticals, Health occupations: health professionals, Health occupations: pharmacists, Health facilities: hospitals, Health facilities: freestanding surgical outpatient facilities
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (146 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Patients can take leftover eye medicine: benefit, low. 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 m…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Samantha Steckloff (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Carol Glanville (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Carrie Rheingans (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Cynthia Neeley (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Denise Mentzer (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Donavan McKinney (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Emily Dievendorf (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Erin Byrnes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Gina Johnsen (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Morgan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jay DeBoyer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jimmie Wilson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Julie Brixie (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Julie Rogers (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kelly Breen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Laurie Pohutsky (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Hoadley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Morgan Foreman (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Natalie Price (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Phil Skaggs (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Regina Weiss (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sharon MacDonell (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Stephanie Young (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Stephen Wooden (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-02 | Senate | PASSED | pass | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-05-07 | House | passed; given immediate effect | pass | 109 | 0 | 1 |

## Bill text

- Public Act, 2026-07-21: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2026-PA-0041.pdf)
- As Passed by the Senate, 2026-07-02: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/House/pdf/2025-HEBS-4072.pdf)
- House Concurred, 2026-07-02: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billconcurred/House/pdf/2025-HCB-4072.pdf)
- As Passed by the House, 2025-05-07: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/House/pdf/2025-HEBH-4072.pdf)
- Introduced, 2025-02-12: [PDF](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/House/pdf/2025-HIB-4072.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Public Act (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/publicact/pdf/2026-PA-0041.pdf)
- [As Passed by the Senate (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/House/pdf/2025-HEBS-4072.pdf)
- [House Concurred (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billconcurred/House/pdf/2025-HCB-4072.pdf)
- [As Passed by the House (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billengrossed/House/pdf/2025-HEBH-4072.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/House/pdf/2025-HIB-4072.pdf)

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- [HB 6007: Food: service establishments; delegation of certain duties and exemption of cer…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MI-HB6007-2025-2026)
- [HB 5485: Natural resources: inland lakes; dam safety regulations; provide for. Amends se…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MI-HB5485-2025-2026)
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- [HB 5120: Civil procedure: service of process; cost for service of process for personal p…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MI-HB5120-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MI-HB4072-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).