Year: 2013
Resolution Number: 57
Action Taken: Referred to the Board
Status:
Author(s): Jayne E. Courts, MD
Sponsor: Domenic R. Federico, MD
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: B (Legislation)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS review current state voting laws and present legislation mandating that patients who have been declared legally incompetent to manage their finances and their medical care be prohibited from voting in all local, state, and national elections; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Secretary of State to arrange physician reporting of patients who have been declared legally incompetent to manage their finances and their medical care with subsequent removal of these patient names from the statewide qualified voter list; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS provide education to physicians about any new requirement to report patients who have been declared legally incompetent to manage their finances and their medical care to the Michigan Secretary of State.
RESOLVED: That MSMS review current state voting laws and present legislation mandating that patients who have been declared legally incompetent to manage their finances and their medical care be prohibited from voting in all local, state, and national elections; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Secretary of State to arrange physician reporting of patients who have been declared legally incompetent to manage their finances and their medical care with subsequent removal of these patient names from the statewide qualified voter list; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS provide education to physicians about any new requirement to report patients who have been declared legally incompetent to manage their finances and their medical care to the Michigan Secretary of State.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Voting Rights for Patients with Dementia