Michigan committee hears bipartisan bills to add menopause to physician continuing education

Michigan House Health Policy Committee members heard testimony on House Bills 47‑90 and 47‑91, a bipartisan package that would direct the Michigan Board of Medicine to approve continuing-education courses on menopause and encourage physicians and medical residents to take them.

The bills, introduced to the committee by Vice Chair Thompson and Representative Steckloff, were presented as a non‑budgetary measure aimed at improving clinicians’ recognition and treatment of menopause and perimenopause symptoms.

Supporters told the committee that many clinicians lack training on menopause and that patients frequently do not have their symptoms documented, which can leave women without appropriate treatment options. Vice Chair Thompson said, “Menopause has been a mystery for too many women for too long,” and argued the bills would put menopause “on the menu” of continuing-education choices…