Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 4. Legislature § 4.775

Sec. 5. (1) Upon request and without the requirement of any release, the facility shall provide access to all information, and the ombudsman shall be given access to all information, records, and documents in the possession of the department or a facility that the ombudsman deems necessary in an investigation, including, but not limited to, resident veteran medical health records, resident veteran mental health records, and resident veteran mortality and morbidity records.

(2) Upon request and without notice, the ombudsman shall be granted entrance to inspect at any time any Michigan veterans' facility.

(3) The ombudsman may hold informal hearings and may request that any person appear before the ombudsman or at a hearing and give testimony or produce documentary or other evidence that the ombudsman deems relevant to an investigation.