Bill Text: MI HB4440 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health; diseases; cytomegalovirus public education awareness; create. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 5143.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-19 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/30/2017 [HB4440 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4440-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4440

 

 

March 30, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 5143.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5143. (1) By 90 days after the effective date of the

 

amendatory act that added this section, the department shall

 

develop or approve and shall disseminate informational materials on

 

cytomegalovirus to educate women who may become pregnant, expectant

 

parents, and parents of infants about cytomegalovirus and to raise

 

awareness of cytomegalovirus among health care providers that

 

provide health care services to expectant mothers or infants. The

 

department shall include all of the following in the informational

 

materials required under this subsection:

 

     (a) The incidence of cytomegalovirus.

 

     (b) The transmission of cytomegalovirus to pregnant women and

women who may become pregnant.

 

     (c) Birth defects caused by congenital cytomegalovirus.

 

     (d) Methods of diagnosing congenital cytomegalovirus.

 

     (e) Testing opportunities and options for cytomegalovirus for

 

a parent of an infant.

 

     (f) Available preventative measures to avoid the infection of

 

women who are pregnant or may become pregnant.

 

     (g) Early intervention services for a parent of an infant with

 

congenital cytomegalovirus.

 

     (2) The department shall post on its Internet website the

 

information required under subsection (1).

 

     (3) To promote education about cytomegalovirus under this

 

section, the department may solicit and accept the assistance of a

 

medical association or community resource that the department

 

considers relevant, including a faith-based resource.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "health care provider" means both

 

of the following:

 

     (a) An individual licensed or otherwise authorized to engage

 

in a health profession under article 15.

 

     (b) A health facility or agency licensed under article 17.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.