Bill Text: MI HB5360 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health; children; reporting requirements for blood lead levels for minors; modify. Amends sec. 5474 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.5474). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5364'19, HB 5359'19
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-22 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 01/22/2020 [HB5360 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5360-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5360
January 21, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Anthony,
Garza, Coleman, Hood, Pohutsky, Whitsett, Gay-Dagnogo, Kennedy, Stone,
Rabhi, Ellison, Yancey, Sneller, Tate, Bolden, Kuppa, Manoogian, Cherry,
Hope, Brixie, Sowerby, Clemente, Sabo, Brenda Carter, Lasinski, Hammoud,
Peterson, Tyrone Carter, Wittenberg, Warren, Brann, Howell, Jones and Love
and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 5474 (MCL 333.5474), as added by 1998 PA 219.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 5474. (1) The department shall establish a lead
poisoning prevention program that has the following components:
(a) A coordinated and
comprehensive plan to prevent childhood lead poisoning and to minimize exposure
of the general public to lead-based paint hazards.
(b) A comprehensive
educational and community outreach program regarding lead poisoning prevention
that shall, must, at a minimum, include the
development of appropriate educational materials targeted to health care
providers, child care providers, public schools, owners and tenants of
residential dwellings, and parents of young children. These educational
materials shall must be made available, upon on request, to local and state community
groups, legal services organizations, and tenants' groups.
(c) A technical
assistance system for health care providers to assist those providers in
managing cases of childhood lead poisoning. As part of this system, the
department shall require that results of all blood lead level tests conducted
in Michigan this state be reported to the department
as provided for in by rule and that when the department
receives notice of blood lead levels above 10 5 micrograms
per deciliter, it shall initiate contact with the local public health
department or the physician, or both, of the child whose blood lead level
exceeds 10 5 micrograms per deciliter.
(2) The By January 1 of each year, the department
shall report to the legislature by January 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, the
number of children through age 6 who were screened for lead poisoning during
the preceding fiscal year and who were confirmed to have had blood lead levels
above 10 micrograms per deciliter. the levels described in subsection (1)(c). The
report shall must compare these rates with those of
previous fiscal years and the department shall recommend methods for improving
compliance with guidelines issued by the federal centers for disease control and prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including
any necessary legislation or appropriations.
(3) Not more than 1 year after the
effective date of this part, and annually thereafter, By July 1 of each year, the department
shall prepare a written report regarding the expenditures under the lead poisoning
prevention program including the amounts and sources of money from the previous
year and a complete accounting of its use. The report shall must be
given to the appropriate committees of the legislature and be made available to
the general public upon on request.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5364 (request no. 02657'19).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5359 (request no. 02658'19).
