Bill Text: MI HB5785 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health; testing; subsequent testing requirements following a positive COVID-19 test; provide for. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 5137.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-20 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/20/2020 [HB5785 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5785-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5785
May 19, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Cynthia
Johnson, Kennedy, Tyrone Carter and Ellison 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 5137.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 5137. (1) A health facility or
health professional that receives a positive test result for coronavirus for an
individual shall ensure that additional testing for coronavirus is ordered for
the individual for both of the following time frames:
(a)
Twenty-one days after receiving the initial positive test result.
(b)
Forty-two days after receiving the initial positive test result.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Coronavirus" means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
(b) "Health facility" means a health facility or agency as that term is defined in section 20106.
(c) "Health professional" means an individual who is licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to engage in a health profession under article 15.
