Bill Text: MI SB0979 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health; immunizations; grade requirement for certain immunization records; modify in the public health code and require department to adopt the immunization schedule recommended by the federal centers for disease control and prevention. Amends secs. 9208 & 9227 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.9208 & 333.9227). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0981'19, SB 0980'19
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Referred To Committee On Health Policy And Human Services [SB0979 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0979-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 979
June 23, 2020, Introduced by Senators HERTEL,
HORN, POLEHANKI, WOJNO, GEISS, MACGREGOR, CHANG, ALEXANDER, BULLOCK,
ANANICH, BRINKS, BIZON, HOLLIER and BAYER and referred to the Committee on
Health Policy and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 9208 and 9227 (MCL 333.9208 and 333.9227), section 9208 as amended by 2013 PA 120 and section 9227 as amended by 2006 PA 91.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 9208. (1) A parent, guardian, or person in loco
parentis applying to have a child registered for the first time in a school in
this state and , beginning January 1, 2014, a
parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of a child entering the seventh
grade or twelfth grade,
shall present to school officials, at the time of registration or not later
than the first day of school, a certificate of immunization or statement of exemption
under section 9215.
(2) A teacher or
principal shall not permit a child to enter or attend school unless a
certificate indicating that a minimum of 1 dose of an immunizing agent against
each of the diseases specified by the department has been received and
certified to by a health professional or local health department. A parent,
guardian, or person in loco parentis having a child registered with only these
minimum doses of immunizing agents shall present an updated certificate of
immunization within 4 months after initial attendance showing that the
immunizations have been completed as prescribed by the department.
(3) The department
annually shall provide a report showing a year-to-year comparison of the
percentage of children by age who are immunized appropriately upon entering the
seventh grade and twelfth grade.
Sec. 9227. (1) The department shall promulgate rules
to implement this part, including, but not limited to, rules governing all of
the following:
(a) Age periods for
immunizations.
(b) The minimum ages at
which immunization may be commenced.
(c) The minimum number of
doses required during a specified time period.
(d) Minimum levels of
immunization for children in school.
(e) Reporting under
section 9206(3).
(f) The acquisition,
maintenance, and dissemination of information contained in the registry
established under section 9207.
(2) The department shall
promulgate rules to implement the expansion of the registry to include the
reporting and recording of additional information, such as including lead screening performed on
children.
(3) By 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the department shall promulgate rules under subsection (1) that adopt, by reference, the immunization schedule recommended by the Advisory Council on Immunization Practices of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is in existence on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection. If the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revises the immunization schedule after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the department may promulgate rules to incorporate the revision by reference.
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. 981.
(b) Senate Bill No. 980.
