April 1, 2003, Introduced by Senators GEORGE, TOY, PATTERSON, KUIPERS, HAMMERSTROM, GOSCHKA, OLSHOVE, GARCIA, JACOBS, THOMAS, ALLEN and PRUSI and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 2811 (MCL 333.2811), as amended by 1998 PA
332.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 2811. (1) The department shall prescribe the form and
2 content of vital records and certificates, which shall conform as
3 nearly as possible to recognized national standardized forms
4 including, as required to comply with federal law, requirements
5 for the entry of social security numbers.
6 (2) Within 45 days after the effective date of the amendatory
7 act that added this subsection, the department shall revise the
8 certificate of death form to include each of the following
9 questions:
10 (a) Did the deceased have diabetes?
1 (b) If yes, was diabetes an immediate, underlying, or
2 contributing cause of or contributing factor to the cause of
3 death?
4 (c) Did the deceased use tobacco?
5 (d) If yes, was tobacco an immediate, underlying, or
6 contributing cause of or contributing factor to the cause of
7 death?
8 (e) What was the highest degree or level of school completed
9 by the decedent at the time of his or her death?
10 (3) A certificate of death that is filed without answers to
11 the questions described in subsection (2) is incomplete or
12 unsatisfactory.