SB-1128, As Passed Senate, December 3, 2014
October 22, 2014, Introduced by Senators KAHN, PAPPAGEORGE and PROOS and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled
"Corrections code of 1953,"
(MCL 791.201 to 791.285) by adding section 37a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 37a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
before a prisoner is released on parole or discharged upon
completion of his or her maximum sentence from a correctional
facility, the department shall take or cause to be taken a test
specimen of the prisoner and shall submit the specimen to a
clinical laboratory for the purpose of performing a test for the
hepatitis C virus. The department is not required to comply with
this subsection if the prisoner has already been diagnosed as
having the hepatitis C virus.
(2) For a prisoner who is scheduled to be released on parole
or discharged upon completion of his or her maximum sentence and
who has the hepatitis C virus, the department shall comply with the
reporting of serious communicable diseases or infections
requirements established in rules promulgated under section 5111 of
the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5111.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.1130
of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.