February 16, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Hovey-Wright, Brinks, Plawecki, Chang, Singh, Zemke, LaVoy, Rutledge, Greig, Faris, Gay-Dagnogo, Byrd, Banks, Liberati, Potvin and Pagel 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 sections 5116 and 9228.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5116. If a local health officer confirms or reasonably
suspects that an individual attending school or a program of group
residence, care, or camping has a communicable disease and that
there is a risk of the spread of the communicable disease, the
local health officer may exclude from attendance any of the
following individuals until the local health officer determines
that there is likely no further risk of the spread of the
communicable disease:
(a) An individual lacking a certificate described in section
9206 indicating that the individual has been immunized for the
communicable disease.
(b) An individual whom the local health officer otherwise
considers susceptible to the communicable disease.
Sec. 9228. The department shall inform the public of the rules
promulgated under section 9227(1)(a) to (c) through the use of mass
media and by posting the rules on the department's website.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.