Bill Text: MI HB4399 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; other; school vision screening to include check for color blindness; require. Amends sec. 1177 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1177).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-25 - Printed Bill Filed 02/25/2009 [HB4399 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB4399-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4399
February 24, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Moore, Mayes, Polidori and Booher and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1177 (MCL 380.1177), as amended by 2000 PA 91.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1177. (1) A child enrolling in a public or nonpublic
school
for the first time or , beginning in the 2002-2003 school
year,
enrolling in grade 6 for the first
time shall submit 1 of the
following:
(a) A statement signed by a physician that the child has been
tested for and immunized or protected against diseases specified by
the director of the department of community health.
(b) A statement signed by a parent or guardian to the effect
that the child has not been immunized because of religious
convictions or other objection to immunization.
(c) A statement signed by a physician that certifies that the
child is in the process of complying with all immunization
requirements.
(2) In addition, the parent or guardian of each child
enrolling in kindergarten for the first time shall submit a
statement signed by a district, county, or city health department
director stating that the child has been administered the
department of community health preschool vision screening test, or
signed by a licensed medical or osteopathic physician or a licensed
optometrist stating that the child's eyes have been examined during
the preschool years after age 3 and before initial entrance. A
vision test is not required if there is a statement signed by a
parent or guardian to the effect that the child cannot be submitted
to the test because of religious convictions.
(3) If a public school conducts vision testing of pupils, or
if a local health department conducts vision testing of pupils at a
public school, the governing board of the public school or the
local health department shall ensure that the vision testing
includes testing for color blindness.
(4) (3)
Not later than November 1 of each
year, the
administrator of each school shall provide the director of the
department of community health with the immunization status of each
pupil in grades K through 12 who enrolled in the school for the
first
time, or , beginning in the 2002-2003 school year, enrolled
in grade 6 in the school for the first time, between the
immediately preceding January 1 and the immediately preceding
September 30, as well as a vision report of each child entering
kindergarten during that time period. This information shall be
transmitted through the approved local full-time health department,
if available, and shall be on forms provided by the director of
community health or otherwise reported in a manner approved by the
director of the department of community health. Not later than
February 1 of each year, the administrator of each school shall
provide an update to the report due the previous November 1 to show
the immunization status of each pupil in grades K through 12 who
enrolled
in the school for the first time, or
, beginning in the
2002-2003
school year, enrolled in grade 6 in
the school for the
first time, during the calendar year ending the immediately
preceding December 31. This information shall be transmitted in the
same manner as the report due the previous November 1.
(5) (4)
The department of community health
shall promulgate
rules, including rules identifying the diseases specified under
subsection (1)(a), for the implementation of this section.
