Bill Text: MI HB4426 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Education; attendance; promulgation of certain rules that are more stringent than the requirements for claiming exemption from immunizations; prohibit. Amends sec. 1177 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1177). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4425'17

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/28/2017 [HB4426 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4426-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4426

 

 

March 28, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Noble, Barrett, Johnson, Kelly, Glenn, Cole, Hornberger, Hoitenga, Tedder, Bellino, Lucido, Reilly, Marino, Miller, Yaroch, Runestad, LaFave and Chatfield and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

 

"The revised school code,"

 

by amending section 1177 (MCL 380.1177), as amended by 2013 PA 121.

 

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 2014-2015 school

 

year, enrolling in grade 7 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 and human

 

services.

 

     (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, as described in

 


section 9215 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.9215.

 

     (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 and human services 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) Not later than November 1 of each year, the administrator

 

of each school shall provide the director of the department of

 

community health and human services with the immunization status of

 

each pupil in grades K through to 12 who enrolled in the school for

 

the first time, or , beginning in the 2014-2015 school year,

 

enrolled in grade 7 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 and human services or otherwise reported in a

 

manner approved by the director of the department of community

 

health and human services. 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 to 12 who enrolled in the school

 

for the first time, or , beginning in the 2014-2015 school year,

 

enrolled in grade 7 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.

 

     (4) The Except as otherwise provided in section 9215 of the

 

public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.9215, the department of

 

community health and human services shall promulgate rules,

 

including rules identifying the diseases specified under subsection

 

(1)(a), for the implementation of this section.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. ____ (request no.

 

01983'17) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.

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