Bill Text: MI SB0259 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education; reports; public notification of immunization record completion rates; require in school code. Amends sec. 1177 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1177). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0260'15

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-14 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0259 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB0259-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 259

 

 

April 14, 2015, Introduced by Senators HERTEL, YOUNG, MARLEAU, KNEZEK, SMITH, BIEDA, GREGORY, JONES and SHIRKEY and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

 

     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.

 

     (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) 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 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. The information concerning immunization status shall

 

specify immunization status separately for each of the

 

immunizations specified by the director of the department of

 

community health as described in subsection (1)(a). 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 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. The information

 

concerning immunization status shall specify immunization status

 

separately for each of the immunizations specified by the director

 

of the department of community health as described in subsection

 

(1)(a). This information shall be transmitted in the same manner as

 

the report due the previous November 1.

 

     (4) In addition to the reporting required under subsection

 

(3), the governing body of a public or nonpublic school shall

 

ensure that the information reported under subsection (3) is posted

 

on the publicly available website for the school or, if the school

 

does not have a publicly available website, is posted in another

 

public manner prescribed by the department of community health.

 

     (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.

 

     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. 260                                    

 

            of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.