Bill Text: MI SB0875 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health: immunizations; grade requirement for certain immunization records; modify in the public health code and require department to adopt the immunization schedule recommended by the federal centers for disease control and prevention. Amends secs. 9208 & 9227 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.9208 & 333.9227). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0877'24, SB 0876'24
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-22 - Referred To Committee On Health Policy [SB0875 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB0875-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 875
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 9208 and 9227 (MCL 333.9208 and 333.9227), section 9208 as amended by 2013 PA 120 and section 9227 as amended by 2006 PA 91.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 9208. (1) A parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis applying to have a child registered for the first time in a school in this state, and, beginning January 1, 2014, a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of a child entering the seventh grade, and, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of a child entering the twelfth grade, shall present to school officials, at the time of registration or not later than the first day of school, a certificate of immunization or statement of exemption under section 9215.
(2) A teacher or principal shall not permit a child to enter or attend school unless a certificate indicating that a minimum of 1 dose of an immunizing agent against each of the diseases specified by the department has been received and certified to by a health professional or local health department. A parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis having a child registered with only these minimum doses of immunizing agents shall present an updated certificate of immunization within 4 months after initial attendance showing that the immunizations have been completed as prescribed by the department.
(3) The department annually shall provide a report showing a year-to-year comparison of the percentage of children by age who are immunized appropriately upon entering the seventh grade and twelfth grade.
Sec. 9227. (1) The department shall promulgate rules to implement this part, including, but not limited to, rules governing all of the following:
(a) Age periods for immunizations.
(b) The minimum ages at which immunization may be commenced.
(c) The minimum number of doses required during a specified time period.
(d) Minimum levels of immunization for children in school.
(e) Reporting under section 9206(3).
(f) The acquisition, maintenance, and dissemination of information contained in the registry. established under section 9207.
(2) The department shall promulgate rules to implement the expansion of the registry to include the reporting and recording of additional information, such as including, but not limited to, lead screening performed on children.
(3) By 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the department shall promulgate rules under subsection (1) that adopt, by reference, the immunization schedule recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is in existence on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection. If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revises the immunization schedule after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the department may promulgate rules to incorporate the revision by reference.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 102nd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 877.
(b) Senate Bill No. 876.
