SPINAL/BRAIN REGISTRY: SUNSET H.B. 5676: FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 5676 (as reported without amendment) Sponsor: Representative John Jamien
House Committee: Health Policy
Senate Committee: Health Policy and Senior Citizens
The bill would amend the Public Health Code to extend for four years, until March 30, 2000, provisions that require the Department of Community Health to establish a registry to record cases of spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries that occur in the State; require hospitals to report these cases, as well as information on the recognition, prevention, and control of these injuries; create the Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Committee in the Department; and require the Legislature to appropriate sufficient funds to implement the registry and the committee.
Currently, under the Code, there are 16 members on the Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Committee. The bill would reduce membership to 15 members, by removing from the Committee the Director of the Department of Mental Health. (Executive Order No. 1996-1 merged the Departments of Mental Health and Public Health into the Department of Community Health.)
MCL 333.5413-333.5415 Legislative Analyst: G. Towne
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local units of government. The level of funding for the spinal cord and traumatic brain injury registry required under the Code is subject to annual appropriation. The FY 1995-96 and proposed FY 1996-97 level of funding for the registry is $50,000, all of which is supported with Federal Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant dollars.
Date Completed: 3-25-96 Fiscal Analyst: P. Graham
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.