STUDENT IMMUNIZATION STATUS - H.B. 5291 (H-1) - H.B. 5293 (H-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 5291 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
House Bill 5292 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
House Bill 5293 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Paul DeWeese (H.B. 5291)
Representative Gerald Law (H.B. 5292)
Representative Jason Allen (H.B. 5293)
House Committee: Health Policy
Senate Committee: Education
CONTENT
House Bill 5291 (H-1) would amend the State School Aid Act to require, beginning in 2002-2003, a school district or intermediate school district (ISD) to report to the local health department the immunization status of students enrolled in sixth grade for the first time. The Department of Community Health (DCH) would have to report to the Department of Education the percentage of these pupils who did not have a completed, waived, or provisional immunization record.
House Bill 5292 (H-1) would amend the Public Health Code to require, beginning in 2002-2003, a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of a child entering sixth grade to present to school officials, at the time of registration or by the first day of school, a certificate of immunization or statement of exemption.
House Bill 5293 (H-1) would amend the Revised School Code to require, beginning in 2002-2003, a child enrolling in sixth grade for the first time to submit a statement noting that the child had been immunized, had not been immunized because of religious convictions or other objections, or was in the process of complying with the immunization requirements. School administrators would have to report these pupils' immunization status to the DCH.
MCL 388.1767 (H.B. 5291) - Legislative Analyst: L. Arasim
333.9208 (H.B. 5292)
380.1177 (H.B. 5293)
FISCAL IMPACT
The bills could have a small fiscal impact on the budget for the Department of Community Health. Though the DCH already has in place a system for administering the information collection and data record-keeping of student immunization records, the Department could incur a slight additional cost associated with collecting data from all pupils enrolling in sixth grade in a district or ISD for the first time.
Local school districts also could incur a small cost associated with collecting immunization data and forwarding the data to the DCH. The costs to the State and local districts, though minimal, would be indeterminate.
Date Completed: 4-11-00 - Fiscal Analyst: J. Carrasco
floor\hb5291 - Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
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.