HOUSE BILL No. 5293


     February 3, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Allen, DeWeese, Law, Ehardt, Dennis, Schauer and Woodward and referred to the
Committee on Health Policy.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

   "The revised school code,"

   by amending section 1177 (MCL 380.1177), as amended by 1996 PA

   399.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1177.  (1) A child enrolling in a public or nonpublic

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      school for the first time OR ENROLLING IN GRADE 6 FOR THE FIRST

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      TIME shall submit 1 of the following:

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           (a) A statement signed by a physician that the child has

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      been tested for and immunized or protected against diseases spec-

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      ified by the director of THE DEPARTMENT OF community health.

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           (b) A statement signed by a parent or guardian to the effect

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      that the child has not been immunized because of religious

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      convictions or other objection to immunization.




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           (c) A statement signed by a physician that certifies that

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      the child is in the process of complying with all immunization

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      requirements.

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           (2) In addition, the parent or guardian of each  enrolling 

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      child ENROLLING IN KINDERGARTEN FOR THE FIRST TIME shall submit a

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      statement signed by a district, county, or city health department

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      director stating that the child has been administered the depart-

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      ment of community health preschool vision screening test, or

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      signed by a licensed medical or osteopathic physician or a

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      licensed optometrist stating that the child's eyes have been

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      examined during the preschool years after age 3 and before ini-

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      tial entrance.  A vision test is not required if there is a

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      statement signed by a parent or guardian to the effect that the

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      child cannot be submitted to the test because of religious

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      convictions.

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           (3) Not later than November 1 of each year, the administra-

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      tor of each school shall provide the director of THE DEPARTMENT

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      OF community health with the immunization status of each pupil in

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      grades K through 12 who enrolled in the school for the first

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      time, OR ENROLLED IN GRADE 6 IN THE SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME,

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      between the immediately preceding January 1 and the immediately

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      preceding September 30, as well as a vision report of each child

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      entering kindergarten during that time period.  This information

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      shall be transmitted through the approved local full-time health

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      department, if available, and shall be on forms provided by the

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      director of community health or otherwise reported in a manner

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      approved by the director of THE DEPARTMENT OF community health.



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      Not later than February 1 of each year, the administrator of each

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      school shall provide an update to the report due the previous

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      November 1 to show the immunization status of each pupil in

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      grades K through 12 who enrolled in the school for the first

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      time, OR ENROLLED IN GRADE 6 IN THE SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME,

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      during the calendar year ending the immediately preceding

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      December 31.  This information shall be transmitted in the same

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      manner as the report due the previous November 1.

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           (4) The department of community health shall promulgate

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      rules, including rules identifying the diseases specified under

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

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           Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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      effect unless all of the following bills of the 90th Legislature

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      are enacted into law:

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           (a) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 5292  (request

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      no. 02956'99 *).

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           (b) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 5291  (request

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      no. 02957'99 *).





















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