HOUSE BILL No. 5488


     March 8, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Law and referred to the Committee on Family and Civil Law.


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   by amending sections 1106 and 5653 (MCL 333.1106 and 333.5653),

   section 1106 as amended by 1996 PA 307 and section 5653 as added

   by 1996 PA 594.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1106.  (1) "Parentage registry" means the department's

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      compilation of data concerning children's parentage, which data

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      the department receives from any source, including, but not

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      limited to,  receipt of copies of orders  A COPY OF AN ORDER of

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      filiation from the circuit court  and acknowledgments  OR AN

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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT of paternity or parentage under this act, under

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      section  111 of the revised probate code, Act No. 642 of the

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      Public Acts of 1978, being section 700.111 of the Michigan

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      Compiled Laws  2114 OF THE ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS


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      CODE, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.2114, or under the acknowledgment of

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      parentage act, 1996 PA 305, MCL 722.1001 TO 722.1013.

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           (2) "Person" means an individual, partnership, cooperative,

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      association, private corporation, personal representative,

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      receiver, trustee, assignee, or  any  other legal entity.  It
   

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      PERSON does not include a governmental entity unless specifically

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      provided.

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           Sec. 5653.  (1) As used in this part:

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           (a) "Health facility" means a health facility or agency

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      licensed under article 17.

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           (B) "HOSPICE" MEANS THAT TERM AS DEFINED IN SECTION 20106.

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           (C)  (b)  "Medical treatment" means a treatment including,

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      but not limited to, palliative care treatment, or a procedure,

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      medication, surgery, A diagnostic test, or A hospice plan of care

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      that may be ordered, provided, or withheld or withdrawn by a

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      health professional or a health facility under generally accepted

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      standards of medical practice and that is not prohibited by law.

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       As used in this part, "hospice" means hospice as defined in sec-

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      tion 20106 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public

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      Acts of 1978, being section 333.20106 of the Michigan Compiled

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      Laws. 

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           (D)  (c)  "Patient" means an individual who is under the

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      care of a physician.

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           (E)  (d)  "Patient advocate" means that term as  defined in

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      section 496 of the revised probate code, Act No. 642 of the

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      Public Acts of 1978, being section 700.496 of the Michigan

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      Compiled Laws  DESCRIBED AND USED IN SECTIONS 5506 TO 5512 OF THE



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      ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS CODE, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5506

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      TO 700.5512.

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           (F)  (e)  "Patient  Surrogate  SURROGATE" means the
   parent

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      or legal guardian of a patient who is a minor or a member of the

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      immediate family, the next of kin, or the legal guardian of a

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      patient who has a condition other than minority that prevents the

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      patient from giving consent to medical treatment.

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           (G)  (f)  "Physician" means that term as defined in section

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      17001 or 17501.

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           (H)  (g)  "Terminal illness" means a disease or condition

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      due to which, in the opinion of a physician, a patient's death is

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      anticipated within 6 months after the date of the physician's

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      opinion.

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           (2) Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of

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      construction applicable to all articles in this code.

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           Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect April

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      1, 2000.























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