September 29, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Pumford, Murphy, Williams, Clack, Phillips, Vander Veen, Voorhees, Hart, Kooiman, Stahl, Hager and Hardman and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.
A bill to amend 1974 PA 150, entitled
"Youth rehabilitation services act,"
(MCL 803.301 to 803.309) by adding section 4q.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 4q. (1) A youth agency shall develop and implement
2 intake health screening policy and procedures for obtaining
3 health records of public wards entering the facility. The policy
4 shall include a requirement to assess and document the public
5 wards' medical history.
6 (2) A youth agency shall develop and implement a medical
7 record-keeping system to document all medical and mental health
8 services in a single medical chart to ensure proper care and to
9 prevent adverse prescription medication interaction. The system
10 shall provide medical staff and the treating or prescribing
11 physician or psychiatrist a location to document services
1 provided. The system shall also be used to document emergency
2 medical situations or illnesses when medical staff are not
3 present or available.