February 2, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Mortimer, Gaffney, Wojno, Schuitmaker, Gosselin, Nitz, Vander Veen, Proos, Jones, Sheltrown, Gleason, Ball, LaJoy, Marleau, Casperson, Walker, Emmons, Taub, Elsenheimer, Meyer, Amos, Stahl, Nofs and Hune and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 5112.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5112. (1) The department shall establish and maintain a
pandemic influenza plan. The department shall consult with the
United States department of health and human services and the
federal centers for disease control and prevention to ensure that
the pandemic influenza plan established by this state is consistent
with the national preparedness efforts. The department, in
consultation with the department of agriculture and the local
health departments in this state, shall review and update the
pandemic influenza plan at least annually. The department shall
make the pandemic influenza plan and any updates to that plan
available to the public through its website.
(2) Beginning 1 year after the effective date of this section
and annually thereafter, the department shall prepare a report
regarding the pandemic influenza plan established under subsection
(1), including an assessment of the plan's effectiveness and this
state's preparedness for an influenza outbreak, and present that
report to the appropriate standing committees and appropriations
subcommittees of the senate and house of representatives of the
legislature that primarily address public health issues.