October 5, 2005, Introduced by Senators GEORGE, HARDIMAN, ALLEN, BIRKHOLZ, KUIPERS, GOSCHKA, McMANUS, JACOBS and BERNERO 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 sections 5430 and 5432.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5430. (1) The newborn screening quality assurance
advisory committee is created in the department. The newborn
screening quality assurance advisory committee shall consist of 9
members and be appointed by the department as follows:
(a) One individual representing a Michigan nonprofit health
care corporation.
(b) One individual representing the Michigan health and
hospital association.
(c) One individual representing the Michigan state medical
society.
(d) One individual representing the Michigan osteopathic
association.
(e) One individual representing the department's medical
services administration.
(f) One individual representing the department's public health
administration.
(g) One individual who is a neonatologist with experience and
background in newborn screening.
(h) Two individuals representing the general public.
(2) The newborn screening quality assurance advisory committee
shall meet annually to review the list of newborn screening tests
required under section 5431 and under department rules,
regulations, and guidelines. The newborn screening quality
assurance advisory committee shall, on an annual basis, submit a
written report to the department regarding the appropriateness of
the existing list of required newborn screening tests. The newborn
screening quality assurance advisory committee shall also include
in the report recommendations to revise the list to include
additional newborn screening tests that are nationally recognized
in the scientific literature or national standards for conditions
that can be ameliorated or treated if identified by a newborn
screening test and to remove certain tests that are no longer
supported in the scientific literature or national standard as
being effective for ameliorating or treating conditions that can be
identified by newborn screening.
(3) The newborn screening quality assurance advisory committee
shall conduct a financial review of any recommended changes to the
list of newborn screening tests and shall include in the written
report required under subsection (2) a recommendation for the
increase or decrease in the amount charged pursuant to section 5431
for newborn screening test cards. The recommended change shall not
exceed any net change in the amount of the actual cost of any
proposed additional tests minus savings from any proposed deleted
tests.
(4) Within 30 days after the department has received the
report required under subsection (2), the department may approve or
reject the recommendations of the newborn screening quality
assurance advisory committee. If the department does not reject the
recommendations or fails to act within the 30 days, then the
recommendations shall be forwarded to the standing committees in
the senate and house of representatives that consider issues
pertaining to public health for approval.
(5) Within 45 session days after the recommendations are
forwarded and received, the legislature shall approve or reject
those recommendations without amendment by concurrent resolution
adopted by both standing committees of the senate and house of
representatives that consider issues pertaining to public health
and both houses of the legislature by recorded vote. If the
recommendations are not rejected within 45 session days, the
recommendations shall be considered approved, shall be adopted by
the department, and shall take effect 6 months after the
recommendations are adopted by both houses of the legislature or
considered approved as provided under this subsection.
Sec. 5432. If a health professional in charge of the care of a
newborn infant or, if none, the health professional in charge at
the birth of an infant, the hospital, the health department, or
other facility administers or causes to be administered to the
infant a hearing test and screening, then that person or facility
shall report to the department, on a form as prescribed by the
department, the results of all hearing tests and screens conducted
on infants who are less than 12 months of age and on children who
have been diagnosed with hearing loss and are less than 3 years of
age. The report shall include the type, degree, and symmetry of the
diagnosis, along with where and when the diagnosis was made.