Act No. 635

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

January 3, 2007

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 4, 2007

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 4, 2007

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Senators Toy, Van Woerkom, Birkholz, Allen, Brown, Gilbert, Kuipers, Goschka, Johnson, Hammerstrom, Patterson and Garcia

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1353

AN ACT to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "An act to protect and promote the public health; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the laws relating to public health; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to provide for the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, and other health services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments, boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting the public health; to regulate health maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain health facilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of health care services, to provide for the appropriate utilization of health care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals or consolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to provide for the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation of federal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and local ordinances; to provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repeal certain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates," (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 2681.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 2681. As used in sections 2681 to 2683:

(a) "Cord blood unit" means the blood collected from a single placenta and umbilical cord.

(b) "Donor" means a mother who has delivered a baby and consents to donate the newborn's blood remaining in the placenta and umbilical cord.

(c) "Donor bank" means a qualified cord blood stem cell bank that enters into a contract with the director under section 2682.

(d) "Human cord blood stem cells" means hematopoietic stem cells and any other stem cells contained in the neonatal blood collected immediately after the birth from the separated placenta and umbilical cord.

(e) "Network" means the statewide network of qualified cord blood stem cell banks established under section 2682.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 6291 of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor