INFECTIOUS DISEASE REPORTING H.B. 4899 & 4901: FLOOR SUMMARY
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House Bills 4899 and 4901 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Kate Segal (H.B. 4899) Representative Lesia Liss (H.B. 4901)
House Committee: Health Policy
Senate Committee: Health Policy

CONTENT
House Bill 4899 would amend Section 5111 of the Public Health Code to require the Department of Community Health (DCH) to maintain a list of reportable diseases, infections, and disabilities that designated and classified communicable, serious communicable, chronic, or noncommunicable diseases, infections, and disabilities. The DCH would have to review and revise the list at least annually. The bill would delete a provision allowing the DCH to promulgate rules that designate and classify the diseases, infections, and disabilities.


The Code also requires the DCH to promulgate rules to provide for the confidentiality of reports, records, and data pertaining to testing, care, treatment, reporting, and research associated with communicable diseases and serious communicable diseases or infections. The bill would delete requirements that the rules specify the communicable diseases and serious communicable diseases or infections covered under the rules, and include hepatitis B, venereal disease, and tuberculosis. The bill also would delete language providing that the rules may not apply to the serious communicable diseases or infections of HIV infection, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).


House Bill 4901 would amend the Corrections Code to revise citations to Section 5111 of the Public Health Code, in provisions that allow an employee of the Department of Corrections who is exposed to a prisoner's blood or body fluids to request that the prisoner be tested for HIV and/or hepatitis B infection.
The bills are tie-barred to each other.


MCL 333.5101 et al. (H.B. 4899) Legislative Analyst: Suzanne Lowe 791.267b (H.B. 4901)
FISCAL IMPACT
The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.


Date Completed: 5-18-10 Fiscal Analyst: Matthew Grabowski

Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. hb4899&4901/0910