SB-0238, As Passed Senate, May 9, 2013
February 28, 2013, Introduced by Senators WARREN, MARLEAU, JONES, EMMONS, PAPPAGEORGE, BIEDA, ROBERTSON and KAHN and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1177 (MCL 380.1177), as amended by 2000 PA 91.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1177. (1) A child enrolling in a public or nonpublic
school
for the first time or, beginning in the 2002-2003 2014-2015
school
year, enrolling in grade 6 7
for the first time shall submit
1 of the following:
(a) A statement signed by a physician that the child has been
tested for and immunized or protected against diseases specified by
the director of the department of community health.
(b) A statement signed by a parent or guardian to the effect
that the child has not been immunized because of religious
convictions or other objection to immunization.
(c) A statement signed by a physician that certifies that the
child is in the process of complying with all immunization
requirements.
(2) In addition, the parent or guardian of each child
enrolling in kindergarten for the first time shall submit a
statement signed by a district, county, or city health department
director stating that the child has been administered the
department of community health preschool vision screening test, or
signed by a licensed medical or osteopathic physician or a licensed
optometrist stating that the child's eyes have been examined during
the preschool years after age 3 and before initial entrance. A
vision test is not required if there is a statement signed by a
parent or guardian to the effect that the child cannot be submitted
to the test because of religious convictions.
(3) Not later than November 1 of each year, the administrator
of each school shall provide the director of the department of
community health with the immunization status of each pupil in
grades K through 12 who enrolled in the school for the first time,
or,
beginning in the 2002-2003 2014-2015
school year, enrolled in
grade
6 7 in the school for the first time, between the
immediately
preceding January 1 and the immediately preceding September 30, as
well as a vision report of each child entering kindergarten during
that time period. This information shall be transmitted through the
approved local full-time health department, if available, and shall
be on forms provided by the director of community health or
otherwise reported in a manner approved by the director of the
department of community health. Not later than February 1 of each
year, the administrator of each school shall provide an update to
the report due the previous November 1 to show the immunization
status of each pupil in grades K through 12 who enrolled in the
school
for the first time, or, beginning in the 2002-2003 2014-2015
school
year, enrolled in grade 6 7
in the school for the first
time, during the calendar year ending the immediately preceding
December 31. This information shall be transmitted in the same
manner as the report due the previous November 1.
(4) The department of community health shall promulgate rules,
including rules identifying the diseases specified under subsection
(1)(a), for the implementation of this section.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect July 1,
2013.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 237.
(b) Senate Bill No. 239.