HOUSE BILL No. 5086


     September 25, 2001, Introduced by Reps. George, Vander Veen, Hart, Woronchak, Gilbert, Kowall, Raczkowski, Van Woerkom, Bisbee, Vander
Roest, Patterson, Bradstreet and Tabor and referred to the Committee on Education.


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 9171.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 9171.  (1) THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH APPRO-

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      PRIATE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, SHALL DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE

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      AN INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET ON THE 20 PSYCHOTROPIC PRESCRIPTION

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      DRUGS THAT ARE MOST FREQUENTLY PRESCRIBED TO MINORS IN THIS

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      STATE.  THE DEPARTMENT MAY USE AN EXISTING PAMPHLET OR PAMPHLETS

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      WITH INFORMATION ON 1 OR MORE OF THE 20 PSYCHOTROPIC PRESCRIPTION

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      DRUGS IN DEVELOPING THE INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET REQUIRED UNDER

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      THIS SUBSECTION.  IN EITHER CASE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ASSURE

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      THAT THE PAMPHLET DISTRIBUTED UNDER THIS SECTION CONTAINS AT

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      LEAST ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:




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           (A) THE MEDICAL CONDITION OR CONDITIONS FOR WHICH EACH

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      PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG IS PRESCRIBED.

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           (B) THE ACTUAL AND POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF EACH PSYCHOTRO-

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      PIC DRUG, INCLUDING THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF EACH SIDE EFFECT.

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           (C) OTHER INFORMATION CONSIDERED RELEVANT BY THE

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      DEPARTMENT.

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           (2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DISTRIBUTE THE PAMPHLET DESCRIBED

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      IN SUBSECTION (1) TO EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE FREE OF

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      CHARGE FOR SUBSEQUENT DISTRIBUTION TO ALL TEACHERS AND SCHOOL

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      ADMINISTRATORS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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           (3) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "SCHOOL DISTRICT" MEANS A

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      SCHOOL DISTRICT, A LOCAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AN INTERMEDIATE

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      SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY, AS THOSE TERMS ARE

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      DEFINED IN THE REVISED SCHOOL CODE, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 TO

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      380.1852.



























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