September 9, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Kolb and Bieda and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 5717 and 5721 (MCL 333.5717 and 333.5721),
section 5717 as added by 1987 PA 48 and section 5721 as amended
by 1988 PA 236.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 5717. The department shall establish a birth defects
2 registry for all of the following purposes:
3 (a) To provide information on the incidence, prevalence, and
4 trends of birth defects, fetal deaths, and miscarriages among
5 Vietnam-era veterans,
and their families, and among the
6 general population.
7 (b) To provide information to determine whether environmental
8 hazards, such
as including, but not limited to, exposure to
9 agent orange, pesticides, or chemical agents and location in
1 close proximity to an industrial or manufacturing facility, are
2 associated with birth
defects, and to fetal deaths, and
3 miscarriages among Vietnam-era veterans, their families, and the
4 general population.
5 (c) To provide information as to other possible causes of
6 birth defects, fetal deaths, and miscarriages among Vietnam-era
7 veterans, their
families, and among the general population.
8 (d) (c) To
develop prevention strategies including, but not
9 limited to, education and outreach for reducing the incidence of
10 birth defects, fetal deaths, and miscarriages among Vietnam-era
11 veterans, and their
families, and among the general
12 population.
13 Sec. 5721. (1) Each diagnosed incidence of a birth defect,
14 including a congenital or structural malformation, or a
15 biochemical or genetic disease, and any other information
16 relevant to incidents of birth defects, shall be reported to the
17 department within 30
days of the diagnosis. The reporting shall
18 begin not later than
the next calendar year after June 11, 1987.
19 (2) Each fetal death and miscarriage and any other
20 information relevant to the fetal death or miscarriage,
21 including, but not limited to, the medical records of the mother
22 shall be reported to the department within 30 days of the
23 incident.
24 (3) (2) The
department shall maintain comprehensive
25 statewide records of all information reported to the birth
26 defects registry. The
information reported shall be is
27 confidential and subject
to the same requirements of
1 confidentiality as provided in under section 2631 for
data or
2 records concerning medical research projects.
3 (4) (3) The
director shall promulgate rules which that
4 provide for all of the following:
5 (a) A list of birth defects, including, but not limited to,
6 congenital and structural malformations, and biochemical or
7 genetic diseases, and other relevant information to be reported.
8 (b) The quality,
and manner, in which the incidents of
9 birth defects and form for reporting each birth defect, fetal
10 death, miscarriage, and
other information is to be reported to
11 the department.
12 (c) The terms and conditions under which records maintained
13 under this section, including any records containing the name and
14 medical condition of a specific individual, may be released by
15 the department.
16 (5) (4) This
section does not compel an individual to
17 submit to medical examination or supervision by the department or
18 otherwise.
19 (6) (5) The
department may contract do 1 or more of the
20 following:
21 (a) Contract for the collection and analysis of, and research
22 related to, the data required under this section.
23 (b) Contract for the study of environmental hazards in this
24 state and its relation to birth defects, fetal deaths, and
25 miscarriages.
26 (c) Contract for the monitoring of the birth registry program
27 and evaluating compliance with the program.
1 (7) (6)
Within 2 years after June 11, 1987, the The
2 department shall begin
evaluating evaluate the information
3 reported to the birth defects registry. The department shall
4 publish and make available to the public annual reports
5 summarizing the
information collected. The first summary report
6 shall be published not
later than 180 days after the end of the
7 first 2 full calendar
years after June 11, 1987. Subsequent
8 annual Annual summary reports shall be made on a full
calendar
9 year basis and published not later than 180 days after the end of
10 each calendar year.