HOUSE BILL No. 4601


     April 29, 1999, Introduced by Reps. O'Neil, Mead, Lockwood, Bisbee, Van Woerkom, Frank, Rivet, Pestka, Pappageorge, Bovin, Geiger, Mans, Wojno, Sheltrown, Neumann, Basham, Bob Brown, Sanborn, Kelly, Rick Johnson, Allen, Stamas, Bradstreet, Patterson, Cameron Brown, Faunce, Tabor, Vear, Spade, Jellema, DeRossett, Sheltrown, Callahan, Voorhees,
Kukuk, DeWeese, Richardville, Hager and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 2837.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 2837.  (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DO ALL OF THE

 2    FOLLOWING:

 3         (A) PROMULGATE RULES REQUIRING A PHYSICIAN TO FILE A WRITTEN

 4    REPORT WITH THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT REGARDING A

 5    PATIENT WHO COMES UNDER THE PHYSICIAN'S PROFESSIONAL CARE AND WHO

 6    SUFFERS A PHYSICAL COMPLICATION OR DEATH THAT IS A PRIMARY, SEC-

 7    ONDARY, OR TERTIARY RESULT OF AN ABORTION.

 8         (B) SUMMARIZE AGGREGATE DATA FROM THE REPORTS REQUIRED UNDER

 9    SUBDIVISION (A) FOR PURPOSES OF INCLUSION INTO THE ANNUAL

10    STATISTICAL REPORT ON ABORTION REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 2835.




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 1         (C) DESTROY EACH INDIVIDUAL REPORT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION

 2    AND ANY COPIES OF THE REPORT AFTER RETAINING THE REPORT FOR 5

 3    YEARS AFTER IT IS RECEIVED.

 4         (2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE THE RULES REQUIRED UNDER

 5    SUBSECTION (1)(A) IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO AMEND THE APPROVED FORM

 6    FOR REPORTING SERIOUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AS PROVIDED IN

 7    R 325.173 OF THE MICHIGAN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO INCORPORATE THE

 8    REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (1)(A), AND SHALL SPECIFY IN

 9    THE RULES THAT A PHYSICIAN FILING A REPORT REGARDING A PHYSICAL

10    COMPLICATION FROM ABORTION REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT

11    INCLUDE THE NAME OR ADDRESS OF THE PATIENT WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF

12    THE REPORT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT COULD REASONABLY BE

13    EXPECTED TO IDENTIFY THE SUBJECT OF THE REPORT.































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