HOUSE BILL No. 4751


     May 6, 1997, Introduced by Reps. McManus, Cropsey, Goschka, McBryde, Raczkowski, Green, Voorhees, Jansen, Walberg, Geiger, Horton, Gernaat, DeVuyst, Rocca, Birkholz, Cassis, Rhead, Lowe, Gustafson, Jaye, Bodem, Llewellyn, Owen, Griffin, Palamara, Nye, Law, Dalman, Kukuk, Olshove, Baade, Alley, Gagliardi, Mans, Mathieu, McNutt, Callahan, Hammerstrom,
Kelly, Richner, Middaugh, Ciaramitaro, Harder, Byl, Whyman, Perricone, Sikkema, LeTarte, Kaza and Jellema and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.


        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 VENEREAL DISEASE PROVIDED UNDER R 325.3403 OF THE

 7    MICHIGAN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO INCORPORATE THE REPORTING

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

 9    THAT A PHYSICIAN FILING A REPORT REGARDING A PHYSICAL COMPLICA-

10    TION FROM ABORTION REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE

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

12    REPORT OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED

13    TO IDENTIFY THE SUBJECT OF THE REPORT.































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