HOUSE BILL No. 5076

 

September 25, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Spade, Sheltrown, Law, Bieda, Wojno, Farrah, Plakas, Clack, Sak, Condino and Brown and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Public health code,"                                                       

                                                                                

    by amending section 2811 (MCL 333.2811), as amended by 1998 PA              

                                                                                

    332.                                                                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 2811.  (1) The department shall prescribe the form and                 

                                                                                

2   content of vital records and certificates, which shall conform as           

                                                                                

3   nearly as possible to recognized national standardized forms                

                                                                                

4   including, as required to comply with federal law, requirements             

                                                                                

5   for the entry of social security numbers.                                   

                                                                                

6       (2) Within 45 days after the effective date of the amendatory               

                                                                                

7   act that added this subsection, the department shall revise the             

                                                                                

8   certificate of death form to include each of the following                  

                                                                                

9   questions:                                                                  

                                                                                

10      (a) Did the deceased have diabetes?                                         

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (b) If yes, was diabetes an immediate, underlying, or                       

                                                                                

2   contributing cause of or contributing factor to the cause of                

                                                                                

3   death?                                                                      

                                                                                

4       (3) A certificate of death that is filed without answers to                 

                                                                                

5   the questions described in subsection (2) is incomplete or                  

                                                                                

6   unsatisfactory.