HOUSE BILL No. 4936

June 19, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Coulouris, LeBlanc, Warren, Bauer, Meadows, Byrum, Corriveau, Bieda, Condino, Ebli, Lemmons, Wojno, Byrnes, Sheltrown, Hood, Clack, Valentine, Brown, Donigan, Young, Robert Jones, Alma Smith, Simpson, Vagnozzi, Johnson, Melton, Mayes, Hammon, Hammel, Miller, Scott, Cheeks, Gaffney, Angerer, Jackson and Opsommer and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 5474a (MCL 333.5474a), as added by 2004 PA 431.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5474a. (1) Within 30 days after the effective date of

 

this section December 21, 2004, the governor shall establish a

 

childhood lead poisoning prevention and control commission within

 

the department of community health. The commission shall consist of

 

the following 9 voting members appointed by the governor with the

 

advice and consent of the senate:

 

     (a) One member representing the department of community

 

health. The member appointed under this subdivision shall serve as

 

chairperson.

 


     (b) One member representing the family independence agency

 

department of human services.

 

     (c) One member representing the department of environmental

 

quality.

 

     (d) One member representing the Michigan state housing

 

development authority.

 

     (e) One member representing "Get the Lead Out!". The member

 

appointed under this subdivision shall be from a county with a

 

population of more than 500,000 but not more than 700,000.

 

     (f) One member representing a local health department located

 

in a county with a population of more than 170,000 but not more

 

than 200,000.

 

     (g) One member representing certified lead-abatement

 

contractors.

 

     (h) Two members representing the general public. One of the

 

members appointed under this subdivision shall be from a city with

 

a population of 750,000 or more and be a parent of a child who has

 

experienced lead poisoning or a child advocate who has experience

 

with lead poisoning in children. The second member appointed under

 

this subdivision shall represent property owners and developers in

 

this state.

 

     (2) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation

 

but, subject to appropriations, may receive reimbursement for their

 

actual and necessary expenses while attending meetings or

 

performing other authorized official business of the commission. If

 

a vacancy occurs on the commission, that vacancy shall be filled in

 

the same manner as the original appointment.

 


     (3) The childhood lead poisoning prevention and control

 

commission shall conduct at least 2 public hearings to seek input

 

from the general public and all of the following groups or

 

individuals that have an interest in childhood lead poisoning

 

prevention and control:

 

     (a) The Michigan association of osteopathic family

 

practitioners physicians or its successor organization.

 

     (b) The Michigan nurses association or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (c) The Michigan association council of nurse practitioners or

 

its successor organization.

 

     (d) The Michigan association of health plans or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (e) The Michigan association of for local public health or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (f) Blue cross blue shield of Michigan or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (g) The Michigan health and hospital association or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (h) The Michigan head start association or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (i) The Michigan council for maternal and child health or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (j) Michigan's children or its successor organization.

 

     (k) Michigan league for human services or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (l) Detroit public schools or its successor organization.

 


     (m) The rental property owners association or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (n) The Michigan association of associated general contractors

 

or its successor organization.

 

     (o) The Michigan association of realtors or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (p) The Michigan environmental council or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (q) The Michigan adult blood lead epidemiology and

 

surveillance program or its successor organization.

 

     (r) The Michigan state university extension program or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (s) The Detroit lead partnership or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (t) The Michigan lead safe partnership or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (u) The Detroit mayor's lead lead-based paint task force or

 

its successor organization.

 

     (v) United parents against lead or its successor organization.

 

     (w) The department of education or its successor organization.

 

     (x) The Michigan department of community health medical

 

services administration or its successor organization.

 

     (y) The Michigan occupational safety and health administration

 

or its successor organization.

 

     (z) The Michigan department of community health bureau of

 

laboratories or its successor organization.

 

     (aa) An occupational and environmental medicine specialist.

 


     (bb) Parents or patient advocates of children who have

 

experienced lead poisoning.

 

     (cc) A local housing authority.

 

     (dd) A community reinvestment officer.

 

     (ee) The Michigan state medical society or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (ff) The Michigan academy of family practice physicians or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (gg) Saint Mary's field neurosciences institute or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (hh) The American academy of pediatrics or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (ii) The arc Michigan organization or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (jj) Any other interested organization or association

 

concerned with the prevention, treatment, and control of lead

 

poisoning that the department determines necessary.

 

     (4) The first public hearing shall be held within 60 days

 

after the commission has been appointed under subsection (1). The

 

commission may hold additional public hearings as it determines

 

necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties under this part.

 

     (5) The commission shall conduct its business at a public

 

meeting held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267,

 

MCL 15.261 to 15.275. The commission shall give public notice of

 

the time, date, and place of the meeting in the manner required by

 

the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

 

     (6) The commission shall make available a writing prepared,

 


owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the childhood

 

lead poisoning prevention and control commission to the public in

 

compliance with the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL

 

15.231 to 15.246.

 

     (7) As used in this section, "commission" means the commission

 

created and appointed by the governor under subsection (1).

 

     (8) This section is repealed effective July 1, 2007.