February 16, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Brinks, Hovey-Wright, Plawecki, Chang, Singh, Zemke, LaVoy, Rutledge, Greig, Faris, Gay-Dagnogo, Byrd, Banks, Darany, Liberati, Potvin and Pagel and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1177 (MCL 380.1177), as amended by 2013 PA 121.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1177. (1) A child enrolling in a public or nonpublic
school
for the first time or , beginning in the 2014-2015 school
year,
enrolling in grade 2, 5, or 7
for the first time shall submit
1 of the following:
(a) A statement signed by a physician that the child has been
tested for and immunized or protected against diseases specified by
the
director of the department of community health.health and human
services.
(b) A statement signed by a parent or guardian to the effect
that the child has not been immunized because of religious
convictions or other objection to immunization.
(c) A statement signed by a physician that certifies that the
child is in the process of complying with all immunization
requirements.
(2) In addition, the parent or guardian of each child
enrolling in kindergarten for the first time shall submit a
statement signed by a district, county, or city health department
director stating that the child has been administered the
department
of community health and
human services preschool vision
screening test, or signed by a licensed medical or osteopathic
physician or a licensed optometrist stating that the child's eyes
have been examined during the preschool years after age 3 and
before initial entrance. A vision test is not required if there is
a statement signed by a parent or guardian to the effect that the
child cannot be submitted to the test because of religious
convictions.
(3) Not later than November 1 of each year, the administrator
of each school shall provide the director of the department of
community
health and human services with the immunization status of
each pupil in grades K through 12 who enrolled in the school for
the
first time, or , beginning in the 2014-2015 school year,
enrolled in grade 2, 5, or 7 in the school for the first time,
between the immediately preceding January 1 and the immediately
preceding September 30, as well as a vision report of each child
entering kindergarten during that time period. This information
shall be transmitted through the approved local full-time health
department, if available, and shall be on forms provided by the
director
of community the
department of health and human services
or otherwise reported in a manner approved by the director of the
department
of community health. health
and human services. Not
later than February 1 of each year, the administrator of each
school shall provide an update to the report due the previous
November 1 to show the immunization status of each pupil in grades
K
through 12 who enrolled in the school for the first time, or ,
beginning
in the 2014-2015 school year, enrolled
in grade 2, 5, or
7 in the school for the first time, during the calendar year ending
the immediately preceding December 31. This information shall be
transmitted in the same manner as the report due the previous
November 1.
(4) Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year, within 10 days
after submitting the information required under subsection (3) to
the director of the department of health and human services, the
board of a school district or intermediate school district or board
of directors of a public school academy shall ensure that each
public school it operates complies with all of the following
concerning public reporting of the immunization status of pupils:
(a) Provides all of the following to the parent or legal
guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school by sending an
electronic mail to the electronic mail address it has on record for
the parent or legal guardian or, if it does not have an electronic
mail address on record, by United States mail to the mailing
address it has on record for the parent or legal guardian:
(i) Information concerning the immunization status of pupils
enrolled in kindergarten or grade 2, 5, or 7 in the school,
including at least the total number of pupils enrolled in each of
those grades in the school, the total number of those pupils in
each of those grades for whom the school has received a signed
statement under subsection (1)(a) or (c), and the total number of
those pupils in each of those grades for whom the school has
received a waiver statement under subsection (1)(b).
(ii) For a school district or intermediate school district,
information concerning the immunization status of pupils enrolled
in kindergarten or grade 2, 5, or 7 in all of the schools operated
by the school district or intermediate school district, including
at least the total number of pupils enrolled in each of those
grades in the school district or intermediate school district, the
total number of those pupils in each of those grades for whom the
school district or intermediate school district has received a
signed statement under subsection (1)(a) or (c), and the total
number of those pupils in each of those grades for whom the school
district or intermediate school district has received a waiver
statement under subsection (1)(b).
(b) Posts all of the information required under subdivision
(a) on the school's public website, with a link from the homepage.
(c) Posts a paper notice containing all of the information
required under subdivision (a) in the main reception area of the
school in a location within the plain view of the public.
(5) (4)
The department of community health
and human services
shall promulgate rules, including rules identifying the diseases
specified under subsection (1)(a), for the implementation of this
section.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5364 (request no.
02686'15) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.