HOUSE BILL NO. 4087

February 02, 2021, Introduced by Reps. Yaroch, Roth, O'Malley, Wozniak, Bezotte and Stone and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 390, entitled

"Emergency management act,"

(MCL 30.401 to 30.421) by adding section 7b.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 7b. (1) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department of health and human services shall, subject to annual appropriation, stockpile medical supplies that are necessary to respond to a disaster or an emergency within this state.

(2) The department of health and human services shall do all of the following, subject to annual appropriation:

(a) Coordinate all the medical supplies maintained and stockpiled by all state departments in this state. The department of health and human services shall use its discretion in implementing this section and shall work with other state departments to maintain the stockpiled medical supplies.

(b) Rotate the stockpiled medical supplies to avoid continued stockpiling of expired medical supplies.

(c) Sell the rotated medical supplies before their expiration date or donate the rotated expired medical supplies to a nonprofit organization, a public safety agency, or an educational program.

(3) The emergency management division established under section 7a shall assist the department of health and human services with the coordination and distribution of the medical supplies stockpiled under subsection (1) during a disaster or an emergency within this state.

(4) The department of health and human services shall display a list of the medical supplies inventory, including quantities and expiration dates, on a website that is fully accessible to the public at no cost. Notwithstanding subsection (6), the department of health and human services shall maintain the list required under this subsection regardless of whether money is appropriated under this section.

(5) The list of the medical supplies inventory stockpiled under subsection (1) is subject to disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

(6) The legislature shall appropriate money to implement this section.

(7) As used in this section:

(a) "Medical personnel" means a health professional, hospital staff, a first responder, or a mortuary science professional, or an individual that works in a medical laboratory or mortuary or provides pathology, histology, necropsy, or autopsy services.

(b) "Medical supplies" means equipment or supplies necessary for the proper and timely implementation of universal or standard precautions by medical personnel in response to the specific medical situation presented in that setting.

(c) "Public safety agency" means a functional division of this state, a public agency, or a county that provides fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services.

(d) "Stockpiled medical supplies" means the total medical supplies stockpiled and maintained by all state departments in this state and coordinated by the department of health and human services under this section.