HB 4553

HOUSE BILL NO. 4553
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 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 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,
as described in section 9215 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL
333.9215.
(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 to 12 who enrolled in the school for the
first time, or , beginning in the 2014-2015
school year, enrolled in grade 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 must be transmitted through the approved
local full-time health department, if available, and shall be on forms
provided by the director of community health and human services or otherwise reported in a
manner approved by the director of the department of community 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 to 12 who enrolled in the school for the
first time, or , beginning in the 2014-2015
school year, enrolled in grade 7 in the school for the first
time, during the calendar year ending the immediately preceding December 31.
This information shall must be transmitted
in the same manner as the report due the previous November 1.
(4) The Except as otherwise provided in
section 9215 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.9215, 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 to implement 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. ____ (request no. S03040'25) or House Bill No. 4552
(request no. H03040'25) of the 103rd Legislature is enacted into law.