MI HB5868

Requires health professionals providing primary care to patients aged 12-24 months to order lead exposure screening, excluding emergency or non-primary care services.

Mandates screening to determine if patients meet lead exposure criteria: residing in 15 specified target communities (Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Dearborn, and others); not enrolled in Medicaid, WIC, or other government health programs with lead screening; or are newly arrived refugees or internationally adopted children.

Requires blood lead diagnostic testing for patients meeting one or more screening criteria, using provider guidelines from the Michigan childhood lead poisoning prevention program.

Obligates parents, guardians, or persons in loco parentis to obtain blood lead diagnostic testing from authorized health professionals or health departments, with an exemption for children whose parents object based on religious beliefs.

Allows the Department of Community Health to revise the list of target communities by order based on available data.