MI HB4061

Health professionals providing primary care to patients aged 12 to 24 months must comply with lead exposure screening requirements; exemption applies to emergency or non-primary care services.

Screening must determine if patients meet any of three criteria: residency in target communities (Battle Creek, Benton Harbor, Dearborn, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Muskegon, Muskegon Heights, Pontiac, or Saginaw), lack of enrollment in Medicaid or government-sponsored health programs with lead screening coverage, or status as newly arrived refugee or internationally adopted child.

Health professionals must use the department of community health's statewide lead testing/screening plan to determine if patients qualify for screening based on parental responses to standardized questions.

Patients meeting screening criteria must undergo blood lead diagnostic testing ordered by the health professional and performed by authorized professionals or agencies.

Parents or guardians may refuse blood lead diagnostic testing if it conflicts with their religious beliefs.