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MI HB4584
Bill
Status
6/20/2017
Primary Sponsor
Henry Vaupel
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AI Summary
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Requires health facilities, physicians, health care providers, nurse midwives, and genetic counselors to provide expectant and new parents with Department of Health information upon receiving a positive prenatal or postnatal test result or diagnosis of spina bifida.
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Department of Health must make available evidence-based, medically reviewed information about spina bifida including physical, developmental, educational, and psychosocial outcomes; life expectancy; clinical course; intellectual and functional development; and treatment options.
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Department must provide contact information for support programs and services available to parents of children with spina bifida, including spina bifida-specific information hotlines, resource centers, and national and local spina bifida organizations.
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Department must post links to credible educational sources on spina bifida, including the National Spina Bifida Association and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on its website.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment.
Legislative Description
Health; occupations; requirement for medical provider to provide information concerning resources available to the parent of a newborn child with spina bifida; provide for. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 5822.
Health: occupations
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Health Policy
6/21/2017