MI HB6022

Physicians or authorized medical professionals must test pregnant women for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B at initial examination and again during the third trimester following CDC guidelines.

Testing specimens must be submitted to department-approved clinical laboratories for approved tests on the specified infections.

Women appearing at health care facilities for delivery or postpartum care without prior test records must be tested for syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B.

Physicians may decline testing if medically inadvisable in their professional opinion, or if the woman does not consent; women may orally communicate their decision to decline.

Physicians must maintain records documenting when tests were ordered and their results, or explain why tests were not ordered; records are confidential but available to local health departments and treating physicians.

The amendments took effect 90 days after enactment.