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MI HB4607

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/16/2019

Primary Sponsor

Karen Whitsett

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Origin

House of Representatives

100th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Requires health care providers ordering Lyme disease laboratory tests to perform both an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test and a western blot assay test.

  • Mandates providers give patients written materials before testing that include available treatment options, a list of physicians with Lyme disease expertise, and information on symptoms and complications.

  • Requires providers to provide patients a specific notice explaining that Lyme disease testing can produce false negative and false positive results, and that negative results do not necessarily mean absence of the disease.

  • Protects health care providers from administrative action for prescribing, administering, or dispensing oral long-term antibiotics or intravenous antibiotics for Lyme disease treatment.

  • Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.

Legislative Description

Health; testing; disclosure of Lyme disease information; require of health care providers, and require certain tests to be ordered. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16279.

Health: diseases

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/21/2019

5/21/2019

Committee Referrals

Health Policy5/16/2019

Full Bill Text

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