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MI HB4607
Bill
Status
5/16/2019
Primary Sponsor
Karen Whitsett
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Protects health care providers from administrative action for prescribing, administering, or dispensing oral long-term antibiotics or intravenous antibiotics for Lyme disease treatment.
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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