HB 6467 Summary

• Prohibits employees who test positive for COVID-19 or display principal symptoms from reporting to work until fever stops without medication, 10 days pass since symptom onset or positive test, and symptoms improve.

• Prohibits employees with close contact (within 6 feet for 15+ minutes) to a COVID-19 positive or symptomatic individual from working for 14 days unless the contact receives medical determination they did not have COVID-19.

• Exempts health care professionals, first responders, child protective service employees, food processor employees, and essential critical infrastructure/water/wastewater workers from the close contact work restriction.

• Adds definitions for "essential critical infrastructure worker," "essential critical water and wastewater worker," "food processor," and "food processor employee" to 2020 PA 238.

• Clarifies that "principal symptoms of COVID-19" are defined by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services or, if undefined, means fever/shortness of breath/cough or two of: abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of taste/smell, muscle aches, severe headache, sore throat, or vomiting.