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MI HCR0007
Concurrent Resolution
Status
7/21/2020
Primary Sponsor
Karen Whitsett
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AI Summary
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Urges the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its definition of Lyme disease symptoms and reconsider diagnostic and treatment standards that are currently outdated.
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Requests increased federal funding for Lyme disease research, prevention, and improved laboratory testing methods to enhance early detection.
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Addresses the rapid expansion of Lyme disease in Michigan, with reported cases increasing more than tenfold between the early 2000s and 2017.
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Urges the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to improve disease reporting techniques and provide additional educational resources to health professionals and the general public about prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Notes that fewer than 10 percent of estimated Lyme disease cases (30,000 of 300,000 annually) are reported to the CDC, making it difficult to effectively monitor the disease.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution to urge the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to protect the people of Michigan from Lyme disease by improving efforts to prevent, monitor, diagnose, and treat the disease.
Lyme disease
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Health Policy And Human Services
7/23/2020