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MI HB4867
Bill
Status
9/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Karen Whitsett
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AI Summary
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Requires local health departments or physicians who are notified of a child under 3 years of age with an elevated blood lead level to refer that child to the Early On program administered by the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential
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Updates reporting requirements so the Department of Health and Human Services must submit annual reports to the legislature by July 1 instead of January 1, detailing children under 6 screened for lead poisoning with confirmed elevated blood lead levels
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Removes the specific threshold of 10 micrograms per deciliter from the statute, replacing it with the general term "elevated blood lead level" to be defined by rule
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Requires annual reporting on lead poisoning prevention program expenditures, including funding sources and a complete accounting of use, to be provided to legislative committees and made available to the public
Legislative Description
Children: health; referral of certain children with elevated blood lead levels to the early on program administered by the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential; require. Amends sec. 5474 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.5474).
Health occupations: physicians
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/11/2025
9/16/2025