HB-6016, As Passed House, October 3, 2018
May 16, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Canfield and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending section 5101 (MCL 333.5101), as amended by 2016 PA 63.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 5101. (1) As used in this article:
(a) "Care" includes treatment, control, transportation,
confinement, and isolation in a facility or other location.
(b) "Communicable disease" means an illness due to a specific
infectious agent or its toxic products that results from
transmission of that infectious agent or its products from a
reservoir to a susceptible host, directly as from an infected
individual or animal, or indirectly through the agency of an
intermediate plant or animal host, vector, or the inanimate
environment.
(c) "HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus.
(d) "HIV infection" or "HIV infected" means the status of an
individual
who has tested positive for is
infected with HIV, as
evidenced
by either a double positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay
test, combined with a positive western blot assay test, or a
positive
result under an any of the
following:
(i) An HIV
test, that is considered reliable by the or a
combination of tests, that is considered a confirmatory diagnostic
test according to prevailing medical technology and algorithms or
guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. and
(ii) An HIV test that is approved by the department.
(e) "Immunization" means the process of increasing an
individual's immunity to a disease by use of a vaccine, antibody
preparation, or other substance.
(f) "Infection" means the invasion of the body with
microorganisms or parasites, whether or not the invasion results in
detectable pathologic effects.
(g) "Serious communicable disease or infection" means a
communicable disease or infection that is designated as serious by
the
department pursuant to under
this part. Serious communicable
disease or infection includes, but is not limited to, HIV
infection, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, sexually transmitted
infection, and tuberculosis.
(h) "Sexually transmitted infection" means syphilis,
gonorrhea, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum, granuloma
inguinale, and other sexually transmitted infections that the
department may designate and require to be reported under section
5111.
(2) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and
principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.