HB-6016, As Passed House, October 3, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 6016

 

 

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.