PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978 Part 55

333.5501 Repealed. 1988, Act 442, Eff. Dec. 27, 1991.

Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to reports and records on Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Popular Name: Act 368

333.5511 Alzheimer's disease or related disorder; state plan for network of regional, multidisciplinary diagnostic and assessment centers; submission to governor and legislature.

Sec. 5511.

(1) The department shall develop, in consultation with the department of social services, the department of mental health, the office of services to the aging, and the office of health and medical affairs, a state plan for a network of regional, multidisciplinary diagnostic and assessment centers for individuals diagnosed or identified as having Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. In developing the state plan, consideration shall be given to all of the following:

(a) A center shall be located so as to minimize transportation problems for patients and their families.

(b) A center shall be operated in conjunction with existing related services and programs.

(c) A center shall have the capacity to be reimbursed for the diagnostic and assessment process by third-party payers, including, but not limited to, medicare and the state medical assistance program.

(d) Payment for services provided to individuals without sufficient health insurance coverage who have a limited income, but who are not eligible for the state medical assistance program.

(2) The state plan shall be completed and submitted to the governor and the legislature within 1 year after the effective date of this section.

History: Add. 1988, Act 443, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Popular Name: Act 368

333.5521 Meanings of words and phrases used in MCL 333.5521 to 333.5539.

Sec. 5521.

As used in sections 5521 to 5539:

(a) "Affected individual" means an individual diagnosed or identified as having Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder.

(b) "Autopsy" means a brain autopsy.

(c) "Family representative" means an affected individual's legal guardian, spouse, adult child, parent, or other family member.

History: Add. 1988, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Popular Name: Act 368

333.5523 Identification of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders autopsy network; tasks.

Sec. 5523.

The director shall identify an Alzheimer's disease and related disorders autopsy network. The network shall include individuals qualified to perform all of the following tasks:

(a) Provide information to, and obtain consent from, an affected individual or his or her family as provided in section 5529.

(b) Extract the necessary tissue.

(d) Examine the tissue and prepare a report on the results of the tissue examination.

(e) Provide the department and the family representative of the deceased with the results of the tissue examination.

History: Add. 1988, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Popular Name: Act 368

333.5525 Identification of tissue repositories.

Sec. 5525.

The department shall identify 1 or more tissue repositories for the receipt and storage of tissue of affected individuals who are deceased. The department may identify an existing public or private facility or institution that is equipped to provide for storage of the tissue.

History: Add. 1988, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Popular Name: Act 368

333.5527 Tissue repository; access; collection and use of fees; report.

Sec. 5527.

(1) A tissue repository identified under section 5525 shall allow equitable access to tissue to persons performing medical research and education, and may collect a reasonable fee for use of the tissue. Fees collected shall be used to fund the repository.

(2) A repository shall annually provide a report to the department on the collection and distribution of the tissue, and on the amount and use of the fees collected.

History: Add. 1988, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Popular Name: Act 368

333.5529 Request for autopsy; information; written consent.

Sec. 5529.

If an affected individual or his or her family representative requests an autopsy, a network representative shall provide to that person information concerning the cost, purposes, and benefits of an autopsy, and the benefits of using the tissue for medical research and education. The network representative shall also request that the affected individual or his or her family representative sign a written consent to the autopsy, and a separate written consent to use of the tissue for medical research and education.

History: Add. 1988, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Popular Name: Act 368

333.5533 Duty of chronic disease advisory committee.

Sec. 5533.

The chronic disease advisory committee shall oversee the implementation of sections 5523 to 5539.

History: Add. 1988, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Popular Name: Act 368

333.5535 Subsidy program.

Sec. 5535.

Within 1 year after the effective date of this section, the department shall develop and recommend to the legislature a subsidy program to help defray a portion of the cost to an affected individual or the affected individual's family of performing an autopsy.

History: Add. 1988, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Popular Name: Act 368

333.5537 Information on critical role of autopsies.

Sec. 5537.

The department shall provide to physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, medical examiners, funeral directors, affected individuals and their family members, and other appropriate persons written information describing the critical role that autopsies play in the diagnosis of, and in the conduct of research into the causes, treatment, and cure of, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.

History: Add. 1988, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Popular Name: Act 368

333.5539 Authority of family representative.

Sec. 5539.

The authority of a family representative to act as provided in this part is given first to the affected individual's legal guardian, and if none, then to his or her spouse, and if none, then to his or her adult child or children, and if none, then to his or her parent, and if none, then to other family members.

History: Add. 1988, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Popular Name: Act 368

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