HOUSE BILL No. 4748

 

 

June 20, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Whiteford and Howell and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 5478a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5478a. (1) Within 30 days after the effective date of the

 

amendatory act that added this section, the governor shall

 

establish a childhood lead poisoning prevention and control

 

commission within the department of health and human services. The

 

commission shall consist of the following 9 voting members

 

appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the

 

senate:

 

     (a) One member representing the department of health and human

 

services. The member appointed under this subdivision shall serve

 

as chairperson.

 

     (b) One member representing the department of environment,

Great Lakes, and energy.

 

     (c) One member representing the Michigan state housing

 

development authority.

 

     (d) One member representing the pediatric public health

 

initiative formed by Michigan State University and Hurley

 

Children's Hospital.

 

     (e) One member representing a local health department located

 

in a county with a population of more than 380,000 and less than

 

450,000.

 

     (f) One member representing certified lead-abatement

 

contractors.

 

     (g) Three members representing the general public. The

 

following apply to the members appointed under this subdivision:

 

     (i) One of the members must be from a city with a population

 

of more than 90,000 and less than 105,000 located in a county with

 

a population of more than 380,000 and less than 450,000 and be a

 

parent of a child who has experienced lead poisoning or a child

 

advocate who has experience with lead poisoning in children.

 

     (ii) One of the members must represent property owners and

 

developers in this state.

 

     (2) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation

 

but, subject to appropriations, may receive reimbursement for their

 

actual and necessary expenses while attending meetings or

 

performing other authorized official business for the commission.

 

If a vacancy occurs on the commission, the vacancy must be filled

 

in the same manner as the original appointment.

 

     (3) The commission shall conduct at least 2 public hearings to

seek input from the general public and all of the following groups

 

or individuals with an interest in childhood lead poisoning

 

prevention and control:

 

     (a) The Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians

 

or its successor organization.

 

     (b) The Michigan Nurses Association or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (c) The Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (d) The Michigan Association of Health Plans or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (e) The Michigan Association for Local Public Health or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (f) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (g) The Michigan Health and Hospital Association or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (h) The Michigan Head Start Association or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (i) The Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (j) Michigan's Children or its successor organization.

 

     (k) Michigan League for Public Policy or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (l) Detroit Public Schools or its successor organization.

 

     (m) The Rental Property Owners Association or its successor

 

organization.

     (n) The Association of General Contractors of Michigan or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (o) The Michigan Realtors or its successor organization.

 

     (p) The Michigan Environmental Council or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (q) The Michigan adult blood lead epidemiology and

 

surveillance program or its successor organization.

 

     (r) Michigan State University Extension or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (s) CLEARCorps or its successor organization.

 

     (t) The Michigan Lead Safe Partnership or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (u) The Flint Safe Drinking Water Task Force or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (v) United Parents Against Lead or its successor organization.

 

     (w) The department of education or its successor organization.

 

     (x) The department of health and human services medical

 

services administration or its successor organization.

 

     (y) The Michigan occupational safety and health administration

 

or its successor organization.

 

     (z) The department of health and human services bureau of

 

laboratories or its successor organization.

 

     (aa) An occupational and environmental medicine specialist.

 

     (bb) Parents or patient advocates of children who have

 

experienced lead poisoning.

 

     (cc) A local housing authority.

 

     (dd) A community reinvestment officer.

     (ee) The Michigan State Medical Society or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (ff) The Michigan Academy of Family Physicians or its

 

successor organization.

 

     (gg) Saint Mary's of Michigan Field Neurosciences Institute or

 

its successor organization.

 

     (hh) The American Academy of Pediatrics or its successor

 

organization.

 

     (ii) The Arc Michigan or its successor organization.

 

     (jj) The Michigan Chapter of the American Nursing Association

 

or its successor organization.

 

     (kk) Any other interested organization or association

 

concerned with the prevention, treatment, and control of lead

 

poisoning that the department of health and human services

 

determines necessary.

 

     (4) The commission shall hold its first public hearing within

 

60 days after the commission has been appointed under subsection

 

(1). The commission may hold additional public hearings as it

 

determines is necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties

 

under this part.

 

     (5) The commission shall conduct its business at a public

 

meeting held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267,

 

MCL 15.261 to 15.275. The commission shall give public notice of

 

the time, date, and place of the meeting in the manner required by

 

the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

 

     (6) The commission shall make available to the public a

 

writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by

the commission in compliance with the freedom of information act,

 

1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

 

     (7) As used in this section, "commission" means the childhood

 

lead poisoning prevention and control commission established and

 

appointed by the governor under subsection (1).

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4747 (request no.

 

01842'19 *) of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.