Bill Text: MI HB5237 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Health; children; administration of intramuscular vitamin K to newborns; require under certain circumstances. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 5125a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-11-13 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/13/2019 [HB5237 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5237-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5237
November 07, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Warren,
Sabo, Gay-Dagnogo and Lasinski and referred to the Committee on Health
Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 5125a.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 5125a. A licensed health professional in charge of the care of a newborn infant, or, if none, the licensed health professional in charge at the birth of an infant, shall administer prophylactic vitamin K to the infant through an intramuscular injection within 1 hour after the birth of the infant, or as soon after the birth of the infant as the health professional is present, unless a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of the infant objects to the injection. If any vitamin K deficiency bleeding, or a hemorrhage of unknown etiology that is not better explained by another medical cause, occurs within 6 months after the date of birth of an infant who did not receive an intramuscular injection of prophylactic vitamin K, the licensed health professional having care of the infant shall report the condition to the local health department.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
