Bill Text: MI SB0269 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Corrections; prisoners; HIV, AIDS, and hepatitis C testing as a condition of release on parole or release upon completion of sentence; require. Amends 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.201 - 791.285) by adding sec. 37a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-19 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary [SB0269 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0269-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 269

 

 

February 19, 2009, Introduced by Senators SCOTT, CLARK-COLEMAN, HUNTER, BRATER, CLARKE and THOMAS and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled

 

"Corrections code of 1953,"

 

(MCL 791.201 to 791.285) by adding section 37a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 37a. (1) Before a prisoner is released on parole or

 

discharged without being paroled, the prisoner shall undergo a test

 

for HIV or an antibody to HIV, and a test to determine if the

 

prisoner is infected with hepatitis C. The tests shall be conducted

 

within the 60-day period preceding the date on which the prisoner

 

is paroled or discharged.

 

     (2) The department shall report each positive test result for

 

HIV or an antibody to HIV to the department of community health, in

 

compliance with section 5114 of the public health code, 1978 PA

 

368, MCL 333.5114. As used in this subsection, "HIV" and "positive

 

test result" mean those terms as defined in section 67.

 

     (3) The department shall report each incidence of hepatitis C

 

to the department of community health pursuant to rules promulgated

 

under section 5111 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.5111.