Title 325, HEALTH

Sec. 3. The director shall determine by rule a disease, condition, or procedure which constitutes a critical health problem under section 2(a)(iii). A rule promulgated under this section shall cease to be effective 5 years after the date the rule is promulgated.

Sec. 4. An attending physician or other person representing or employed by a facility as determined by the director shall report the existence of a critical health problem as prescribed by this act when the physician or person determined by the director diagnoses or confirms a cr…

Sec. 5. (1) The report prescribed in section 4 shall be designated as a critical health problem report and shall contain information which the director considers necessary to identify, locate, and investigate the occurrence, frequency, incidence, cause, effect, and prognosis of t…

Sec. 6. Critical health problem reports and data shall be maintained by the department in a manner suitable for use for research purposes, and shall be made available to persons as prescribed in section 5.

Sec. 7. Except with respect to a failure to comply with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, a person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 8. Pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the director shall promulgate rules to implement this act which foster the study, research, diminution, and control of critical health problems i…

Sec. 9. Act No. 183 of the Public Acts of 1972, being sections 722.591 to 722.594 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan health planning and health policy development act".

Sec. 2. For purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 to 6 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Sec. 3. (1) "Consumer of health care" means an individual who meets all of the following requirements: (a) Is not a purchaser or payer of health care. (b) Is not a member of the immediate family of either a licensed health professional or a provider of health care. (c) Does not h…

Sec. 4. (1) "Health service area" means an area designated by the secretary pursuant to section 1511 of title 15 of the public health services act, 42 U.S.C. 300l, as a health service area. (2) "Health systems agency" means a conditionally or fully designated health systems agenc…

Sec. 5. (1) "Office" means the office of health and medical affairs created in section 14. (2) "Provider of health care" means an individual who represents a health care provider organization concerned with health facilities or licensed health professionals.

Sec. 6. "Purchaser or payer of health care" means an individual who represents a health care purchaser or payer, including but not limited to, an employer, health and welfare trust fund, government health benefits program, nonprofit health care corporation, or insurer that purcha…

Sec. 7. (1) The state health planning council may be created in the executive office of the governor. The council shall consist of 24 voting members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The members shall be appointed from the categories set forth i…

Sec. 8. (1) A term of office for a member of the council shall be for 3 years, except as provided in subsection (2). (2) Of the original voting members appointed to the council, 8 shall serve for a term of 1 year, 8 shall serve for a term of 2 years, and 8 shall serve for a term …

Sec. 10. (1) The council shall carry out the following activities relating to state health planning and health policy development: (a) Subject to subsection (2), prepare and approve the state health plan not less frequently than once every 3 years. The council may revise individu…

Sec. 12. (1) The council shall provide policy direction and guidance to the office in the performance of activities or functions related to the council's powers, duties, or activities. (2) The council shall not delegate its responsibility for the final approval of the state healt…

Sec. 14. The office of health and medical affairs is created in the department of management and budget. The office shall serve as the state health planning and health policy development agency.

Sec. 15. The office shall do all of the following: (a) Develop the preliminary state health plan after review and consideration of input from other public and private agencies, including, but not limited to, local health related entities. The preliminary state health plan shall b…

Sec. 17. In addition to the duties prescribed under section 15, the office shall do all of the following: (a) Collect and publish technical and other information, if the collection and publication of such information is not duplicative, that would promote informed decision making…

Sec. 19. Except as prohibited by law protecting confidential information, the office shall make records and data available upon request to the public and may charge fees for the cost of the records and data.

Sec. 19. The statewide health coordinating council created under section 7, before section 7 was amended by the amendatory act that added this section, may perform the duties of the state health planning council until all 24 members of the council are appointed and confirmed or 5…

Sec. 20. The office, with the approval of the council, may promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to implement this act.

Sec. 21. An individual who as a member of the council or as an employee of the office, by reason of the performance of a required or authorized duty, function, or activity, shall not be held to have violated a criminal law of this state or to be civilly liable under the law of th…

Sec. 28. The office shall conduct all meetings in public in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Sec. 29. The council, and the office shall make records and data compiled under this act available upon request to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Sec. 31. This act shall be reviewed by the standing committee of each house of the legislature having jurisdiction over public health matters by January 1, 1994.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "safe drinking water act".

Sec. 1a. It is the intent of the legislature to provide adequate water resources research institutes and other facilities within the state of Michigan so that the state may assure the long-term health of its public water supplies and other vital natural resources.

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Bottled drinking water" means water that is ultimately sold, provided, or offered for human consumption in a closed container. (b) "Capacity assessment" means an evaluation of the technical, financial, and managerial capability of a community sup…

Sec. 3. Subject to limitations contained in this act, the department shall have power and control over public water supplies and suppliers of water. The director may enter upon the waterworks system of a supplier of water at reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting the syst…

Sec. 3a. (1) An agricultural employer using a well to provide water for employee use is exempt from any well inspection fees that may be or are imposed under this act or rules promulgated under this act. (2) As used in this section: (a) "Agricultural employer" means a person, cor…

Sec. 3b. (1) The department may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Conduct a capacity assessment at a community supply, a nontransient noncommunity water supply, or a public water supply applying to the department for assistance under part 54 of the natural resources and environm…

Sec. 4. (1) A supplier of water shall file with the department the plans and specifications of the entire waterworks system owned or operated by the supplier, unless the department determines that its existing records are adequate. A general plan of the waterworks system for each…

Sec. 4a. (1) Not later than October 1, 2007, the department shall establish an expedited permit application review process available for projects described in subsection (7). The expedited review process shall be available through September 30, 2010. To be eligible for expedited …

Sec. 5. (1) The department shall promulgate and enforce rules to carry out this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. The rules, at a minimum, shall include the following: (a) Requirements for the submission of reports, plan…

Sec. 5a. (1) A supplier of water for a community supply shall not use customer site piping as a means to convey water to other portions of the supplier's system. (2) A supplier of water for a community supply shall not provide water service to customer site piping if an impact on…

Sec. 6. The maximum contaminant levels for inorganic and organic chemicals, microbiological contaminants and turbidity, which are part of the national interim primary drinking water regulations, and which have been promulgated by the United States environmental protection agency …

Sec. 7. (1) The supplier of water shall collect water samples or have them collected on a schedule at least equal to that outlined in the rules, shall cause those samples to be analyzed in the state laboratory or a laboratory certified by the department or by the United States en…

Sec. 8. The department shall give due consideration to the size, type, location, and other conditions at public water supplies for the purpose of specifying design and operation standards, and for the purpose of establishing criteria for capacity assessments.

Sec. 9. (1) The department shall classify public water supplies, including water treatment and distribution systems at community supplies, with regard to size, type, location, and other physical conditions for the purpose of establishing the skill, knowledge, and experience that …

Sec. 10. (1) The department shall not approve a privately owned public water supply that serves a group of living units, unless by resolution of its governing body the city, village, or township in which the water supply is to be located refuses to accept ownership and operationa…

Sec. 11. The department shall review and certify laboratories used or intended for use in the testing of water from public water supplies.

Sec. 11a. (1) The department shall impose an annual fee on each community supply provider in accordance with the following fee schedule: Number of Residents Served Annual Fee More than 500,000 $ 83,800.00 100,001 - 500,000 $ 17,400.00 50,001 - 100,000 $ 11,000.00 25,001 - 50,000 …

Sec. 11b. (1) The department shall impose an annual fee on each noncommunity supply provider in accordance with the following fee schedule: Type of Noncommunity Supply Annual Fee Nontransient noncommunity supply $ 360.00 Transient noncommunity supply $ 85.00 (2) The annual fee in…

Sec. 11c. (1) The department shall review and certify laboratories used or intended for use in the testing of water from public water supplies where analyses are used to determine compliance with state drinking water standards. The department shall impose a fee for this service i…