2005–2006 SESSION

Indicates bills have been signed into law.

1. HB 4098–4099 (Accavitti) – bills require health insurance coverage for infertility treatment if pregnancy related benefits are provided. The bill was referred to the House Insurance Committee. PPAM supports.

2. HB 4222 (Donigan) – bill creates a sexual assault victims’ forensic medical intervention and treatment fund. Certain criminal defendants and certain juvenile offenders will provide for expenditures from the funds. This bill would provide a stable source of funding for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program. The bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. PPAM supports.

3. HB 4238 (Cheeks) – bill includes parenting education in the recommended model core curriculum and in professional development for teachers. The bill was referred to the House Education Committee. PPAM supports.

4. HB 4246–4247 (Hummel) – bills eliminate abortion coverage from insurance policies without the purchase of an optional rider. The bills were referred to the House Insurance Committee. PPAM opposes.

5. HB 4379 (Whitmer) – bill appropriates money for the Department of Community Health budget—$12,270,300 for family planning local agreements and $5,846,100 for the pregnancy prevention program. These are the same amounts as the FY 2004–2005 budget. PPAM would like more money for pregnancy prevention. The bill was referred to the House Appropriations Committee.

6. HB 4446 (Robertson) – bill allows patients the opportunity to view, or not to view, the active ultrasound image, and offer to provide the woman a picture of the ultrasound image of, the fetus if an ultrasound is performed prior to performing an abortion. Approved by the Governor with immediate effect on March 23, 2006, Public Act 77 of 2006. PPAM opposed.

7. HB 4455 (Murphy) – bill creates a minority health disparities research and education act. Substitute H–1 was approved by the House on March 8, 2006. Substitute S–1 was approved by the Senate on December 13, 2006, and concurred in by the House on December 14, 2006. The bill was presented to the Governor on December 27, 2006. PPAM supports.

8. HB 4652 (Lemmons III) – bill increases the age of sexual consent in Michigan to age 18, rather than the current 16 years of age. The bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. PPAM opposes.

9. HB 4675 (Caul) – bill prohibits research on a live or aborted embryo, fetus, or neonate except in instances of spontaneous abortion where consent of the mother has been obtained. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

10. HB 4676 (Moolenaar) – bill prohibits financial benefit or compensation for the distribution or transfer of any portion of an embryo, fetus, or neonate except in instances of spontaneous abortion where consent of the mother has been obtained. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

11. HB 4741 (Palmer) – bill creates a “conscientious objector accommodation act.” Health care providers could refuse to provide or participate in certain health care services based on ethical, moral or religious grounds. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

12. HB 4745 (Hummel) – bill allows health care corporations to refuse to offer or provide a health care benefit on ethical, moral or religious grounds as reflected in its articles of incorporation or bylaws or an adopted mission statement. The bill passed the House on April 26, 2006, without immediate effect, and was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

13. HB 4746 (Hummel) – bill allows a health maintenance organization and a health insurer to refuse to offer or provide a health care benefit on ethical, moral or religious grounds as reflected in its articles of incorporation or bylaws or an adopted mission statement. The bill passed the House on April 26, 2006, and was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

14. HB 4775 (Gleason) – bill allows a health facility to refuse to provide or participate in certain health care services based on ethical, moral, or religious grounds as reflected in its organizational documents, charter, bylaws, or an adopted mission statement. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

15. HB 4780 (Gillard) – bill requires that an employer that provides leave to an employee following the employee’s childbirth must also provide the same leave to an employee when a child is placed with the employee for adoption at birth. The bill was referred to the House Employment Relations, Training, and Safety Committee. PPAM supports.

16. HB 4831 (Hummel) – bill creates appropriation act for FY 2005–2006. The final version of the bill appropriates money for the FY 2005–2006 Department of Community Health budget—$12,270,300 for family planning local agreements and $5,846,100 for the pregnancy prevention program. The bill was approved by the Governor with line item(s) vetoed, Public Act 154 of 2005, on September 30, 2005.
PPAM supported the final version of the bill.

17. HB 4900 (Meisner) – bill prohibits embryonic research and human cloning. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee.

18. HB 4901–4902 (Meisner) – bills increase penalties for human cloning. The bills were referred to the House Health Policy Committee.

19. HB 4903 (Dillon) – bill establishes a grant program to support sustained expansion of nursing school enrollment in Michigan. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM supports.

20. HB 4954–4955 (Kolb) – bills expands ethnic intimidation to include intimidation or hate crimes based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression and provides for felony sentencing guidelines. The bills were referred to the House Judiciary Committee. PPAM supports.

21. HB 4956 (Kolb) – bill adds sexual orientation and gender identity or expression as categories protected under the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act. The bill was referred to the House Government Operations Committee. PPAM supports.

22. HB 4994–4995 (Bieda) – bills require health care corporations and health maintenance organizations that provide gynecological coverage to include coverage for an annual pap smear screening. The bills were referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM supports.

23. HB 5032 (Hildenbrand) – bill creates a specialty license plate to provide for adoption awareness and an adoption facilitation fund. The bill was referred to the House Transportation Committee. PPAM supports.

24. HB 5175 (Bieda) – bill requires health insurance prescription coverage to include all FDA-approved contraceptives in the same way other prescriptions are covered. The bill was referred to the House Insurance Committee. PPAM supports.

25. HB 5311 (Stahl) – bill prohibits nonprescription dispensing of emergency contraception. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

26. HB 5399 (Condino) – bill allows the child of two unmarried parents to have both parents legally recognized. The bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee. PPAM supports.

27. HB 5645 (Huizenga) – (same as SB 1015) bill defines and clarifies the way in which fetal remains are disposed of in the case of a stillbirth, miscarriage or an abortion. Doctors would be responsible for carrying out the parent’s request. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

28. HB 5646 (Huizenga) – (same as SB 1014) bill defines products of conception as pathological waste. Products of conception do not include a fetus or fetal body parts. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

29. HB 5723 (Brown) – executive budget bill creates FY 2006–2007 Department of Community Health budget—$12,270,300 for family planning local agreements and $5,733,400 for the pregnancy prevention program. This is a reduction of $112,700 in pregnancy prevention funds. PPAM would like to see an increase in pregnancy prevention and family planning funding. The bill was referred to the House
Appropriations Committee.

30. HB 5879 (Vander Veen) – (same as SB 1180) bill revises informed consent for abortion provision to mandate intimidation and coercion screening. Substitute H–3 passed the House on July 26, 2006, and was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

31. HB 5880 (Mortimer) – (same as SB 1179) bill provides for a mandated intimidation and coercive prevention screening process. Substitute H–3 passed the House on July 26, 2006, and was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

32. HB 5881 (Amos) – (same as SB 1181) bill provides for civil action for violation of the coercive abortion prevention act. Substitute H–3 passed the House on July 26, 2006, and was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

33. HB 5882 (Emmons) – (same as SB 1177) bill creates a coercive abortion prevention act. Substitute H–4 passed the House on July 26, 2006, and was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

34. HB 5883 (Goodman Taub) – (same as SB 1178) bill amends the code of criminal procedure to create sentencing guidelines for violation of the coercive abortion prevention act. Substitute H–2 passed the House on July 26, 2006, and was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

35. HB 5908 (Stahl) – bill allows objections to placements by child placing agencies based on religious or moral convictions. The bill was passed by the House on September 5, 2006. The bill was referred to the Senate Family and Children Services Committee. PPAM opposes.

36. HB 5909 (Hummel) – bill allows licensure of child placing agencies that object to placements on religious or moral grounds. Substitute H–1 was passed by the House on September 5, 2006. The bill was referred to the Senate Family and Children Services Committee. PPAM opposes.

37. HB 5978 (Gonzales) – bill prohibits refusal to dispense or transfer a prescription based solely on an ethical, moral, or religious belief. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM supports.

38. HB 5997 (Baxter) – bill requires that physicians notify a patient that a fetus which is 20 weeks or more may feel pain during an abortion. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

39. HB 6284 (Meyer) – bill requires the inclusion of parenting education in virtual high school course offerings and requires high schools to offer it as an elective. The bill was referred to the House Education Committee. PPAM supports.

40. HB 6664 (Stahl) – bill creates a “choose life” fundraising license plate and fund with money raised to benefit so-called crisis pregnancy centers. The bill was referred to the House Transportation Committee. PPAM opposes.

41. HB 6696 (Kolb) – bill amends the public health code to add sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression as protected categories for patients of health facilities. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM supports.

42. HB 6706 (K. Law) – bill amends the nonprofit health care corporation act to require that a health care corporation that provides prescription coverage shall include coverage for any prescribed drug or device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use as a contraceptive. The bill was referred to the House Health Policy Committee. PPAM supports.

43. SB 9 (Brown) – bill prohibits research on a live or aborted embryo, fetus, or neonate except in instances of spontaneous abortion where consent of the mother has been obtained. The bill was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

44. SB 45–46 (Thomas) – bills create an income tax checkoff and fund for prostate cancer research. The bills were referred to the Senate Finance Committee. PPAM supports.

45. SB 148 (Toy) – bill creates a specialty license plate to provide for breast cancer awareness. The bill was referred to the Senate Transportation Committee. PPAM supports.

46. SB 267 (Cherry) – bill appropriates money for the FY 2005–2006 Department of Community Health budget—$12,270,300 for family planning local agreements and $5,846,100 for the pregnancy prevention program. These are the same amounts as the FY 2004–2005 budget. Substitute S–1 passed the Senate on June 14, 2005, with immediate effect. Substitute H–1 passed the House on June 28, 2005, with immediate effect. The Senate did not concur in Substitute H–1 on June 30, 2005. The bill went to conference committee. PPAM would like more money for pregnancy prevention.

47. SB 307 (Hardiman) – bill amends the 24-hour waiting period requirement to allow patients the opportunity to view the active ultrasound image of, and to provide the woman a picture of the ultrasound image of, the fetus prior to performing an abortion. The bill was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

48. SB 431 (Scott) – bill requires insurance companies to cover FDA-approved contraceptives in the same way other prescriptions are covered. The bill was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM supports.

49. SB 432 (Hammerstrom) – bill requires health care corporations to cover FDA-approved contraceptives in the same way other prescriptions are covered. The bill was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM supports.

50. SB 520 (Toy) – bill adds pregnancy, childbirth, and nursing mothers as categories protected under the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act. The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. PPAM supports.

51. SB 787 (Brater) – bill adds disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression as categories protected under the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act. The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. PPAM supports.

52. SB 938 (George) – bill creates a “conscientious objector accommodation act.” Health care providers could refuse to provide or participate in certain health care services based on ethical, moral or religious grounds. PPAM opposes.

53. SB 1014 (Allen) – (same as HB 5646) bill defines products of conception as pathological waste. Products of conception do not include a fetus or fetal body parts. The bill was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

54. SB 1015 (Allen) – (same as HB 5645) bill defines and clarifies the way in which fetal remains are disposed of in the case of a stillbirth, miscarriage or an abortion. Doctors would be responsible for carrying out the parent’s request. The bill was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

55. SB 1082 (Switalski) – bill appropriates money for community colleges. Substitute S–1 contains language that has not been included since 2003—section 230 to ban health care coverage for abortion. The bill was approved by the Governor, Public Act 341 of 2006, on August 15, 2006, with immediate effect. PPAM opposed the health care restrictions.

56. SB 1083 (Cherry) – bill creates FY 2006–2007 Department of Community Health budget—$12,270,300 for family planning local agreements and $5,733,400 for the pregnancy prevention program. This is a reduction of $112,700 in pregnancy prevention funds. The bill also requires that agencies request a family planning recipient’s marital status. The bill was approved by the Governor, Public Act 330 of 2006, on August 10, 2006, with immediate effect. PPAM would like to see an increase in pregnancy prevention and family planning funding.

57. SB 1177–1178 (McManus) – (same as HB 5882–5883) bills create a coercive abortion prevention act and amend the code of criminal procedure to create sentencing guidelines for violation of the coercive abortion prevention act. The bills were referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

58. SB 1179–1180 (Cassis) – (same as HB 5879–5880) bills revise informed consent for abortion provision to mandate intimidation and coercion screening process. The bills were referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

59. SB 1181 (Birkholz) – (same as HB 5881) bill provides for civil action for violation of the coercive abortion prevention act. The bill was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee. PPAM opposes.

60. SB 1345 (Whitmer) – bill clarifies the prohibition on embryonic research and human cloning. The bill was referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee.

61. SB 1346–1347 (Johnson) – bills increase penalties and revise sentencing guidelines for the crime of human cloning to reflect an increased penalty. The bills were referred to the Senate Health Policy Committee.

62. SB 1416 (Hammerstrom) – bill requires female pupils entering sixth grade to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization unless parents elect for the child not to. Substitute S–1 was passed by the Senate on September 20, 2006. Substitute H–2 was passed by the House on December 14, 2006. The House reconsidered the vote on December 15, 2006, when it was defeated. PPAM supports.

63. SB 1417 (Hammerstrom) – bill requires female pupils entering sixth grade to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization unless parents elect for the child not to. Bill was passed by the Senate Health Policy Committee on September 13, 2006. PPAM supports.

64. SB 1503 (Johnson) – bill amends the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act to prohibit an employer that is not a religious employer and that provides an otherwise comprehensive employee health plan from excluding coverage for prescription contraceptive drugs and services. The bill was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. PPAM supports.

65. HR 243 (Gosselin) – resolution establishes March 31, 2006, as Terri’s Day of Remembrance & Celebration of the Culture of Life Day in the state of Michigan. The bill was reported out of the Committee on Government Operations with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted on May 30, 2006. The resolution was laid over one day under the rules.

66. HR 321 (Lemmons III) – resolution honors December 15, 2006, as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the state of Michigan. The resolution was adopted on December 5, 2006.

67. SR 62 (Hammerstrom) – resolution commemorates September 2005 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Michigan. The resolution was adopted on September 8, 2005. PPAM supports.

68. SR 72 (Jacobs) – resolution memorializes the United States Congress and the United States Department of Health and Human Services to take steps to improve access to fertility preservation options for cancer patients. The resolution was adopted on February 15, 2006. PPAM supports.

69. SR 95 (Hardiman) – resolution memorializes the Congress of the United States to enact legislation reauthorizing the Ryan White CARE Act to provide comprehensive care for the neediest victims of HIV/AIDS. The resolution was adopted on February 9, 2006. PPAM supports.

Court Cases
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America asked the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on March 1, 2005, to strike down Public Act 135 of 2004, a broad abortion ban that would outlaw virtually all abortions in the state and interfere with a doctor’s ability to provide other critical health care services. The law was scheduled to take effect on March 30. The plaintiffs in the case were Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc., Summit Medical Center, Planned Parenthood Mid-Michigan Alliance, Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan, and a group of individual physicians. On March 14, the law was enjoined by the court until the legal challenge was considered. A hearing was held on June 14, 2005.

U.S. District Judge Denise Page Hood in a September 12 decision struck down the Legal Birth Definition Act, saying it “creates a ban on actions at the heart of abortion procedures from the earliest stages of pregnancy, whether used to perform induced abortions or to treat pregnancy loss.”

The court also found that the act, which passed last year through a citizen-initiated referendum, endangers women because it fails to contain language protecting the health of the pregnant woman, contains a life exception which is constitutionally inadequate and includes language which is unconstitutionally vague.

For more information, go to www.michiganlegislature.org or email us at ppadvocates@ppfa.org.

12/30/2006