Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
MOAHR-Rules@michigan.gov  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
1. Agency Information  
Agency name:  
Health and Human Services  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Public Health Administration  
Name of person completing this form:  
Talisa Gauthier  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-284-4853  
E-mail of person completing this form:  
GauthierT1@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Mary Brennan  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2023-74 HS  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Universal Blood Lead Testing  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
The purpose of these rules is to follow the mandate of 2023 PA 146, MCL 333.5474d that requires  
the Department to promulgate rules requiring physicians to test, or order a test, for children for  
exposure to lead at select ages and under certain conditions and in certain geographical areas of the  
state. They also require physicians to enter the blood lead test result on the child’s Certificate of  
Immunization.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The purpose of these rules is to follow the mandate of 2023 PA 146, MCL 333.5474d that includes the  
requirement that the Department to promulgate rules for implementation that requires physicians to  
test, or order a test, for children for exposure to lead at age 12 and 24 months, or, if no record of a  
previous test, between 24 and 72 months of age.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
Oakland Press, August 23, 2024; Marquette Mining Journal, August 23, 2024; Battle Creek Enquirer,  
August 22, 2024.  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
9/15/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
9/23/2024 09:00 AM at South Grand Tower Building Rooms 1K/1L , 333 South Grand Avenue,  
Lansing, Michigan 48933  
8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit  
analysis on its website:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1501  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the public hearing:  
Martha Stansbury, DHHS Specialist.  
Angela Medina, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Manager.  
Chad Rhodes, Manager, Division of Environmental Lead.  
Carin Speidel, Director, Division of Environmental Lead.  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
Amy Zaagman, Exe. Director-Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health.  
Ashley Zuverink, on behalf of Ruth Ann Norton, President & CEO-Green & Healthy Homes  
Initiative.  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None.  
12. Persons submitting other comments:  
Kenneth Rosenman, MD-Michigan Occupation and Environmental Medical Association.  
Colin J Ford, CEO-Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  
Stacey Hettiger, Senior Director, Advocacy and Payor Relations-Michigan State Medical Society.  
13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
Name &  
Organization public hearing  
Comments made at Written  
Comments  
Agency Rationale Rule number  
for Rule Change & citation  
and Description changed  
of Change(s)  
Made  
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14.Date report completed:  
10/21/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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