Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
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  
Email of person completing this form:  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Mary Brennan  
RULE SET INFORMATION:  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2023-74 HS  
Title of the proposed rule set:  
Universal Blood Lead Testing  
1. Purpose of 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.  
2. Summary of the 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.  
3. 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.  
4. Date of publication of the proposed rules and notice of public hearing in the Michigan Register:  
9/15/2024  
5. Date, time, and location of the public hearing:  
9/23/2024 09:00 AM at South Grand Tower Building Rooms 1K/1L, 333 South Grand Avenue, Lansing, Michigan  
48933  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR -Page 2  
6. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit analysis  
on its website:  
7. 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.  
8. 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.  
9. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None.  
10. 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.  
11. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the public  
comment period:  
None.  
12. Date report completed:  
5/7/2026  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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