Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Diagnostic Referral Requirement
Current understanding
Michigan HB 5773 (103rd Legislature) would add sec. 16282a to 1978 PA 368 to require licensed health professionals to refer patients to a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnostic center under specified circumstances. The bill has been introduced; if enacted, it would impose a new clinical referral duty on health professionals under the Public Health Code and steer at-risk patients to specialized FASD diagnostic services.
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Health occupations: health professionals; referral of patients to a diagnostic center for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; require under certain circumstances. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16282a.
19-mar-2026
novelty 2
per-area 2
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