Health: other; option for final disposition of certain fetal remains; provide for. Amends secs. 2848 & 2854 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.2848 & 333.2854).

HB 4841 requires medical facilities and funeral directors to obtain written parental authorization before disposing of fetal remains from pregnancies ending before 20 weeks gestation or weighing under 400 grams. It directly affects parents of early miscarriages or stillbirths, as well as hospitals, clinics, and funeral professionals handling such remains. The bill mandates that parents may choose burial, cremation, or donation, and specifies that facilities violating this must pay fines up to $50,000 for repeated offenses. This amendment to Michigan's Public Health Code updates existing procedures for final disposition of early fetal remains without altering abortion laws.