Bill Text: MI HB5411 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

Michigan House Bill 5411 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Children; protection; authorization from parent or guardian or court order to interview a child without a parent or guardian present during a child protective services investigation; require. Amends sec. 8c of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.628c).

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - Printed Bill Filed 03/13/2014 [HB5411 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5411-Introduced.html

HOUSE BILL No. 5411

March 12, 2014, Introduced by Reps. Graves, Cotter, Kurtz, Irwin, Robinson, Jenkins, Denby, McBroom, Daley, Leonard, McMillin, Haines, Victory, Genetski and MacMaster and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.

A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled

"Child protection law,"

by amending section 8c (MCL 722.628c), as added by 1997 PA 168.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 8c. (1) During an investigation of suspected child abuse

or child neglect, the department shall not interview a child

without a parent or guardian present unless the department obtains

authorization from the parent or guardian or an order from the

court to do so.

(2) During an investigation of suspected child abuse or child

neglect, the child reported to have been abused or neglected shall

not be interviewed in the presence of an individual suspected to