Bill Text: MI HB5226 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Human services; children's services; foster youth summer internship pilot program; create. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 - 722.960) by adding sec. 4f.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-11-09 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/08/2017 [HB5226 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5226-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5226

 

 

November 8, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 203, entitled

 

"Foster care and adoption services act,"

 

(MCL 722.951 to 722.960) by adding section 4f.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4f. (1) The department shall promulgate rules on the

 

development and implementation of a foster youth summer internship

 

pilot program for the purpose of providing foster youth with

 

professional training and experience through internships. The

 

department may collaborate with other appropriate state agencies to

 

establish the pilot program.

 

     (2) The department shall promulgate rules on the application

 

process and eligibility requirements under the pilot program

 

described in subsection (1). The rules shall include, but not be

limited to, a rule establishing that individuals who are at least

 

15 years old and are current or former foster youth are eligible to

 

participate in the pilot program.

 

     (3) The department shall promulgate rules to use the request-

 

for-proposal process when soliciting and entering into contractual

 

agreements with organizations wanting to award internships under

 

the pilot program.

 

     (4) The pilot program may be established in multiple regions

 

of this state.

 

     (5) Internships provided under the pilot program may be paid

 

or unpaid.

 

     (6) Subject to appropriations, beginning January 1, 2020, the

 

department shall implement the pilot program. The pilot program

 

shall operate for a 2-year period. At the end of the 2-year period,

 

the department shall evaluate the pilot program and submit a report

 

to the legislature with its findings, including, but not limited

 

to, all of the following:

 

     (a) The number of foster youth who participated in the pilot

 

program.

 

     (b) The location and type of internships provided under the

 

pilot program.

 

     (c) The department's efforts to recruit eligible individuals

 

to participate in the pilot program.

 

     (d) Whether the department intends to continue the pilot

 

program, using performance metrics to explain the rationale for its

 

decision.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.