Bill Text: MI HB5594 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Children: child abuse or child neglect; administrative review request for certain central registry cases; provide for. Amends 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.621 - 722.638) by adding sec. 7l.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-05-05 - Assigned Pa 72'22 With Immediate Effect [HB5594 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2021-HB5594-Chaptered.html

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Act No. 72

Public Acts of 2022

Approved by the Governor

May 5, 2022

Filed with the Secretary of State

May 5, 2022

EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 1, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

state of michigan

101st Legislature

Regular session of 2022

Introduced by Rep. Hornberger

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5594

AN ACT to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “An act to require the reporting of child abuse and neglect by certain persons; to permit the reporting of child abuse and neglect by all persons; to provide for the protection of children who are abused or neglected; to authorize limited detainment in protective custody; to authorize medical examinations; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state department of social services to prevent child abuse and neglect; to prescribe certain powers and duties of local law enforcement agencies; to safeguard and enhance the welfare of children and preserve family life; to provide for the appointment of legal counsel; to provide for the abrogation of privileged communications; to provide civil and criminal immunity for certain persons; to provide rules of evidence in certain cases; to provide for confidentiality of records; to provide for the expungement of certain records; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 722.621 to 722.638) by adding section 7l.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 7l. (1) An individual who is listed on the central registry before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section may submit a request to the department for an administrative review for the expungement of the individual’s name from the statewide electronic case management system created under section 7j. Within 180 days of receipt of the request for an administrative review under this subsection, the department shall complete the review and notify the individual in writing of the final decision to expunge the individual from the central registry under the statewide electronic case management system created under section 7j or to classify the individual’s case as a confirmed case of methamphetamine production, confirmed serious abuse or serious neglect, confirmed sexual abuse, or confirmed sexual exploitation and keep the individual on the central registry in the statewide electronic case management system.

(2) If the department’s final decision after the administrative review under subsection (1) is to expunge the individual from the central registry under the statewide electronic case management system created under section 7j, then the department shall notify the director of the department responsible for the licensure of that individual or the director’s designee within 45 days of the final decision.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 180 days after the date it is enacted into law.

 

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 101st Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 5275.

(b) House Bill No. 5534.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

 

Clerk of the House of Representatives

 

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor