Bill Text: MI HB5764 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Children; adoption; licensure of child placing agency that objects to placements on religious or moral grounds; allow. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 5a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-12-04 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5764 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5764-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5764

 

June 14, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Kurtz and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 5a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5a. The department shall not consider a child placing

 

agency's objection to placements that violate the child placing

 

agency's written religious or moral convictions or policies in any

 

situation in which the department interacts with that child placing

 

agency. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, placement

 

considerations, funding considerations, contracting considerations,

 

or any other areas in which the department must make a

 

determination involving a child placing agency.