Bill Text: MI HB5796 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Children; protection; distribution of training package to individuals designated as mandatory reporters for child abuse or child neglect; require. Amends 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.621 - 722.638) by adding sec. 3b.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-07 - Referred To Committee Of The Whole [HB5796 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5796-Engrossed.html
HB-5796, As Passed House, May 24, 2018
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5796
A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled
"Child protection law,"
(MCL 722.621 to 722.638) by adding section 3b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3b. (1) The department shall, in consultation with the
Michigan domestic and sexual violence prevention and treatment
board and the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual
Violence, create comprehensive training materials for individuals
who are required to report suspected child abuse or child neglect
under section 3 within 180 days after the effective date of the
amendatory act that added this section.
(2) An employer or organization that employs a mandatory
reporter must provide the training materials described in
subsection (1) to that employee. This subsection does not apply to
an employer or organization that provides its own training to an
employee that is similar in substance to the training described in
subsection (1).
(3) The department must make the training materials described
in subsection (1) publicly available on its website in addition to
any other form that the department chooses.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.