Bill Text: MI SB1242 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Children; child care; requirements for certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and release of certain records; modify. Amends secs. 2a & 10 of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.112a & 722.120).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-12-04 - Referred To Second Reading [SB1242 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB1242-Engrossed.html

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SB-1242, As Passed Senate, November 28, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 1242

 

 

September 11, 2012, Introduced by Senator EMMONS and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors and Human Services.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1973 PA 116, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the protection of children through the

licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide

for the establishment of standards of care for child care

organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain

departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to provide

penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"

 

by amending sections 2a and 10 (MCL 722.112a and 722.120), section

 

2a as amended by 2007 PA 217 and section 10 as amended by 2006 PA

 

206.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2a. (1) A child caring institution, child care center,

 

family child care home, or group child care home shall have on duty

 

at all times while the institution, center, or home is providing

 

care to 1 or more children at least 1 person who has been certified

 

within the preceding 36 months is currently certified in first aid

 

and within the preceding 12 months in age-appropriate

 

cardiopulmonary resuscitation by the American red cross Red Cross,

 

the American heart association, or an equivalent organization or

 

institution approved by the department.

 

     (2) Section 15 does not apply to this section.

 

     Sec. 10. (1) The department may investigate and examine

 

conditions of a child care organization in which a licensee

 

receives, maintains, or places out children, and may investigate

 

and examine the books and records of the licensee. The licensee

 

shall admit members of the department and furnish all reasonable

 

facilities for thorough examination of its books, records, and

 

reports. The department of community health, the bureau of fire

 

services, or local authorities, in carrying out the provisions of

 

this act, may visit a child care organization to advise in matters

 

affecting the health or fire protection of children.

 

     (2) A licensee shall keep the records the department

 

prescribes regarding each child in its control and care and shall

 

report to the department, when requested, the facts the department

 

requires with reference to the children upon forms furnished by the

 

department. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,

 

records regarding children and facts compiled about children and

 

their parents and relatives are confidential and disclosure of this

 

information shall be properly safeguarded by the child care

 

organization, the department, and any other entity in possession of

 

the information. Records that are confidential under this section

 

are available to both all of the following:

 

     (a) A standing or select committee or appropriations

 

subcommittee of either house of the legislature having jurisdiction

 

over protective services matters for children, pursuant to under

 

section 7 of the child protection law, 1975 PA 238, MCL 722.627.

 

     (b) The children's ombudsman established in section 3 of the

 

children's ombudsman act, 1994 PA 204, MCL 722.923.

 

     (c) The state court administrative office – child welfare

 

services division for the purpose of conducting internal reviews of

 

court processes that occurred in cases in which a child has died

 

while under court jurisdiction.