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