Bill Text: MI HB4125 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Children; protection; notification to children's ombudsman regarding death of a child who is a ward of the state; require. Amends 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.621 - 722.638) by adding sec. 7k.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-17 - Referred To Committee On Families And Human Services [HB4125 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4125-Engrossed.html

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HB-4125, As Passed House, March 12, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled

 

"Child protection law,"

 

(MCL 722.621 to 722.638) by adding section 7k.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7k. The department shall notify the children's ombudsman

 

when a child dies and any of the following applies:

 

     (a) The child died while under court jurisdiction under

 

section 2(b) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA

 

288, MCL 712A.2.

 

     (b) The child died during an active child protective services

 

investigation or an open child protective services case.

 

     (c) The department received a prior child protective services

 

complaint concerning the child's caretaker.

 

     (d) The child's death may have resulted from abuse or neglect.