Bill Text: MI HB5359 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Children; foster care; requirement for foster child to be given a psychiatric evaluation before being placed for adoption; provide for. Amends sec. 4c of 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.954c).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-28 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/13/2017 [HB5359 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5359-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5359
December 13, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 203, entitled
"Foster care and adoption services act,"
by amending section 4c (MCL 722.954c), as amended by 2014 PA 337.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4c. (1) The supervising agency shall obtain from the
parent, guardian, or custodian of each child who is placed in its
care the name and address of the child's medical provider and a
signed document for the release of the child's medical records. The
supervising agency shall require that a child's medical provider
remain constant while the child is in foster care, unless the
child's current primary medical provider is a managed care health
plan or unless doing so would create an unreasonable burden for the
relative, foster parent, or other custodian.
(2) The supervising agency shall develop a medical passport
for each child who comes under its care. The medical passport shall
contain all of the following:
(a) All medical information required by policy or law to be
provided to foster parents.
(b) Basic medical history.
(c) A record of all immunizations.
(d) Any other information concerning the child's physical and
mental health, including information that the child may be a victim
of human trafficking.
(3) Each foster care worker who transfers a child's medical
passport to another foster care worker shall sign and date the
passport, verifying that he or she has sought and obtained the
necessary information required under subsection (2) and any
additional information required under department policy. The
supervising agency shall provide a copy of each medical passport
and updates as required by the department for maintenance in a
central location.
(4) If a child under the care of a supervising agency has
suffered sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, mental illness, or
is alleged to be the victim of human trafficking, the supervising
agency shall have an experienced and licensed mental health
professional as defined under section 100b(16)(a), (b), or (d) of
the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100b, who is trained
in children's psychological assessments perform an assessment or
psychological evaluation of the child. The costs of the assessment
or evaluation shall be borne by the supervising agency.
(5) A child's supervising agency shall ensure that the child
receives a medical examination when the child is first placed in
foster care. One objective of this examination is to provide a
record of the child's medical and physical status upon entry into
foster care.
(6) Before a child under a supervising agency's care is placed
for adoption, the supervising agency shall have an experienced and
licensed mental health professional as defined under section
100b(16)(a), (b), or (d) of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258,
MCL 330.1100b, who is trained in children's psychological
assessments perform an assessment or psychological evaluation of
the child.
(7) (6)
If an assessment or psychological
evaluation required
under subsection (4) indicates that a child may have been a victim
of human trafficking, the supervising agency shall provide, in
addition to any reunification, adoption, or other services provided
to a child under the supervising agency's care, counseling services
appropriate for minor victims of human trafficking.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
