Bill Text: MI HB5374 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Children; child care; public notice; include in child care licensing process. Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 - 722.128) by adding sec. 4a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-16 - Printed Bill Filed 09/16/2009 [HB5374 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5374-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5374
September 15, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Spade and referred to the Committee on Families and Children's 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,"
(MCL 722.111 to 722.128) by adding section 4a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4a. (1) Not less than 30 days before the department
issues a license or certificate of registration for providing child
care under this act, the department shall post a notice in the
office nearest to the location where the child care shall be
provided that it is issuing the license or certificate of
registration. The notice shall include, but is not limited to, the
name and address of the applicant and the contact information for
the department office that is issuing the license or registration,
including that department's address, telephone number, and
electronic mail address.
(2) The notice required in subsection (1) shall also be
provided in both of the following manners:
(a) By publishing in a newspaper published in the county where
the child care shall be provided. If no newspaper is published in
the county, the notice shall be published in a newspaper published
in an adjacent county.
(b) By posting notice on the department's internet website.
