Bill Text: MI SB0227 | 2011-2012 | 96th 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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-19 - Referred To Committee On Families, Children, And Seniors [SB0227 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0227-Engrossed.html

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SB-0227, As Passed Senate, May 19, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     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. (1) If a child dies who is under the court's

 

jurisdiction under section 2(b) of chapter XIIA of the probate code

 

of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.2, the department shall provide

 

notification in writing or electronically not later than 1 business

 

day to the court that had jurisdiction over the child under section

 

2(b) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL

 

712A.2, at the time of the child's death, the state senator and

 

state representative who represent the district in which that court

 

is located, and the children's ombudsman.

 

     (2) The department shall notify the children's ombudsman

 

within 1 business day when a child dies and any of the following

 

apply:

 

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

 

investigation or an open child protective services case.

 

     (b) The department received a prior child protective services

 

complaint concerning the child's caretaker.

 

     (c) The child's death may have resulted from child abuse or

 

neglect.