Bill Text: MI SB0398 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Children; protection; plan of safe care for newborn infant testing positive for illicit drugs; require. Amends sec. 3a of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.623a). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0397'17

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-23 - Referred To Committee On Families, Seniors And Human Services [SB0398 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0398-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 398

 

 

May 23, 2017, Introduced by Senators O'BRIEN, JONES, SCHUITMAKER, EMMONS, NOFS, PROOS, MACGREGOR, HORN and MARLEAU and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors and Human Services.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled

 

"Child protection law,"

 

by amending section 3a (MCL 722.623a), as added by 1996 PA 581.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3a. (1) In addition to the reporting requirement in

 

section 3, a person who is required to report suspected child abuse

 

or child neglect under section 3(1) and who knows, or from the

 

child's symptoms has reasonable cause to suspect, that a newborn

 

infant has any amount of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a

 

metabolite of a controlled substance in his or her body shall

 

report to the department in the same manner as required under

 

section 3. A report is not required under this section if the

 

person knows that the alcohol, controlled substance, or metabolite,

or the child's symptoms, are the result of medical treatment

 

administered to the newborn infant or his or her mother.

 

     (2) For a newborn infant identified as being affected by

 

substance use disorder, withdrawal symptoms, or fetal alcohol

 

disorder, a plan of safe care must be established. The plan of safe

 

care must include a provision requiring an evidence-based home

 

visiting program or a service provider capable of implementing a

 

plan of safe care.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 397                                    

 

          of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.