Bill Text: MI SB0602 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Children; child care; regulation of window blinds in licensed day care centers; implement. Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 - 722.128) by adding sec. 9b.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-16 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0602 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0602-Engrossed.html

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SB-0602, As Passed Senate, February 16, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 602

 

 

September 7, 2011, Introduced by Senators KOWALL and BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     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 9b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 9b. (1) Minimum licensing requirements under this act

 

shall include a prohibition on the use of window blinds or other

 

window coverings with pull cords or inner cords capable of forming

 

a loop and posing a risk of strangulation to a young child. Window

 

blinds and other coverings that have been manufactured or properly

 

retrofitted in a manner that eliminates the formation of loops

 

posing a risk of strangulation are not prohibited under this

 

section.

Senate Bill No. 602 as amended February 16, 2012

 

     (2) When developing and periodically reviewing minimum

 

licensing requirements related to safety of the premises, the

 

director shall consult and give serious consideration to

 

publications of the United States consumer product safety

 

commission.

 

     (3) The department may provide information as available

 

regarding reduced cost or no-cost options for retrofitting or

 

replacing unsafe window blinds and window coverings.

<<(4) This section may be referred to as the "Isabela Grace Nagara law".>>