HOUSE BILL No. 4445

 

March 25, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Kooiman, Tobocman, Milosch, Vander Veen, Nofs and Voorhees and referred to the Committee on Family and Children 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,"                           

                                                                                

    by amending section 1a (MCL 722.111a), as added by 1984 PA 139.             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 1a.  (1) A private residence licensed as a foster                      

                                                                                

2   family home or foster family group home may be concurrently                 

                                                                                

3   licensed as an adult foster care family home.  Additional                   

                                                                                

4   children not related to a resident of the foster family home or             

                                                                                

5   foster family group home shall not be received in the foster                

                                                                                

6   family home or foster family group home after the filing of an              

                                                                                

7   application for an adult foster care family home license.                   

                                                                                

8       (2) A child caring institution with a licensed capacity of 6                

                                                                                

9   or fewer residents may be concurrently licensed as an adult                 


                                                                                

1   foster care small group home.   Additional children not related             

                                                                                

2   to a resident of the child caring institution shall not be                  

                                                                                

3   received in the child caring institution after the filing of an             

                                                                                

4   application for an adult foster care small group home license.              

                                                                                

5   The combined licensed capacity shall not exceed a combination of            

                                                                                

6   6 children and adults.                                                      

                                                                                

7       (3) As used in this section:                                                

                                                                                

8       (a) "Adult foster care family home" means that term as                      

                                                                                

9   defined in section 3 of the adult foster care facility licensing            

                                                                                

10  act,  Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1979, being section                 

                                                                                

11  400.703 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1979 PA 218, MCL 400.703.            

                                                                                

12      (b) "Adult foster care small group home" means that term as                 

                                                                                

13  defined in section 3 of the adult foster care facility licensing            

                                                                                

14  act,  Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1979, being section                 

                                                                                

15  400.703 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1979 PA 218, MCL 400.703.