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.