May 4, 2006, Introduced by Senator HARDIMAN and referred to the Committee on Families and Human 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,"
(MCL 722.111 to 722.128) by adding sections 3f and 5h.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3f. (1) A child care organization shall notify each
parent or legal guardian of a child under the child care
organization's care within 24 hours after that child care
organization receives notice that a special investigation that the
department classifies as high risk is being conducted and shall
send written notification within 1 business day after the initial
notification.
(2) If the department determines that a child care
organization is not complying with either notification requirement
in subsection (1), the department may suspend the child care
organization's license issued under this act pending review.
(3) If, upon completion of the special investigation described
in subsection (1), the department makes a determination that there
are no substantiated rule violations, the department shall provide
the child care organization with written notification of that
determination that the child care organization may share with the
parents or legal guardians of the children in the child care
organization's care who received the notification required under
subsection (1).
(4) The department shall make the information provided in
subsection (3) available to the public on the department website.
Sec. 5h. (1) A person shall not make a false report to the
department regarding a child care organization that causes the
department to initiate a special investigation for which the child
care organization is required to send notice under section 3f.
(2) If a person makes a false report prohibited under
subsection (1), that person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more
than $500.00, or both.