June 5, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Spade, Byrnes, Bauer, Byrum, Melton, Hopgood, Mayes, Polidori and Dean and referred to the Committee on Families and Children's Services.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 74h.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 74h. (1) A day care aide or relative care provider shall
maintain time and attendance records for each child in his or her
care. The day care aide or relative care provider shall submit time
and attendance records every 2 weeks by telephone or using the
department's website.
(2) Each parent or guardian receiving a child care subsidy
under this act shall report the hours his or her child spent in
child care to the department every 2 weeks.
(3) Before the department pays a child care subsidy to the
provider, the department shall compare the information received
from the parent or guardian and the day care aide or relative care
provider to determine the accuracy of the reporting. If the
department determines that there has been fraudulent reporting of
time, attendance, or hours needed for child care, the person
submitting the fraudulent report shall be subject to the penalties
prescribed under this act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January
1, 2009.