Act No. 112
Public Acts of 2022
Approved by the Governor
June 23, 2022
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 23, 2022
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 2022
state of michigan
101st Legislature
Regular session of 2022
Introduced by Reps. Calley, Breen, O’Malley, Markkanen, Roth, Puri, Ellison, Wakeman, Aiyash, Hope, Koleszar, Garza, Morse, Tyrone Carter, Manoogian, Tate, Anthony, Bellino, Witwer, Coleman, Hammoud, Stone, Brenda Carter, Neeley, Kuppa, Young, Yaroch and Cynthia Johnson
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5047
AN ACT 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 3g (MCL 722.113g), as amended by 2017 PA 257.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 3g. (1) The operator of a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home shall maintain licensing records on its premises in the form of a licensing notebook. If internet access is available at the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home, access may be provided through the department’s electronic database of licensing records for the entity. The licensing records shall be made available for review to parents or guardians of children under the care of, and parents or guardians considering placing their children in the care of, the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home during the hours of operation of the child care center, group child care home, or family child care home.
(2) The licensing records described in subsection (1) must include the original licensing study. The licensing records must also include all licensing inspections, renewal inspections, special investigations, and corrective action plan approval letters for the past 3 years. The licensing notebook must also include a summary sheet outlining the reports contained in the licensing notebook. The information in the licensing notebook shall be updated as provided by the department and may be made available via internet access.
(3) The
department shall include on its “Child in Care Statement/Receipt” form or any
successor form used instead of that form a check box allowing the parent or
guardian to acknowledge that he or she is aware of the licensing records
information available in the licensing notebook or the department’s electronic
database and that the licensing notebook or the department’s electronic
database is available for his or her review on the premises or on the department’s
website and that information is available on the department’s website. The “Child
in Care Statement/Receipt” form or successor form must contain in bold print
the department’s website address where the information may be located.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor