HOUSE BILL No. 4477

 

March 27, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Voorhees, Steil, Vander Veen, Taub, Hager, Vagnozzi, Kooiman, Stahl, Stewart, Brandenburg and Ward and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Child protection law,"                                                     

                                                                                

    by amending section 2 (MCL 722.622), as amended by 2002 PA 693.             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 2.  As used in this act:                                               

                                                                                

2       (a) "Adult foster care location authorized to care for a                    

                                                                                

3   child" means an adult foster care family home or adult foster               

                                                                                

4   care small group home as defined in section 3 of the adult foster           

                                                                                

5   care facility licensing act, 1979 PA 218, MCL 400.703, in which a           

                                                                                

6   child is placed in accordance with section 5 of 1973 PA 116, MCL            

                                                                                

7   722.115.                                                                    

                                                                                

8       (b) "Attorney" means, if appointed to represent a child under               

                                                                                

9   the provisions referenced in section 10, an attorney serving as             

                                                                                

10  the child's legal advocate in the manner defined and described in           

                                                                                

11  section 13a of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939               

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   PA 288, MCL 712A.13a.                                                       

                                                                                

2       (c) "Central registry" means the system maintained at the                   

                                                                                

3   department that is used to keep a record of all reports filed               

                                                                                

4   with the department under this act in which relevant and accurate           

                                                                                

5   evidence of child abuse or neglect is found to exist.                       

                                                                                

6       (d) "Central registry case" means a child protective services               

                                                                                

7   case that the department classifies under sections 8 and 8d as              

                                                                                

8   category I or category II.  For a child protective services case            

                                                                                

9   that was investigated before July 1, 1999, central registry case            

                                                                                

10  means an allegation of child abuse or neglect that the department           

                                                                                

11  substantiated.                                                              

                                                                                

12      (e) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age.                           

                                                                                

13      (f) "Child abuse" means harm or threatened harm to a child's                

                                                                                

14  health or welfare that occurs through nonaccidental physical or             

                                                                                

15  mental injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or                        

                                                                                

16  maltreatment, by a parent, a legal guardian, or any other person            

                                                                                

17  responsible for the child's health or welfare or by a teacher, a            

                                                                                

18  teacher's aide, or a member of the clergy.  Child abuse includes            

                                                                                

19  a violation or attempted violation of section 625(7)(a) of the              

                                                                                

20  Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.625.                            

                                                                                

21      (g) "Child care organization" means that term as defined in                 

                                                                                

22  section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.                                      

                                                                                

23      (h) "Child care provider" means an owner, operator, employee,               

                                                                                

24  or volunteer of a child care organization or of an adult foster             

                                                                                

25  care location authorized to care for a child.                               

                                                                                

26      (i) "Child care regulatory agency" means the department of                  

                                                                                

27  consumer and industry services or a successor state department              


                                                                                

1   that is responsible for the licensing or registration of child              

                                                                                

2   care organizations or the licensing of adult foster care                    

                                                                                

3   locations authorized to care for a child.                                   

                                                                                

4       (j) "Child neglect" means harm or threatened harm to a                      

                                                                                

5   child's health or welfare by a parent, legal guardian, or  any              

                                                                                

6   other  another person responsible for the child's health or                 

                                                                                

7   welfare that occurs through either of the following:                        

                                                                                

8                                                                                (i) Negligent treatment, including the failure to provide                           

                                                                                

9   adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical care.                          

                                                                                

10      (ii) Placing a child at an unreasonable risk to the child's                  

                                                                                

11  health or welfare by failure of the parent, legal guardian, or              

                                                                                

12  other person responsible for the child's health or welfare to               

                                                                                

13  intervene to eliminate that risk when that person is able to do             

                                                                                

14  so and has, or should have, knowledge of the risk.                          

                                                                                

15      (k) "Citizen review panel" means a panel established as                     

                                                                                

16  required by section 106 of title I of the child abuse prevention            

                                                                                

17  and treatment act, Public Law 93-247, 42 U.S.C. 5106a.                      

                                                                                

18                                                                               (l) "Member of the clergy" means a priest, minister, rabbi,                         

                                                                                

19  Christian science practitioner, or other religious practitioner,            

                                                                                

20  or similar functionary of a church, temple, or recognized                   

                                                                                

21  religious body, denomination, or organization.                              

                                                                                

22      (m) "Controlled substance" means that term as defined in                    

                                                                                

23  section 7104 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368,                        

                                                                                

24  MCL 333.7104.                                                               

                                                                                

25      (n) "CPSI system" means the child protective service                        

                                                                                

26  information system, which is an internal data system maintained             

                                                                                

27  within and by the department, and which is separate from the                


                                                                                

1   central registry and not subject to section 7.                              

                                                                                

2       (o) "Department" means the family independence agency.                      

                                                                                

3       (p) "Director" means the director of the department.                        

                                                                                

4       (q) "Expunge" means to physically remove or eliminate and                   

                                                                                

5   destroy a record or report.                                                 

                                                                                

6       (r) "Lawyer-guardian ad litem" means an attorney appointed                  

                                                                                

7   under section 10 who has the powers and duties referenced by                

                                                                                

8   section 10.                                                                 

                                                                                

9       (s) "Local office file" means the system used to keep a                     

                                                                                

10  record of a written report, document, or photograph filed with              

                                                                                

11  and maintained by a county or a regionally based office of the              

                                                                                

12  department.                                                                 

                                                                                

13      (t) "Nonparent adult" means a person who is 18 years of age                 

                                                                                

14  or older and who, regardless of the person's domicile, meets all            

                                                                                

15  of the following criteria in relation to a child:                           

                                                                                

16                                                                               (i) Has substantial and regular contact with the child.                             

                                                                                

17      (ii) Has a close personal relationship with the child's                      

                                                                                

18  parent or with a person responsible for the child's health or               

                                                                                

19  welfare.                                                                    

                                                                                

20      (iii) Is not the child's parent or a person otherwise related                

                                                                                

21  to the child by blood or affinity to the third degree.                      

                                                                                

22      (u) "Person responsible for the child's health or welfare"                  

                                                                                

23  means a parent, legal guardian, person 18 years of age or older             

                                                                                

24  who resides for any length of time in the same home in which the            

                                                                                

25  child resides, or, except when used in section 7(2)(e) or 8(8),             

                                                                                

26  nonparent adult; or an owner, operator, volunteer, or employee of           

                                                                                

27  1 or more of the following:                                                 


                                                                                

1                                                                                (i) A licensed or registered child care organization.                               

                                                                                

2       (ii) A licensed or unlicensed adult foster care family home                  

                                                                                

3   or adult foster care small group home as defined in section 3 of            

                                                                                

4   the adult foster care facility licensing act, 1979 PA 218,                  

                                                                                

5   MCL 400.703.                                                                

                                                                                

6       (v) "Relevant evidence" means evidence having a tendency to                 

                                                                                

7   make the existence of a fact that is at issue more probable than            

                                                                                

8   it would be without the evidence.                                           

                                                                                

9       (w) "Sexual abuse" means engaging in sexual contact or sexual               

                                                                                

10  penetration as those terms are defined in section 520a of the               

                                                                                

11  Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520a, with a child.               

                                                                                

12      (x) "Sexual exploitation" includes allowing, permitting, or                 

                                                                                

13  encouraging a child to engage in prostitution, or allowing,                 

                                                                                

14  permitting, encouraging, or engaging in the photographing,                  

                                                                                

15  filming, or depicting of a child engaged in a listed sexual act             

                                                                                

16  as defined in section 145c of the Michigan penal code, 1931                 

                                                                                

17  PA 328, MCL 750.145c.                                                       

                                                                                

18      (y) "Specified information" means information in a central                  

                                                                                

19  registry case record that relates specifically to referrals or              

                                                                                

20  reports of child abuse or neglect.  Specified information does              

                                                                                

21  not include any of the following:                                           

                                                                                

22                                                                               (i) Except as provided in this subparagraph regarding a                             

                                                                                

23  perpetrator of child abuse or neglect, personal identification              

                                                                                

24  information for any individual identified in a child protective             

                                                                                

25  services record.  The exclusion of personal identification                  

                                                                                

26  information as specified information prescribed by this                     

                                                                                

27  subparagraph does not include personal identification information           


                                                                                

1   identifying an individual alleged to have perpetrated child abuse           

                                                                                

2   or neglect, which allegation has been classified as a central               

                                                                                

3   registry case.                                                              

                                                                                

4       (ii) Information in a law enforcement report as provided in                  

                                                                                

5   section 7(8).                                                               

                                                                                

6       (iii) Any other information that is specifically designated                  

                                                                                

7   as confidential under other law.                                            

                                                                                

8       (z) "Structured decision-making tool" means the department                  

                                                                                

9   document labeled "DSS-4752 (P3) (3-95)" or a revision of that               

                                                                                

10  document that better measures the risk of future harm to a                  

                                                                                

11  child.                                                                      

                                                                                

12      (aa) "Substantiated" means a child protective services case                 

                                                                                

13  classified as a central registry case.                                      

                                                                                

14      (bb) "Unsubstantiated" means a child protective services case               

                                                                                

15  the department classifies under sections 8 and 8d as                        

                                                                                

16  category III, category IV, or category V.