FOSTER FAMILY MEDICAL STATEMENT H.B. 5398 (H-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 5398 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Kevin Green
House Committee: Health Policy
Senate Committee: Health Policy
CONTENT
The bill would amend Public Act 116 of 1973, the child care licensing Act, to require each member of the household of an applicant for a foster family home or foster family group home license to submit a medical statement to a child placing agency or an approved governmental unit.
Under the Act, the Department of Human Services (DHS) may authorize a licensed child placing agency or an approved governmental unit to investigate a foster family home or a foster family group home, and to certify that the home meets the Act's licensing requirements.
Under the bill, before certifying to the DHS that a home met the Act's licensing requirements, the child placing agency or governmental unit would have to receive and review a medical statement for each member of the household indicating that he or she did not have a known condition that would affect the care of a foster child. The medical statement would have to be signed and dated by a licensed physician; a licensed physician's assistant; or a certified nurse practitioner licensed as a registered professional nurse, who had been issued a specialty certification as a nurse practitioner by the Board of Nursing within the 12 months immediately preceding the initial date of the evaluation.
MCL 722.115 Legislative Analyst: Julie Koval
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 2-16-06 Fiscal Analyst: Constance Cole
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. hb5398/0506