HB-5910, As Passed House, May 1, 2008

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5910

     A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled

"Child protection law,"

by amending section 7j (MCL 722.627j), as amended by 2004 PA 563.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 7j. (1) Upon written request, the department may provide

to an individual, or whoever is appropriate, documentation stating

that the individual is not named in a central registry case as the

perpetrator of child abuse or child neglect. The written request

required under this section shall include the individual's

affirmation that he or she is employed by, volunteers at, is

applying for employment in, or is seeking to volunteer in a child

care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency.

     (2) For the purpose of applying for employment or seeking to

volunteer in a child care center, child caring institution, or

child placing agency, an An individual may share or the department

may share the document provided in subsection (1) with the child

care center owner or licensee, or a child caring institution or

child placing agency, or an individual authorized by the child care

center owner or licensee, the child caring institution, or the

child placing agency whoever is appropriate for the purpose of

seeking employment or serving as a volunteer.

     (3) An employer, a person or agency to whom an individual is

applying for employment, or a volunteer agency, with appropriate

authorization and identification from the individual, may request

and receive central registry clearance information.

(4) (3) The family independence agency department may develop

an automated system that will allow an individual applying for

child-related employment or seeking to volunteer in a capacity that

would allow unsupervised access to a child for whom the individual

is not a person responsible for that child's health or welfare to

be listed in that system if a screening of the individual finds

that he or she has not been named in a central registry case as the

perpetrator of child abuse or child neglect. The automated system

developed under this section shall provide for public access to the

list of individuals who have been screened for the purposes of

complying with this section. An automated system developed under

this section shall have appropriate safeguards and procedures to

ensure that information that is confidential under this act, state

law, or federal law is not accessible or disclosed through that

system.

(5) (4) As used in this section, "child care center", "child

caring institution", and "child placing agency" mean those terms as

defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.