March 19, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Dean, Corriveau, Clack, Hopgood, Brown, Valentine, Accavitti and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Families and Children's Services.
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 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 direct the
department to 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)
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.
(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.