Act No. 337

Public Acts of 2014

Approved by the Governor

October 15, 2014

Filed with the Secretary of State

October 16, 2014

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 14, 2015

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

Introduced by Senators Gregory, Hansen, Anderson, Warren, Proos, Nofs, Jones, Pappageorge, Schuitmaker, Bieda, Hopgood, Ananich, Robertson, Marleau, Casperson, Moolenaar, Brandenburg, Rocca, Meekhof, Caswell, Jansen, Booher, Colbeck, Young, Hildenbrand, Richardville, Kahn and Emmons

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 587

AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 203, entitled “An act to establish certain standards for foster care and adoption services for children and their families; and to prescribe powers and duties of certain state agencies and departments and adoption facilitators,” by amending section 4c (MCL 722.954c), as added by 1997 PA 172.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4c. (1) The supervising agency shall obtain from the parent, guardian, or custodian of each child who is placed in its care the name and address of the child’s medical provider and a signed document for the release of the child’s medical records. The supervising agency shall require that a child’s medical provider remain constant while the child is in foster care, unless the child’s current primary medical provider is a managed care health plan or unless doing so would create an unreasonable burden for the relative, foster parent, or other custodian.

(2) The supervising agency shall develop a medical passport for each child who comes under its care. The medical passport shall contain all of the following:

(a) All medical information required by policy or law to be provided to foster parents.

(b) Basic medical history.

(c) A record of all immunizations.

(d) Any other information concerning the child’s physical and mental health, including information that the child may be a victim of human trafficking.

(3) Each foster care worker who transfers a child’s medical passport to another foster care worker shall sign and date the passport, verifying that he or she has sought and obtained the necessary information required under subsection (2) and any additional information required under department policy. The supervising agency shall provide a copy of each medical passport and updates as required by the department for maintenance in a central location.

(4) If a child under the care of a supervising agency has suffered sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, mental illness, or is alleged to be the victim of human trafficking, the supervising agency shall have an experienced and licensed mental health professional as defined under section 100b(16)(a), (b), or (d) of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100b, who is trained in children’s psychological assessments perform an assessment or psychological evaluation of the child. The costs of the assessment or evaluation shall be borne by the supervising agency.

(5) A child’s supervising agency shall ensure that the child receives a medical examination when the child is first placed in foster care. One objective of this examination is to provide a record of the child’s medical and physical status upon entry into foster care.

(6) If an assessment or psychological evaluation required under subsection (4) indicates that a child may have been a victim of human trafficking, the supervising agency shall provide, in addition to any reunification, adoption, or other services provided to a child under the supervising agency’s care, counseling services appropriate for minor victims of human trafficking.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor