Act No. 7
Public Acts of 2020
Approved by the Governor
January 24, 2020
Filed with the Secretary of State
January 27, 2020
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 27, 2020
state of michigan
100th Legislature
Regular session of 2020
Introduced by Senators Bullock and Bizon
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 467
AN ACT to amend 1973 PA 116, entitled An act to provide for the protection of children through the licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide for the establishment of standards of care for child care organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to provide penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts, by amending section 8b (MCL 722.118b), as amended by 2017 PA 257.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 8b. (1) Upon the recommendation of a local foster care review board under section 7a of 1984 PA 422, MCL 722.137a, or of a child placing agency, the department may grant a variance to 1 or more licensing rules or statutes regulating foster family homes or foster family group homes for 1 or more of the following reasons:
(a) To allow the child and 1 or more siblings to remain or be placed together.
(b) To allow a child with an established meaningful relationship with the family to remain with the family.
(c) To allow a family with special training or skills to provide care to a child who has a severe disability.
(2) If the department determines that the placement would be in the childs best interests and that the variance from the particular licensing rules or statutes would not jeopardize the health or safety of a child residing in the foster family home or foster family group home, the department may grant the variance.
(3) The departments grant of a variance does not change a private homes licensure status.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 466.
(b) Senate Bill No. 468.
(c) Senate Bill No. 469.
This act is
ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor