HOUSE BILL No. 5123

 

 

October 17, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Hornberger, Yanez, Chirkun, Cochran, Liberati, Wittenberg, Zemke, Elder, Brinks, Durhal, Gay-Dagnogo, Moss, Geiss, Lasinski, Hoadley, Greig, Sabo, Guerra, Sowerby, Crawford, Lucido, Tedder, Vaupel, Marino, Greimel, Green, Dianda, Faris, Victory, Iden, McCready, Kelly, Bellino, Pagel, Lilly, Kesto and Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1994 PA 203, entitled

 

"Foster care and adoption services act,"

 

(MCL 722.951 to 722.960) by adding section 8d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 8d. (1) The department shall prepare and distribute to

 

each child placed in foster care, as age-appropriate, information

 

describing the children's assurance of quality foster care policy

 

and the process to follow if the child in foster care has concerns

 

regarding a violation of the children's assurance of quality foster

 

care policy. This information shall include information regarding

 

the child in foster care's caseworker, lawyer guardian ad litem,

 

the office of the children's ombudsman, the department's office of

 

family advocate, and the foster care review board.

 

     (2) The department shall implement the provisions of this

 

section by no later than 90 days after the effective date of the

amendatory act that added this section.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5121 (request no.

 

00465'17 ****).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No 5122 (request no.

 

00466'17 ***).