Bill Text: MI SB0258 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Children; protection; notification to children's ombudsman regarding death of a child who is a ward of the state; require. Amends 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.621 - 722.638) by adding sec. 7k.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-03-19 - Referred To Committee On Families And Children's Services [SB0258 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0258-Engrossed.html

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SB-0258, As Passed Senate, March 19, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 258

 

(As amended, March 19, 2009)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled

 

"Child protection law,"

 

(MCL 722.621 to 722.638) by adding section 7k.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7k. <<(1)>> If a child dies who is under the court's

jurisdiction

 

under section 2(b) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939,

 

1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.2, the department shall provide written

 

notification not later than 1 business day to the court that had

 

jurisdiction over the child under section 2(b) of chapter XIIA of

 

the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.2, at the time of

 

the child's death, the state senator and state representative who

 

represent the district in which that court is located, and the

 

children's ombudsman.

     <<(2) The department shall notify the children's ombudsman within 1

business day when a child dies and any of the following apply:

     (A) The child died during an active child protective services investigation or an open child protective services case.

     (B) The department received a prior child protective services complaint concerning the child's caretaker.

     (C) The child's death may have resulted from child abuse or neglect.>>