Bill Text: MI SB0593 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Children; foster care; consideration within foster care system for minors who may be victims of human trafficking; allow. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 - 722.960) by adding sec. 4e.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 21-5)

Status: (Passed) 2014-10-22 - Assigned Pa 0338'14 With Immediate Effect [SB0593 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0593-Chaptered.html

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Act No. 338

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

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 593

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,” (MCL 722.951 to 722.960) by adding section 4e.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4e. Before determining placement of a child in its care, a supervising agency shall give special consideration to information that a child may be the victim of human trafficking. If a supervising agency finds that a child is or may be a victim of human trafficking, the supervising agency shall place the child in a setting that provides mental health services, counseling, or other specialized services that are necessary or appropriate for a victim 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