BACKGROUND OF CHILD CARE WORKERS - H.B. 6202 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bill 6202 (Substitute S-1 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)
Sponsor: Representative Sue Tabor
House Committee: Family and Children Services
Senate Committee: Families, Mental Health and Human Services
CONTENT
The bill would amend the child care licensing Act to specify that a staff member could not be present in a child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency, and an unsupervised volunteer could not have contact with children in that center, institution, or agency, if he or she had ever been convicted of child abuse or child neglect or had been convicted of a felony involving harm or threatened harm to an individual within the past 10 years.
Before a staff member or unsupervised volunteer could have contact with a child in a child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency, he or she would have to provide documentation from the Family Independence Agency that he or she had not been named in a central registry case as the perpetrator of child abuse or child neglect. A child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency would have to comply with this requirement by the date on which its license was issued or first renewed after the bill's effective date.
The bill also would require that each child care center, child caring institution, or child placing agency establish and maintain a policy regarding supervision of volunteers, including volunteers who were parents of a child receiving care at the center, institution, or agency.
MCL 722.119 - Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 12-11-02 - Fiscal Analyst: Constance Cole
- Maria TyszkiewiczFloor\hb6202 - Bill Analysis @ www.senate.michigan.gov/sfa
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.