August 3, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Williams, Phillips, Gonzales and Alma Smith and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to protect and promote the health and welfare of
infants; to provide for training of certain individuals regarding
infant safety; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain
state departments and agencies.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. As used in this act:
(a) "Child care organization", "child caring institution",
"children's camp", "child care center", "day care center", "family
day care home", and "group day care home" mean those terms as
defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.
(b) "Department" means the department of community health.
(c) "Person who has significant interaction with children"
means a person who is 1 or more of the following:
(i) A first-time parent.
(ii) A WIC program recipient.
(iii) A person who works in a child care organization, a child
caring institution, a children's camp, a child or day care center,
a family day care home, or a group day care home.
(d) "WIC program" means the special supplemental food program
for women, infants, and children under the child nutrition act of
1966, Public Law 89-642, 42 USC 1771 to 1776, 1777 to 1786, and
1788 to 1791.
Sec. 2. The department shall include in a class or training
program offered to a person who has significant contact with
children a course in infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation approved
by the department and offered or approved by the Red Cross,
American heart association, a licensed hospital, or a comparable
organization or institution.
Sec. 3. The department may contract with a private agency,
corporation, or association in order to comply with this act.