HOUSE BILL No. 5931

March 20, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Sheen, Hoogendyk, Palmer, Garfield, Agema, Opsommer, Amos, Robertson, Stakoe, Hune, Gaffney, Stahl, Steil, Polidori, Shaffer, Marleau, Knollenberg, Green, Casperson, Pastor, Rick Jones, Nofs, Meltzer, Moolenaar, Meekhof, Hansen and Booher and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled

 

"Probate code of 1939,"

 

(MCL 710.21 to 712A.32) by adding section 2f to chapter XIIA.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

                             CHAPTER XIIA

 

     Sec. 2f. A department of human services worker or a private

 

agency involved in any contact with the public, the court, or any

 

individual or agency under the jurisdiction of the court under

 

section 2(b) of this chapter is not immune from civil liability if

 

he or she files or produces a false report or false document

 

relating to a department of human services case or commits perjury

 

in a proceeding relating to a case or duty encompassed within his

 

or her job duties.