Act No. 156

Public Acts of 2013

Approved by the Governor

November 5, 2013

Filed with the Secretary of State

November 5, 2013

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 4, 2014

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

Introduced by Rep. LaFontaine

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4383

AN ACT to amend 1979 PA 218, entitled An act to provide for the licensing and regulation of adult foster care facilities; to provide for the establishment of standards of care for adult foster care facilities; to prescribe powers and duties of the department of social services and other departments; to prescribe certain fees; to prescribe penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts, by amending section 4 (MCL 400.704), as amended by 2010 PA 380.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4. (1) Council means the adult foster care licensing advisory council created in section 8.

(2) Department means the department of human services.

(3) Developmental disability means that term as defined in section 100a of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100a.

(4) Direct access means access to a resident or to a resident s property, financial information, medical records, treatment information, or any other identifying information.

(5) Director means the director of the department.

(6) Do-not-resuscitate order means a document executed under the Michigan do-not-resuscitate procedure act, 1996 PA 193, MCL 333.1051 to 333.1067, directing that, in the event a resident suffers cessation of both spontaneous respiration and circulation, no resuscitation will be initiated.

(7) Foster care means the provision of supervision, personal care, and protection in addition to room and board, for 24 hours a day, 5 or more days a week, and for 2 or more consecutive weeks for compensation.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4382 of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect upon the expiration of 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor