Act No. 207

Public Acts of 2023

Approved by the Governor

November 21, 2023

Filed with the Secretary of State

November 22, 2023

EFFECTIVE DATE:  February 13, 2024

state of michigan

102nd Legislature

Regular session of 2023

Introduced by Senators Cavanagh, McCann, Geiss, Bayer, Polehanki, Chang, Shink, Wojno, Hertel, Brinks, Irwin and Anthony

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 477

AN ACT to amend 2004 PA 500, entitled An act to create the pregnant and parenting student services fund; to provide grants to encourage certain institutions of higher education to establish and operate a pregnant and parenting student services office for pregnant and parenting students attending the institution; to prescribe the powers and duties of a pregnant and parenting student services office; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, by amending section 5 (MCL 390.1595).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 5. (1) An institution of higher education may establish and operate a pregnant and parenting student services office. An office shall meet all of the following:

(a) Be located on the campus of the institution of higher education.

(b) Annually assess the performance of the institution and the office in meeting the following needs of students on campus who are pregnant or who are a custodial parent or legal guardian of a minor:

(i) Comprehensive student health care.

(ii) Family housing.

(iii) Child care.

(iv) Flexible or alternative academic scheduling.

(v) Education concerning responsible parenting for mothers and fathers.

(c) Identify public and private service providers qualified to meet the needs described in subdivision (b), both on campus and within the local community, and establish programs with qualified providers it selects to meet those needs.

(d) Assist students in locating and obtaining services that meet 1 or more of the needs described in subdivision (b).

(e) If appropriate, provide referrals on prenatal care and delivery, infant or foster care, or adoption, and on family planning, to individual students who request that information.

(f) By the date determined by the department, provide the department with an annual report that itemizes the office s expenditures during the preceding fiscal year and contains a review and evaluation of the performance of the office in fulfilling its obligations under this subsection.

(2) The department shall identify specific performance criteria and standards that the office shall use in preparing the annual report required under subsection (1). The department may establish the form or format of the report. The department may require that an office provide additional information after it has reviewed the report.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4949 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.

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Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor