An act to amend 1973 PA 116, entitled “An act to provide for the protection of children through the licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide for the establishment of standards of care for child care organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to provide penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 5a and 10 (MCL 722.115a and 722.120), section 5a as added by 1994 PA 205 and section 10 as amended by 2022 PA 69.
Senate Bill 432 amends the Children’s Ombudsman Act to replace the Office of Children’s Ombudsman with the Office of the Child Advocate. In general under the bill, the child advocate retains the powers and duties of the children’s ombudsman, with added responsibilities related to residential facilities and juvenile justice services. The bill changes the name of the act to the Office of the Child Advocate Act.
The other five bills in the package (SBs 435-436 and HBs 4639, 4640 and 4643) amend other acts to update references to the office or the act accordingly.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 34 to 3 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice
Reported without amendment
Passed in the House 98 to 11 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
