2024 Senate Bill 1007

Children: child care; passing along fees for criminal background checks to certain childcare employees to the employees; prohibit.

A bill 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 5d and 5n (MCL 722.115d and 722.115n), section 5d as amended by 2020 PA 10 and section 5n as added by 2017 PA 256.

Mackinac Center Analysis

The bill updates the law requiring comprehensive criminal background checks for child care workers in Michigan to prohibit passing the cost of the fingerprinting or the records search by the company to their employees or applicants for employment nor shall the State Police charge individuals to submit their fingerprints.

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 19, 2024

Introduced by Sens. Michele Hoitenga (R-36) and Roger Hauck (R-34)

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs