2025 Senate Bill 35

Children: child abuse or child neglect; mandatory reporting of certain events at birth of a child; modify.

A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending section 3a (MCL 722.623a), as added by 1996 PA 581.

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The bill amends Michigan's Child Protection Law to require notification and a Plan of Safe Care for newborns affected by substances, with specific conditions for reporting suspected abuse or neglect.

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 4, 2025

Introduced by Sens. Sylvia Santana (D-2) and Erika Geiss (D-1)

Referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services