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Committee(s)	Families, Children, and Seniors
Chair	Rep. Rodney Wakeman
Clerk Name	Joy Brewer
Clerk Phone	517.373.8474
Location	Room 327, House Office Building, Lansing, MI
Date	Tuesday, 5/10/2022
Time	1:00 PM
Time Notes	or immediately following session.
Agenda	HB 5801 (Rep. Bronna Kahle) Children: protection; children's services commission; create. HB 5974 (Rep. Mary Whiteford) Juveniles: other; definition of relative in the juvenile code; revise. HB 5975 (Rep. Laurie Pohutsky) Courts: guardian ad litem; trauma-informed training for lawyer-guardian ad litem; require. HB 5976 (Rep. Tyrone Carter) Human services: other; annual report by the department of health and human services; require to submit to legislature. HB 5977 (Rep. Phil Green) Human services: other; annual needs assessment regarding the utilization of residential treatment and the needs of youth who are referred for clinical interventions; require the department of health and human services to conduct. HB 5978 (Rep. Rodney Wakeman) Children: foster care; family finding and engagement company; require department of health and human services to use to help connect foster children to family members and friends. HB 5980 (Rep. Stephanie Young) Children: foster care; extended licensing for certain foster homes; provide for. HB 5981 (Rep. Sarah Anthony) Land use: zoning and growth management; increase capacity for foster youth in state licensed residential facilities; provide for under certain conditions. HB 6070 (Rep. Jack O'Malley) Individual income tax: credit; incentive for employers to offer paid adoption leave to certain employees; provide for. HB 6073 (Rep. Mary Whiteford) Children: child care; definition of relative in the child care organizations; revise. HB 6074 (Rep. Mary Whiteford) Children: other; definition of relative in the probate code of 1939; revise. HB 6075 (Rep. Daire Rendon) Children: guardians; definition of relative in the guardianship assistance act; revise. HR 262 (Rep. Brenda Carter) A resolution to urge the United States Congress to expand the federal Family First Prevention Services Act by allowing flexibility in the use of Title IV-E funds to help children remain safely in their homes. Or any business properly before this committee. Please see the House Committee Protocol pertaining to COVID-19: https://house.mi.gov/CovidProtocol

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