2015-2016 Session	House Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors
Friday, December 30, 2016

Bill/Resolution	Sponsor	Subject	Meetings	Status
HB 4022 referred 1/15/2015	Kosowski	Children; foster care; foster child identification theft protection act; create.
HB 4023 referred 1/15/2015	Kosowski	Children; child care; limitation on allowable hours per day a child can be left at a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home; provide for.
HB 4028 referred 1/15/2015	Kosowski	Family law; paternity; responsible father registry; create.
HB 4034 referred 1/15/2015	Heise	Human services; medical services; use of pooled trusts for medicaid eligibility; authorize.
HB 4037 referred 1/21/2015	Forlini	Family law; marriage and divorce; persons authorized to solemnize marriage; allow township supervisor to perform.
HB 4041 referred 1/21/2015	Pscholka	Human services; services or financial assistance; family independence assistance program group's compliance with compulsory school attendance; require in order to receive assistance.
HB 4132 referred 2/3/2015	Geiss	Family law; parenting time; right to first refusal of child care for children during other parent's normal parenting time; provide for.
HB 4133 referred 2/3/2015	Irwin	Children; adoption; second parent adoption; provide for.
HB 4139 referred 2/4/2015	Howrylak	Human services; children's services; interstate compact for the placement of children; revise.
HB 4141 referred 2/5/2015	Runestad	Family law; child custody; joint custody in every custody dispute between parents; mandate except in certain circumstances.
HB 4188 referred 2/12/2015	LaFontaine	Children; adoption; objection to placements by child placing agency based on religious or moral convictions; allow.
HB 4189 referred 2/12/2015	Santana	Children; adoption; objection to placements by child placing agency based on religious or moral convictions; allow.
HB 4190 referred 2/12/2015	Leutheuser	Children; adoption; licensure of child placing agency that objects to placements on religious or moral grounds; allow.
HB 4305 referred 3/5/2015	Lucido	Health; vital records; state registrar to forward notice of death to certain state departments; require.
HB 4306 referred 3/5/2015	Lucido	Human services; services or financial assistance; payment of public assistance; terminate upon notice of death.
HB 4374 referred 3/24/2015	Irwin	Family law; marriage and divorce; prohibition on same-sex marriage; remove.
HB 4375 referred 3/24/2015	Zemke	Family law; marriage and divorce; prohibition of same-sex marriage; remove from foreign marriage act.
HB 4376 referred 3/24/2015	Wittenberg	Family law; marriage and divorce; issuance of marriage license to same-sex couple without publicity; allow.
HB 4409 referred 3/26/2015	Poleski	Human services; services or financial assistance; families leaving family independence programs due to no longer meeting financial eligibility; eliminate monthly payment.
HB 4457 referred 4/15/2015	Runestad	Children; adoption; adoption registry fee; eliminate.
HB 4625 referred 5/19/2015	Lane	Human services; medical services; automatic approval of medicaid application if not approved or denied by the department in 45 days; allow under certain circumstances.
HB 4626 referred 5/19/2015	Lane	Human services; medical services; retroactive spend down on funeral costs; allow.
HB 4658 referred 6/2/2015	McCready	Civil procedure; other; collection of court-ordered financial obligations from judgments against the state; allow.
HB 4840 referred 8/20/2015	Wittenberg	Children; adoption; requirement for adoption licensees with state contracts to provide services to all applicants; provide for.
HB 4841 referred 8/20/2015	Hoadley	Children; foster care; foster care licensees with state contracts to provide services to all applicants; require.
HB 4842 referred 8/20/2015	Talabi	Human services; children's services; adoption and foster care licensees with state contracts to provide services to all applicants; require.
HB 4973 referred 4/28/2016	Sarah Roberts	Criminal procedure; records; child abuse offenders registry; create.
HB 4974 referred 4/28/2016	Miller, D.	Criminal procedure; records; certain persons convicted of child abuse offense; require to register under the child abuse offender registry.
HB 4975 referred 4/28/2016	Guerra	Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for child abuse offenders registration act violation; provide for.
HB 4976 referred 10/13/2015	Hovey-Wright	Children; protection; children's assurance of quality foster care policy; create.
HB 4977 referred 10/13/2015	Runestad	Children; foster care; specific policy for foster children; create.
HB 4978 referred 10/13/2015	Darany	Children; foster care; information regarding the foster children's assurance of quality foster care policy; require the department of human services to provide to foster children.
HB 5119 referred 12/3/2015	Neeley	Family law; domestic violence; reference of family independence agency; revise to department of health and human services.
HB 5408 referred 3/1/2016	Byrd	Children; child care; restriction on number of 18-year-olds residing in a child caring institution; modify.
HB 5559 referred 4/13/2016	Cox	Vehicles; equipment; child restraint safety seats; require positioning of car seats to depend on weight of child.
HB 5689 referred 5/24/2016	Cox	Vehicles; equipment; child restraint safety seats; require positioning of car seats to depend on weight of child and make other revisions.
HB 5769 referred 7/13/2016	Kosowski	Human services; other; reference to certain departments in the public health code; update.
HB 5770 referred 7/13/2016	Heise	Probate; other; reference to department of health and human services in the probate code; update.
HB 5771 referred 7/13/2016	Santana	Disabilities; other; reference to department of health and human services in the blind and visually disabled persons act; update and repeal outdated section.
HB 5772 referred 7/13/2016	LaFontaine	Human services; other; reference to the various department names in the social welfare act; update.
HB 5773 referred 7/13/2016	Inman	Mental health; code; reference to department of community health, family independence agency, department of human services, department of mental health, and department of social services in the mental health code; update to department of health and human services.
HB 5774 referred 7/13/2016	Cox	Human services; adult foster care; reference to department in the adult foster care act; update to department of licensing and regulatory affairs.
HB 5775 referred 7/13/2016	Darany	Human services; food assistance; food stamp distribution act; repeal.
HB 5779 referred 7/13/2016	Kosowski	Children; abuse or neglect; suspected child abuse or child neglect; require animal control officers to report.
HB 5780 referred 7/13/2016	Lucido	Animals; other; suspected animal abuse or neglect cases; require child protective service employees to report.
HB 5781 referred 7/13/2016	Kosowski	Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for certain reported animal abuse or neglect penalties; enact.
HB 6023 referred 11/9/2016	Irwin	Human services; food assistance; asset test for food assistance program eligibility; eliminate.
SB 334 referred 10/20/2015	Emmons	Children; protection; reporting child abuse or child neglect through an online reporting system and waiving a written report under certain circumstances; allow, change venereal disease to sexually transmitted infection, and allow federal or state governmental agency access to certain records.
SB 1021 referred 9/21/2016	Stamas	Children; services; children's advocacy centers to have access to confidential records; allow under certain circumstances.
SB 1041 referred 11/9/2016	Emmons	Human services; adult foster care; certain confidential records of adult foster care facility licensing act; allow federal or state governmental agency access during the course of an audit or review.
SB 1042 referred 11/9/2016	Emmons	Human services; other; certain confidential records of the social welfare act; allow federal or state governmental agency access during the course of an audit or review.
SB 1043 referred 11/9/2016	Emmons	Children; protection; certain confidential records of child protection services; allow federal or state governmental agency access during the course of an audit or review.
SB 1044 referred 11/9/2016	Emmons	Children; child care; certain confidential records of child care organizations; allow federal or state governmental agency access during the course of an audit or review.
HJR L referred 3/24/2015	Moss	Family law; marriage and divorce; constitutional prohibition of same-sex marriage and civil unions; repeal.
HR 9 referred 1/28/2015	Kesto	A resolution to urge the President of the United States to allow an additional 25,000 refugee visas for displaced Iraqis, with preference for placement in Michigan.
HR 15 referred 2/17/2015	Sarah Roberts	A resolution to encourage the U.S. Congress to reauthorize the Older Americans Act.
HR 36 referred 3/17/2015	Hovey-Wright	A resolution to declare March 2015 as Social Work Month in the state of Michigan.
HR 75 referred 5/5/2015	Crawford	A resolution to declare June 2, 2015, as Older Michiganians Day in the state of Michigan.
HR 82 referred 5/12/2015	Driskell	A resolution to urge the Congress of the United States to enact legislation that will reverse cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over the next decade and that will remove the higher threshold of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding to qualify for additional SNAP benefits
HR 101 referred 6/10/2015	Hoadley	A resolution to declare June 2015 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month in the state of Michigan.
HR 164 referred 10/1/2015	Brinks	A resolution to express the sense of this legislative body that the state of Michigan should continue its efforts to further reduce the rate of teen pregnancy by promoting programs with proven results.
HR 307 referred 6/7/2016	Hoadley	A resolution to declare June 2016 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month in the state of Michigan.
HR 327 referred 9/14/2016	Runestad	A resolution to encourage awareness and sensitivity to the concept of parental alienation.
HR 351 referred 9/22/2016	Hoadley	A resolution to declare October 11, 2016, as National Coming Out Day in the state of Michigan.
HR 354 referred 11/9/2016	Callton	A resolution to encourage the adoption of a frequent, functional, instrumentation-based, report-driven, and objective functional balance assessment program in senior living community risk management and resident safety programs to reduce the risk and episodes of falls in seniors.
HCR 2 referred 2/17/2015	Sarah Roberts	A concurrent resolution to encourage the U.S. Congress to reauthorize the Older Americans Act.