HOUSE BILL No. 5026
July 9, 1997, Introduced by Rep. McManus and referred to the Committee on Human Services and Children.
A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled
"Child protection law,"
(MCL 722.621 to 722.636) by adding section 9a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 SEC. 9A. THE AGENCY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT IS RESPONSI-
2 BLE FOR ADMINISTERING AND PROVIDING SERVICES UNDER THIS ACT SHALL
3 MAKE AN ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE THAT SHALL
4 INCLUDE AT LEAST ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
5 (A) STATISTICAL INFORMATION INCLUDING AT LEAST ALL OF THE
6 FOLLOWING:
7 (i) TOTAL REPORTS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT INVESTIGATED UNDER
8 THIS ACT AND THE NUMBER THAT WERE SUBSTANTIATED AND
9 UNSUBSTANTIATED.
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1 (ii) CHARACTERISTICS OF PERPETRATORS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT AND
2 THE CHILD VICTIMS SUCH AS AGE, RELATIONSHIP, SOCIOECONOMIC
3 STATUS, RACE, AND ETHNICITY.
4 (iii) THE CATEGORY LISTED UNDER SECTION 3 IN WHICH THE INDI-
5 VIDUAL WHO MADE THE REPORT FITS, OR OTHER CATEGORIZATION IF THE
6 INDIVIDUAL IS NOT WITHIN A GROUP REQUIRED TO REPORT UNDER THIS
7 ACT.
8 (iv) STATISTICS RELATING TO THE CENTRAL REGISTRY SUCH AS
9 NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS.
10 (B) POLICY RELATED TO CHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICES INCLUD-
11 ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MAJOR POLICY CHANGES AND COURT DECISIONS
12 AFFECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ACT.
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