CHILD SAFETY SEAT REFERRAL                                                                     S.B. 1134:

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Senate Bill 1134 (as reported by the Committee of the Whole)         (Senate-passed version)

Sponsor:  Senator Judy K. Emmons

Committee:  Families, Seniors and Human Services

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Public Health Code to allow an employee of a health facility or agency to do the following: a) inform an individual who was a patient of or a visitor to the health facility or agency that a child safety seat installed in that individual's vehicle might not be properly installed, and b) refer the individual to a child safety seat inspection program or to a child passenger safety technician who was certified by the National Child Passenger Certification Training Program.

A health facility or agency could not prohibit an employee from doing either of the activities described above, and it could not dismiss, sanction, or in any way penalize an employee for doing either of those activities.

The bill also provides that a child passenger safety technician who had been certified by the National Child Passenger Certification Training Program, who acted in good faith, and who acted within the scope of the training for which he or she was currently certified, would be immune from any civil liability or criminal penalty.

Proposed MCL 333.20135                                                   Legislative Analyst:  Jeff Mann

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  12-3-14                                                     Fiscal Analyst:  Josh Sefton

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.