Title 400, SOCIAL SERVICES

Sec. 25. A party aggrieved by the decision of the director following a contested case hearing under section 22 may seek judicial review in accordance with chapter 6 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.301 to 24.306.

Sec. 26. (1) An adult foster care facility shall not utilize a name or designation which implies, infers, or leads the public to believe that the facility provides nursing care. (2) An adult foster care facility shall not include in its name the name of a religious, fraternal, or…

Sec. 26a. (1) A resident of an adult foster care facility who is enrolled in a licensed hospice program is not considered to require continuous nursing care for the purpose of section 3(4). (2) A resident of an adult foster care facility, which facility is also licensed as a subs…

Sec. 26b. (1) Beginning not more than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, an adult foster care large group home, an adult foster care small group home, or an adult foster care congregate facility that represents to the public that it pr…

Sec. 26c. (1) An adult foster care facility shall comply with medical orders provided on a validly executed POST form as required under the provisions of part 56B of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5671 to 333.5685. (2) If an adult foster care facility is unwilling t…

Sec. 27. (1) A licensee operating an adult foster care congregate facility shall conspicuously post all of the following in an area of the facility accessible to residents, employees, and visitors: (a) A current license. (b) A complete copy of the most recent inspection report of…

Sec. 29. This act shall not prohibit an adult foster care facility from providing foster care to a person related to the licensee or the licensee's spouse for compensation or otherwise. The related person shall be considered in determining the number of residents being cared for …

Sec. 30. The attorney general, on behalf of the department, may seek an injunction against an adult foster care facility in either of the following cases: (a) The facility is being operated without a license in violation of section 13. (b) A licensee violates this act or a rule p…

Sec. 31. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 13 or section 22, a person, adult foster care facility, agency, or representative or officer of a corporation, association, or organization who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not mo…

Sec. 31a. (1) In addition to or as an alternative to imposing a term of imprisonment under this act, the court may sentence the person to perform community service as follows: (a) If the person is convicted of a felony, community service for not more than 160 days. (b) If the per…

Sec. 32. (1) The department shall notify the clerk of the city, village, or township where a proposed adult foster care facility is to be located at least 45 days before the issuance of a license. (2) The department shall notify the clerk of the city, village, or township of all …

Sec. 33. This act supersedes all local regulations applicable specifically to adult foster care facilities. Local ordinances, regulations, or construction codes regulating institutions shall not be applied to adult foster care large group homes, adult foster care small group home…

Sec. 34b. (1) In addition to the restrictions prescribed in sections 13, 22, and 31, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), an adult foster care facility shall not employ or independently contract with an individual who regularly has direct access to or provides dire…

Sec. 34c. (1) An individual who has been disqualified from or denied employment by an adult foster care facility based on a criminal history check conducted under section 34b may appeal to the department if he or she believes that the criminal history report is inaccurate, and th…

Sec. 35. Act No. 287 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, being sections 331.681 to 331.694 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is repealed.

Sec. 36. (1) An adult foster care family home may be concurrently licensed as a foster family home or a foster family group home. Except as provided in subsection (2), additional minor children who are not related to a resident of the adult foster care family home shall not be re…

Sec. 37. (1) An adult foster care small group home may be concurrently licensed as a child caring institution. Additional children under 18 years of age who are not related to a resident of the adult foster care small group home shall not be received in the adult foster care smal…

Sec. 1. That in order the state may more effectively exercise the duty and obligation which it owes to unfortunate children, there is hereby created and established the Michigan children's institute. Such records, papers, equipment and appurtenances as needed from the state publi…

Sec. 2. The said Michigan children's institute shall be under the control and management of the Michigan social welfare commission, hereinafter referred to as "the commission", whose appointment and duties are provided in Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, being …

Sec. 3. (1) A child under 17 years of age, provision for whose support and education has been made under regulations of the department, may be admitted to the Michigan children's institute by commitment to the department. All children committed to the Michigan children's institut…

Sec. 4. (1) Within 30 days after an order is made committing a child to the superintendent of the Michigan children's institute, the court shall send to the superintendent a certified copy of the petition, the order of disposition in the case, and the report of the physician who …

Sec. 5. In case a child has been committed to said institute, and a person in the same county has been found who is willing to take said child into his home under the same conditions as children placed out on agreement, or for adoption from the said institute, the court, county a…

Sec. 6. The commission shall maintain at Ann Arbor and at such other places as may be made available to the commission, temporary residential facilities for the reception of children sent to the institute under sections 3 or 4 of this act, or for their care between placements in …

Sec. 7. (1) The department shall promulgate necessary rules for the maintenance, health, instruction, and training of the children under the control of the Michigan children's institute, for placing them in homes, and for their supervision while they remain public wards. The liab…

Sec. 8. The said commission is authorized to return to the counties from which they were sent, the following classes of children: First, those who have become 16 years of age and who, for any reason, cannot be placed or retained in family homes. Second, those who by reason of vic…

Sec. 9. (1) The superintendent of the institute or his or her designee is authorized to consent to the adoption, marriage, guardianship, or emancipation of any child who may have been committed to the institute, according to the laws for the adoption, marriage, guardianship as pr…

Sec. 10. Any person desiring to take a child from said institute by agreement or adoption shall apply for that purpose in writing, on such form as said commission shall prescribe, to the superintendent or to the judge of probate of the county in which the applicant resides. The s…

Sec. 11. The commission shall preserve in said institute all legal and other papers of importance including reports of investigation of parentage, of family conditions of the children committed to said institute, and also a brief history of each child, showing its name, age, coun…

Sec. 13. This bill being remedial in its nature and purposes shall be liberally construed in order to accomplish the beneficial purposes herein sought. Should any clause, paragraph, or section of this bill be declared unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such …

Sec. 14. Any person who shall aid or assist, or entice a child under the control of the said institute to escape from a home in which said child has been placed, or shall aid, entice or assist any such child to leave the state, or shall marry any such child without the consent of…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "young adult voluntary foster care act".

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Court" means the family division of the circuit court. (b) "Department" means the department of human services. (c) "Youth" means an individual who is at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age.

Sec. 5. The department shall implement the young adult voluntary foster care act in accordance with the state's approved title IV-E state plan.

Sec. 7. A youth who exited foster care after reaching 18 years of age but before reaching 21 years of age may reenter foster care and receive extended foster care services.

Sec. 9. The department may provide extended foster care services if the youth meets 1 of the following conditions for eligibility: (a) The youth is completing secondary education or a program leading to an equivalent credential. (b) The youth is enrolled in an institution that pr…

Sec. 11. If a youth chooses to participate in extended foster care services and meets the eligibility criteria set forth in section 9, the department and the youth shall sign a voluntary foster care agreement that shall include, at a minimum, information regarding all of the foll…

Sec. 13. As soon as the department determines that a youth is eligible under section 9 and the youth signs the voluntary foster care agreement described in section 11, the department may provide extended foster care services to the youth in accordance with this act.

Sec. 15. Within 150 days after the voluntary foster care agreement is signed, the department shall file with the court in the county where the youth resides a written report that shall contain all of the following: (a) The youth's name, date of birth, race, gender, and current ad…

Sec. 17. The court has the jurisdiction to review the voluntary foster care agreement signed by the department and the youth in section 11. Upon the filing of a report under section 15, the court shall open a young adult voluntary foster care case for the purpose of determining w…

Sec. 19. Following the court's determination in section 17, the court shall close the young adult voluntary foster care case and the department shall provide extended foster care services to the youth in accordance with this act.

Sec. 21. The department shall conduct periodic case reviews not less than once every 180 days to address the status of the youth's safety, continuing necessity and appropriateness of placement, extent of compliance with the case plan, and projected date by which the youth may no …

Sec. 23. (1) A youth may choose to terminate the voluntary foster care agreement and stop receiving extended foster care services at any time. (2) If, at any time, the department determines that the youth is not in compliance with the voluntary foster care agreement or any progra…

Sec. 25. (1) The department may provide extended guardianship assistance for a youth, who is at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age, if the youth began receiving guardianship assistance at 16 years of age or older. (2) The department shall determine a youth's init…

Sec. 27. The department may provide extended guardianship assistance in accordance with this article if the youth meets 1 of the following conditions for eligibility: (a) The youth is completing secondary education or a program leading to an equivalent credential. (b) The youth i…

Sec. 29. (1) The court shall retain jurisdiction of a youth receiving, or a youth for whom the department is determining eligibility for receiving, extended guardianship assistance until that youth no longer receives guardianship assistance. (2) The court shall hold a hearing reg…

Sec. 31. (1) In accordance with the provisions of section 115j(4) of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.115j, the department may provide extended adoption assistance for an adoptee who is at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age if the department determine…