October 16, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Stahl, Tabor, Hager, Caswell, Wenke, Mortimer, Shulman, Ehardt, Hune, DeRoche, Newell, Brown, Rivet, Hoogendyk, Farrah, Nofs, Gaffney, Ward, Taub, Stakoe, Sheen, Casperson, DeRossett, Farhat, Walker, Pastor, Robertson, Bradstreet, Ruth Johnson, Palsrok, Garfield, Milosch, Emmons, Voorhees, Hummel, Shaffer, Richardville, Howell, Shackleton, Kooiman, Pumford, Rocca and Palmer and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 18e.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 18e. The family independence agency shall establish
2 and administer a state plan for foster care according to the
3 provisions of section 477 of part E of title IV of the social
4 security act, 42 U.S.C. 677. The state plan shall include
5 programs and services that promote, implement, and support foster
6 care youth focus groups to provide consultation and input into
7 foster care policy. Programs and services established within the
8 state plan to carry out the provisions of this section may
9 utilize locally-based foster care youth focus groups that may
10 include youth in foster care, youth previously in foster care, or
11 both.