HB-5183, As Passed Senate, May 18, 2016
December 17, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Bizon, Howrylak, Runestad, LaVoy, Zemke, Garrett, Phelps, Sarah Roberts, Cochran, Faris, Brinks, Irwin, Darany, Dianda, Chirkun, Wittenberg, Brunner, Chang, Rutledge, Talabi, Plawecki, Hoadley, Liberati, Greig, Byrd, Gay-Dagnogo, Pagan, Neeley, Smiley, Callton, Graves, Price, Crawford, Hooker, Pagel, Inman, Hughes, Lucido, Vaupel, Garcia, Cox, LaFontaine and Aaron Miller and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1937 PA 72, entitled
"Division on deafness act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 408.203), as amended by 1988 PA 434.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
3. (1) The division on deafness deaf,
deafblind, and hard
of hearing is established within the department. The purpose of the
office is to protect and assist all deaf, deafblind, and hard of
hearing
impaired persons, with special emphasis on deaf persons.
(2) The division shall be supervised by a director of the
division
who shall be appointed by the director of labor. the
department. The director of the division shall be a member of the
classified state civil service, hold not less than a bachelor's
degree, be fluent in American sign language, and have the ability
to communicate in various ways with deaf persons.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.