HOUSE BILL No. 4797

 

August 18, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Brunner, Sarah Roberts, Zemke, Plawecki, LaVoy, Guerra, Derek Miller, Smiley, Chirkun and Liberati and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1973 PA 116, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the protection of children through the

licensing and regulation of child care organizations; to provide

for the establishment of standards of care for child care

organizations; to prescribe powers and duties of certain

departments of this state and adoption facilitators; to provide

penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"

 

(MCL 722.111 to 722.128) by adding section 3h.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3h. At the time an infant, 12 months of age or younger,

 

is in the care of a child care center, group child care home, or

 

family child care home, a staff member must be physically present

 

in the same room as the infant and monitoring the infant at all

 

times that the infant is in the care of the child care center,

 

group child care home, or family child care home.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.