MANDATED CPL REPORTERS: TRAINING H.B. 5796 (H-1):
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
House Bill 5796 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Kristy Pagan
House Committee: Law and Justice
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Child Protection Law to do the following:
-- Require the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in consultation with the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board and the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, to create comprehensive training materials for individuals who are required to report suspected child abuse or neglect, within 180 days after the bill took effect.
-- Require an employer or organization to provide the training materials to an employee who was required to report, unless the employer or organization provided its own training that was similar in substance to the training materials provided by the DHHS.
-- Require the DHHS to make the training materials publicly available on its website.
Proposed MCL 722.623b Legislative Analyst: Stephen Jackson
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have minimal to no fiscal impact on the State and no fiscal impact on local government. As the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has established mandated reporter training materials, any incremental cost would result from an increase in reproduction of the materials in printed form due to the potential expansion in the number of individuals designated as mandated reporters.
Date Completed: 6-7-18 Fiscal Analyst: John Maxwell
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.