SB-0383, As Passed House, June 20, 2017

SB-0383, As Passed Senate, June 6, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 383

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1985 PA 176, entitled

 

"Child identification and protection act,"

 

by amending section 4 (MCL 722.774), as amended by 2017 PA 24.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. (1) The Except for fingerprints taken from a child or

 

youth with special health care needs under the process provided for

 

in subsection (2), the following conditions govern a governmental

 

unit's authority to fingerprint a child:

 

     (a) A governmental unit may fingerprint a child if a parent or

 

guardian has given written authorization for the taking of the

 

fingerprints for use in the future if the child becomes a runaway

 

or a missing child. Only 1 set of prints shall be taken and the

 

fingerprint cards shall must be given to the parent or guardian for

 


safekeeping. The fingerprints, written authorizations for

 

fingerprinting, or notice of their existence shall must not be

 

recorded, stored, or kept in any manner by a police agency, except

 

as provided in this subdivision or except at the request of the

 

parent or guardian if the child becomes a runaway or a missing

 

child. If the child is located or the case is otherwise disposed

 

of, the fingerprint cards shall must be returned to the parents or

 

guardian.

 

     (b) A governmental unit shall fingerprint a child if required

 

under section 3 of 1925 PA 289, MCL 28.243, section 1 of 1935 PA

 

120, MCL 28.271, or section 724 of the mental health code, 1974 PA

 

258, MCL 330.1724.

 

     (c) A governmental unit shall fingerprint a child if

 

fingerprinting is required by court order.

 

     (d) A governmental unit may fingerprint a child if

 

fingerprints are voluntarily given with the written permission of

 

the child and parent or guardian, upon request of a law enforcement

 

officer, to aid in a specific criminal investigation. Only 1 set of

 

prints shall be taken and, upon completion of the investigation,

 

the law enforcement agency shall return the fingerprint cards to

 

the parent or guardian of the child.

 

     (2) A parent or guardian of a child or youth with special

 

health care needs may submit a written request to a department-

 

approved entity to take the fingerprints and photograph of the

 

child or youth with special health care needs and add them to the

 

automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) database and the

 

statewide network of agency photos maintained by the department. As


used in this subsection and subsections (5), (6), and (8), "parent"

 

means the natural or adoptive parent of a child or youth with

 

special health care needs who has either or both sole or joint

 

legal or physical custody of the child if a court order dictating

 

custody is in place, or the natural or adoptive parent of a child

 

or youth with special health care needs if there is no court order

 

dictating custody in place.

 

     (3) A written request made under subsection (2) shall must be

 

made on a form posted on the department's website. Along with the

 

form, the department shall provide a list of department-approved

 

entities on the department's website.

 

     (4) The department may charge a fee sufficient to reimburse

 

the department for the costs associated with processing a request

 

under subsection (2).

 

     (5) At the time a child or youth with special health care

 

needs is presented at a department-approved entity to have his or

 

her fingerprints and photograph taken under subsection (2), the

 

department-approved entity taking the fingerprints and photograph

 

shall require the parent or guardian presenting the child or youth

 

with special health care needs to execute a signed waiver allowing

 

the child's fingerprints and digital image to be collected.

 

     (6) At the time a child or youth with special health care

 

needs is presented at a department-approved entity to have his or

 

her fingerprints and photograph taken under subsection (2), the

 

department-approved entity taking fingerprints and photograph shall

 

require the parent or guardian presenting the child or youth with

 

special health care needs to remit the fee described in subsection


(4). The department-approved entity shall forward the fee collected

 

under this subsection to the department in the manner the

 

department prescribes.

 

     (7) The department shall forward the fingerprints and

 

photographs taken under this section subsection (2) to the director

 

of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on forms furnished by or in

 

a manner prescribed by the director for registration, storage, and

 

use for identification purposes by the Federal Bureau of

 

Investigation.

 

     (8) A parent or guardian may make a written request to the

 

department to have the fingerprints and photograph of a child or

 

youth with special health care needs taken under this section

 

subsection (2) removed from the automated fingerprint

 

identification system (AFIS) database and the statewide network of

 

agency photos. The department shall remove the fingerprints and

 

photograph of a child or youth with special health care needs taken

 

under this section subsection (2) from the automated fingerprint

 

identification system (AFIS) database and the statewide network of

 

agency photos upon receipt of a written request made by a parent or

 

guardian under this subsection.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect August 2,

 

2017.