SENATE BILL NO. 310

May 15, 2025, Introduced by Senator MCMORROW and referred to Committee on Housing and Human Services.

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 6b.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 6b. (1) The tri-share child care program is established in the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential for the continuation of the child care pilot project originally initiated and funded under section 1047(31) of article 5 of 2020 PA 166.

(2) The tri-share child care fund is created within the state treasury.

(3) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(4) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year must remain in the fund and must not lapse to the general fund.

(5) The department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential is the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

(6) The department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, to do both of the following:

(a) Administer the tri-share care program established under subsection (1).

(b) Fund existing child care facilitator hubs. The department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential may fund new child care facilitator hubs if sufficient funding exists to support all existing hubs, including hubs currently funded with private revenue. Adding new hubs must increase the number of participating counties or serve statewide employers.

(7) A child care facilitator receiving funds under this section must be a nonprofit, limited liability company, C-corporation, S-corporation, or sole proprietor.