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Meeting date: 2019-09-04
Scheduled start: 2019-09-04 09:00:00.000000
Documented start: Not recorded
Documented end: Not recorded
Location: Room 308, House Office Building
Official minutes: Open official source ↗

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Actual end: Not recorded
Actual start: Not recorded
Chamber: house
Committee id: committee-115
Committee name: Families, Children, and Seniors
Evidence text: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND SENIORS REP. KATHY CRAWFORD CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, September 4, 2019 9:00 AM Room 308, House Office Building The House Standing Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors was called to order by the Chair. The Chair requested attendance be called: Present: Reps. Crawford, Rendon, Hoitenga, Meerman, Wozniak, Liberati, Brenda Carter, Cynthia Johnson. Absent/Excused: Rep. Garrett. Representative Rendon moved to adopt the meeting minutes of June 19, 2019. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 4704, HB 4705, HB 4706, HB 4707, HB 4708 and HB 4709 before the committee: HB 4704 (Rep. Crawford) A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending sections 2 and 8e (MCL 722.622 and 722.628e), section 2 as amended by 2018 PA 59 and section 8e as added by 2008 PA 511. HB 4705 (Rep. Hall) A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending section 8 (MCL 722.628), as amended by 2016 PA 491. HB 4706 (Rep. Schroeder) A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending section 8d (MCL 722.628d), as amended by 2014 PA 30. HB 4707 (Rep. Liberati) A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,” by amending section 8 (MCL 722.628), as amended by 2016 PA 491. HB 4708 (Rep. Meerman) A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law," by amending section 8d (MCL 722.628d), as amended by 2014 PA 30. HB 4709 (Rep. LaGrand) A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled “Child protection law,"(MCL 722.621 to 722.638) by adding section 9b. Yvonne Benn, C.P.A, Audit Manager in the Office of the Auditor General, and Leah M. Decker, C.P.A testified on the Children’s Protective Services Investigations, September 2018, 431-1285- 16, regarding HB 4704, HB 4705, HB 4706, HB 4707, HB 4708 and HB 4709. Questions and discussion followed. A copy of the report highlights is attached. Stacie Bladen, Deputy Director of the Children’s Services Agency in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and Colin Parks, Manager in the Child Protective Service and Family Preservation Program Office in the Bureau of Child Welfare in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, testified on of HB 4704, HB 4705, HB 4706, HB 4707, HB 4708 and HB 4709. Questions and discussion followed. Lisa McCormick, Children's Ombudsman, and Ryan Speidel Deputy Director, in the Office of Children’s Ombudsman in the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget, testified on of HB 4704, HB 4705, HB 4706, HB 4707, HB 4708 and HB 4709. Questions and discussion followed. A copy of her written testimony is attached. Representative Cynthia Johnson moved to excuse Representative Garrett from the meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. There being no further business before the committee, Representative Daire Rendon moved to adjourn. The Chair adjourned the meeting at 10:23 a.m. Representative Kathy Crawford, Chair Joy Brewer Committee Clerk joybrewer@house.mi.gov
Location: Room 308, House Office Building
Media count: 1
Meeting date: 2019-09-04
Meeting id: meeting-2141
Meeting state: held
Minutes url: Open official source ↗
Quorum state: quorum not determined
Scheduled start: 2019-09-04 09:00:00.000000
Session name: 2019-2020

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