Bill > SB0992

This bill amends the 1973 PA 116 act, which provides for the protection of children through the licensing and regulation of child care organizations. The key provisions of this bill are: 1. It modifies the definition of "children's therapeutic group home" to specify that such homes can have a capacity of up to 6 children and that emergency safety intervention in the form of physical management is allowed but must comply with the Mental Health Code and associated administrative rules. 2. It removes language that prohibited behavior management rooms, personal restraint, mechanical restraint, or seclusion in children's therapeutic group homes. 3. It removes detailed requirements for staff training and competency in the use of personal restraint and seclusion at child caring institutions, and instead requires compliance with the Mental Health Code and associated rules for any emergency safety interventions. The bill aims to update the regulations around children's therapeutic group homes and the use of emergency safety interventions in child caring institutions.

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http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2022-SB-0992