Bills Signed Into Law...
Public Act 193 (SB 100) Child Support/Parenting (Jansen) Makes revisions to child support and parenting time enforcement act. Signed December 28, 2009; Effective December 28, 2009.
Public Act 194 (HB 5503) Child Support (Kurtz) Revises procedures for suspension and reinstatement of driver license due to child support arrearage. Signed December 28, 2009; Effective December 28, 2009.
Public Act 233 (SB 99) Friend of the Court (Jansen) Makes miscellaneous revisions to friend of the court act. Signed January 8, 2010; Effective January 8, 2010.
Public Act 234 (SB 105) Child Support Collection (Scott) Revises collection and distribution of child support provision. Signed January 8, 2010; Effective January 8, 2010.
Public Act 235 (SB 106) Out of Wedlock Child Expenses (Jacobs) Revises procedures for collection of medical expenses related to birth of a child born out of wedlock paid by Medicaid; revises collection and distribution of child support provisions. Signed January 8, 2010; Effective January 8, 2010.
Public Act 236 (SB 107) Single Parent Child Expenses (Hardiman) Revises procedures for collection of medical expenses related to birth of a child born out of wedlock paid by Medicaid; revises collection and distribution of child support provisions. Signed January 8, 2010; Effective January 8, 2010.
Public Act 237 (HB 5501) Custody (Valentine) Revises reference to domestic relations mediation in child custody act to reflect amendment to friend of the court act. Signed January 8, 2010; Effective January 8, 2010.
Public Act 238 (HB 5502) Child Support (Liss) Establishes certain duties of the office of child support bench warrent enforcement fund. Signed January 8, 2010; Effective January 8, 2010.
Public Act 239 (HB 5504) Fees (Womack) Provides for consolidated fees from divorce, paternity and family support acts. Signed January 8, 2010; Effective January 8, 2010.
Public Act 377 (HB 5341) Overbeck Law was signed into law December 2008 and became effective in March of 2009. The law requires the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in any new construction or remodeling on a home or hotel in Michigan. The Overbecks died in 2003 in their brand new home when they mistakenly left their car running in their garage.
This is critically important legislation that will not only save lives, but will help thousands of children who are unknowingly being chronically poisoned by faulty (sometimes new) furnaces, gas stoves, and other appliances. The symptoms include headache, nausea, lethargy, and dizziness, all easily misdiagnosed or ignored, and all decreasing a child's ability to learn. It only takes 15 minutes to die of carbon monoxide poisoning.
FIrst Alert is working with the Overbeck Fund and the Registered Nurses Association in Michigan (RN-AIM) to distribute free or discounted CO alarms to families served by selected health departments in Michigan. For more information, contact the Overbeck Fund at www.overbeckfoundation.org.
Bills In Action...
SB 101 Domestic Relations Mediation (Jansen) Revises domestic relations mediation provisions in child custody act to reflect changes in the friend of the court act. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services 1/28/09. Reported (2/3/09). Passed (2/10/09).
SB 102 Child Support Arrearage (Garcia) Revises procedures for suspension or revocation of driver's license for child support arrearages. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services 1/28/09. Reported (2/3/09). Passed (2/10/09).
SB103 Domestic Fees (Garcia) Provides for consolidated fees from divorce, paternity and family support acts. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services 1/28/09. Reported (2/3/09). Passed (2/10/09).
SB 104 Office of Child Support (Jansen) Establishes duties of office of child support; eliminates child support bench warrent enforcement fund. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services 1/28/09. Reported (2/3/09). Passed (2/10/09).
Introduced Legislation...
SB 67 Child Support Notice (Kahn) Requires notice that payee of child support may be entitled to payment from lawsuit settlement or judgement or similar resource. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services (1/27/09).
SB 68 Child Support (Gilbert) Requires payment of child support arrearages from casino winnings. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services (1/27/09).
SB 185 Domestic Abuse Victims (Garcia) Allows for certain victims of domestic abuse to terminate leases. Introduced and referred to Economic Development and Regulartory Reform (2/3/09).
SB 197 Paternity (McManus) Establishes circumstances under which a man can sue to establish paternity of a child born to a married woman. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services (2/5/09).
SB 444 Job Training (Cherry) Provides for extension of unemplyment benefits to individuals in state-approved job training program. Introduced and referred to Commerce and Tourism (4/21/09).
SB 445 Benefits (Hunter) Provides for eligibility for unemployment benefits for part time employees on some cases. Introduced and referred to Commerce and Tourism (4/21/09).
SB 458 Child Support Punishment (Switalski, M.) Eliminates requirement of criminal presentence report for nonpayment of support. Introduced and referred to Judiciary (4/22/09).
SB 568 Child Custody Review (Jansen) Allows court to take additional evidence regarding review of arbitrator's decision on child custody. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services (5/12/09).
SB 569 Child Custody Arbitration (Jansen) Requires courts to resolve child custody disputes that hve been arbitrated in accordance with domestic relations arbitration provisions. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services (5/12/09).
SB 941 Welfare Recipients (Barcia) Requires the Department of Human Services to review information from the Department of State Police on whether public assistance recipients have an outstanding warrant. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services (10/21/09).
SB 1007 Bridge Cards (Pappageorge) Prohibits use of bridge card or other form of electronic benefit transfer or assistance payment to purchase lottery tickets. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services (12/3/09).
HB 4061 Child Support (Lemmons) Provides for termination of child support obligations when DNA evidence demonstrates payer is not the biological parent. Introduced and referred to Families and Human Services (1/22/09).
HB 4169 Child Placement (Dean) Implements requirement for parental disclosure of relatives placing a child in a home other than that of the parent. Introduced and referred to Families and Children's Services (2/05/09).
HB 4197 Parenting Time (Espinoza) Provides for great-grandparenting time in family law. Introduced and referred to Families and Children's Services (2/5/09).
HB 4470 Adption Leave (Neumann) Provides for adoption leave. Introduced and referred to Families and Children's Services (2/26/09).
HB 4636 Bridge Cards (Johnson) Allows food assistance recipients' use of EBT bridge cards at certain approved restaurants. Introduced and referred to Families and Children's Services (3/19/09).
HB 4649 Energy Assistance (Horn) HB 4650 (Spade) & HB 4657 (Stamas) Requires communication with providers regarding eligible individuals for energy assistance programs, provides for requirement that energy assistance payments be directed to human service provider, and requires report on the elimination of barriers to assisting customers eligible for energy assistance programs. Introduced and referred to Enery and Technology (3/19/09).
HB 4671 Family Law (Lori) Provides expedited provision of copy of acknowledgement of parentage to attorney or court clerk. Introduced and referred to Judiciary (3/19/09).
HB 4704 Name Change (Byrnes) Revises change of name procedure whenever decree of divorce is granted to make it gender neutral. Introduced and referred to Judiciary (3/25/09).
HB 5670 Power of Attorney (Switalski, J) Revises reference to powers of attorney in public health code to reflect adoption of uniform power of attorney act. Introduced and referred to Judiciary (12/9/09).
HB 5715 Child Support (Spade) Imposes annual child support fee. Introduced and referred to Child and Family Services (12/17/09).
HB 5719 Parental Notification (Meltzer) Requires parental notification when minor consents to certain health care or treatment except under certain circumstances. Introduced and referred to Judiciary (12/17/09).
HR 107 Shelter (Leland) Memorializes Congress to maintain, or increase, FY 2010 funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. Introduced and referred to Families and Children's Services (6/11/09).
HR 169 Poverty Awareness (Spade) Recognizes October 2009 as Poverty Awareness Month. Adopted (10/15/09).
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