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MI SB0990
Bill
AI Summary
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Prohibits child care organizations from using window blinds or other window coverings with pull cords or inner cords capable of forming a loop that poses a strangulation risk to young children.
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Exempts window blinds and coverings that have been manufactured or properly retrofitted to eliminate the formation of loops posing a strangulation risk.
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Requires the director to consult and give serious consideration to United States Consumer Product Safety Commission publications when developing and reviewing minimum licensing requirements related to premise safety.
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Authorizes the department to provide information about reduced-cost or no-cost options for retrofitting or replacing unsafe window blinds and coverings.
Legislative Description
Children; child care; regulation of window blinds in licensed day care centers; implement. Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 - 722.128) by adding sec. 9b.
Children, child care
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Economic Development And Regulatory Reform
12/1/2009