MI HB6311

Requires case service plans for children with permanency plans including guardianship and guardianship assistance payments to document steps taken to determine reunification and adoption are not appropriate options.

Mandates documentation of reasons for any sibling separation during placement and explanation of why permanent guardianship placement serves the child's best interest.

Requires documentation of the child's eligibility for guardianship assistance payments and efforts made to discuss adoption as an alternative to legal guardianship, including the prospective guardian's reasons for declining adoption.

Requires documentation of efforts to discuss the guardianship assistance arrangement with the child's birth parents when parental rights have not been terminated, or documentation of reasons why such discussions did not occur.

Takes effect 90 days after enactment, contingent on passage of an unspecified Senate Bill or House Bill (request no. 01935'17) of the 99th Legislature.