HB 6558 Summary

• Amends the child care licensing and regulation law (1973 PA 116) to update definitions of child care staff members, child care organizations, and related terms used in child protection and licensing requirements.

• Revises definition of "child care staff member" to include individuals 18 years or older employed by child care facilities, individuals with unsupervised access to children, and those in licensee designee or program director roles.

• Changes grammatical language from plural to singular forms in definitions of child care organizations (e.g., "child caring institution" instead of "institutions," "child placing agency" instead of "agencies").

• Modifies the definition of "minor child" to change age threshold from 18 years to 17 years for residents placed in child caring institutions or foster family homes under court adjudication, with limits on the number of such 17-year-old residents based on facility size.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment into law.