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MI HB4807
Bill
Status
1/14/2026
Primary Sponsor
Bryan Posthumus
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AI Summary
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Renames the "State Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board" to the "Children Trust Michigan Board" and moves it from the Department of Management and Budget to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Replaces the term "local council" with "prevention partner" throughout the act to describe organizations that facilitate community-based child abuse and neglect prevention programs.
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Authorizes the state board to partner with fundraising entities, including 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, to maximize prevention efforts and fundraising capabilities.
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Updates the board composition to include the director of the children's services administration instead of the former director of community health, while maintaining 11 public members appointed by the governor.
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Removes the requirement that local councils must review and approve prevention programs before organizations can receive trust fund grants, streamlining the funding process.
Legislative Description
Children: child abuse or child neglect; child abuse and neglect prevention act; modify. Amends title & secs. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 & 12 of 1982 PA 250 (MCL 722.602 et seq.).
Children: child abuse or child neglect
Last Action
Placed On Order Of Third Reading
2/4/2026