May 24, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Baxter, Bieda, Taub, Palmer, Byrum, Nitz, Gosselin and Ward and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.
A bill to amend 1982 PA 250, entitled
"Child abuse and neglect prevention act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 722.604).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. (1) The state board shall be composed of the following
15
members:
(a)
The director of social human
services, the director of
mental
health, the director of public community health, the
superintendent of public instruction, and the director of the
department of state police, or designees authorized to speak on
their behalf.
(b) Ten
Eleven public members appointed by the governor with
the advice and consent of the senate. As a group, the public
members
shall demonstrate do all of the following:
(i) Demonstrate knowledge in the area of child abuse and
neglect
prevention. ; shall be
(ii) Be representative of the demographic composition of this
state. ;
and, to
(iii) To the extent practicable, shall
be representative of
all of the following categories: parents, organized labor, the
business community, the religious community, the legal community,
professional providers of child abuse and neglect prevention
services, and volunteers in child abuse and neglect prevention
services.
(2) The term of each public member shall be 3 years, except
that of the public members first appointed, 3 shall serve for 3
years, 3 for 2 years, and 4 for 1 year. A public member shall not
serve more than 2 consecutive terms whether partial or full. A
vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in
the same manner as the original appointment.
(3) The governor shall designate a chairperson of the state
board
from among the public members. , which The chairperson
shall serve in that position at the pleasure of the governor. The
state board may elect other officers and committees as it considers
appropriate.
(4) The actual and necessary per diem compensation and the
schedule for reimbursement of expenses for the public members of
the state board shall be the same as is established annually by the
legislature for similar boards that are reimbursed from the general
fund. The compensation and reimbursement, executive director and
staff salaries, and all actual and necessary operating expenses of
the
state board shall be paid from the trust fund, pursuant
according to an authorization as provided in section 9.