HOUSE BILL No. 6664

 

November 13, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Meisner and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1975 PA 238, entitled

 

"Child protection law,"

 

by amending section 11 (MCL 722.631), as amended by 2002 PA 693.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11. (1) Any Except as provided in subsection (3), any

 

legally recognized privileged communication except that between

 

attorney and client or that made to a member of the clergy in his

 

or her professional character in a confession or similarly

 

confidential communication is abrogated and shall not constitute

 

grounds for excusing a report otherwise required to be made or for

 

excluding evidence in a civil child protective proceeding resulting

 

from a report made pursuant to this act.

 

     (2) This section does not relieve a member of the clergy from

 

reporting suspected child abuse or child neglect under section 3 if

 


that member of the clergy receives information concerning suspected

 

child abuse or child neglect while acting in any other capacity

 

listed under section 3.

 

     (3) Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this

 

section, evidence regarding a psychological evaluation or

 

psychological test conducted on any individual is confidential and

 

shall not be disclosed in any judicial, administrative, or

 

legislative proceeding.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6659(request no.

 

07492'08).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6660(request no.

 

07492'08 a).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6661(request no.

 

07492'08 b).

 

     (d) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6662(request no.

 

07492'08 c).

 

     (e) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6663(request no.

 

07492'08 d).