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).