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Foster Care Benefits Management

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Evidence log

2026-05-14 — Human services: adult foster care; definition of covered facility; exclude hospitals that provide swing bed services. Amends sec. 134a of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1134a). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0969’26: Not directly on-topic: SB 0970 (introduced) addresses adult foster care under the Mental Health Code (MCL 330.1134a), excluding swing-bed hospitals from the covered-facility definition — distinct from the child foster care benefits framework under 1994 PA 203. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-19 — Children: foster care; immunization requirements for foster families; modify. Amends sec. 5 of 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.115).: Adjacent measure: HB5990 (introduced) would amend sec. 5 of the Child Care Organizations Act (1973 PA 116, MCL 722.115) to modify immunization requirements for foster families — affecting licensing conditions for households that take in foster children, though under a different act than the foster care benefits framework (1994 PA 203). (novelty: 2)
2026-04-16 — Children: guardians; eligibility for guardianship assistance payments; modify. Amends sec. 4 of 2008 PA 260 (MCL 722.874). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4696’25: Adjacent measure: HB 4697 (passed chamber, tie-barred with HB 4696) would amend sec. 4 of 2008 PA 260 (MCL 722.874) to modify eligibility for guardianship assistance payments — affecting which children can exit foster care via subsidized kinship guardianship. (novelty: 2)
2026-04-16 — Children: guardians; definition of relative under the guardianship assistance act; modify. Amends sec. 2 of 2008 PA 260 (MCL 722.872). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4697’25: Adjacent measure: HB4696 (passed chamber, tie-barred to HB4697) would modify the definition of ‘relative’ under the Guardianship Assistance Act (2008 PA 260, sec. 2 / MCL 722.872), affecting which kin caregivers qualify for guardianship assistance — a common exit pathway from foster care into subsidized kinship guardianship. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2026-07-29 — Children: other; limited emancipation of a minor who is homeless; provide for. Creates new act.: Adjacent measure: SB1124 (introduced) would create a new act establishing limited emancipation for homeless minors — a parallel status-of-youth pathway outside the foster care benefits framework but potentially overlapping for youth who exit or age out of foster care into homelessness. (novelty: 3)
2026-07-29 — Children: foster care; conditions on the use of certain benefits for a child in foster care; provide. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 - 722.960) by adding sec. 8g. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4750’25: Companion measure adding sec. 8g to 1994 PA 203 (tie-barred to HB 4750) sets additional conditions on how certain benefits may be used for a child in foster care; enacted. (novelty: 3)
2026-03-17 — Children: services; residential treatment plans; require the department to observe. Amends 1939 PA 288 (MCL 710.21 - 712B.41) by adding sec. 18u to ch. XIIA.: Related oversight measure: HB5724 (introduced) would add sec. 18u to ch. XIIA of the Probate Code (1939 PA 288) requiring the department to observe residential treatment plans for children — a parallel department-oversight duty for children in state-supervised placements, though under a different act. (novelty: 2)
2025-10-29 — Children: child abuse or child neglect; exceptions to the definition of child neglect; provide. Amends sec. 2 of 1975 PA 238 (MCL 722.622).: cross-connection with child-protection-law-neglect-definition: Changes to the neglect definition affect which children enter CPS pathways that can lead to foster care placement. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-03 — Children: foster care; conditions on the use of certain benefits for a child in foster care; provide. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 - 722.960) by adding sec. 8f.: SB0018 (companion/parallel to HB4750) also adds sec. 8f to 1994 PA 203, imposing conditions on the use of certain benefits for children in foster care; bill has passed chamber. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-03 — Children: foster care; department to use or conserve benefits for children in foster care in the best interests of the children in foster care; provide. Amends 1994 PA 203 (MCL 722.951 - 722.960) by adding sec. 8f.: HB4750 (103rd Legislature) adds sec. 8f to 1994 PA 203, requiring the department to use or conserve benefits received on behalf of children in foster care in those children’s best interests; bill has passed chamber and been ordered enrolled (2026-07-03). (novelty: 2)