Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the House on October 24, 2007, to define "professional service" in the state business corporations act as “a type of personal service that requires a license or other legal authorization,” and "services in a learned profession" as services rendered by a dentist, osteopathic physician, physician, surgeon, doctor of divinity or other clergy, or attorney-at-law. This resolves issues arising from a recent court case, Miller v Allstate Insurance Company. The bill also prescribes various procedures related to shareholders and assumed business names for firms converting to a corporation from some other business form, or vice-versa

The vote was 103 in favor, 0 opposed and 7 not voting

(House Roll Call 582 at House Journal 130)

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I am elated to see mechanisms of accountability being implemented to protect citizens. As this is written, it may be easily applied to the privatized child welfare industry. As a large number of private child welfare agencies are nonprofit, will the same accountability mechanisms be incorporated in the revision and amendment of the Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1982? Beverly Tran

MCL 450.222 does not enumerate, but may infer, that social work is a "learned profession". Why is this not learned profession not included? It would be the first time these public and private corporations of social work are held accountable under statutory legislation, that is not shrouded with an iron protective immunity covering of FOIA. So, what about social work...or is this NOT a "learned profession"? Beverly Tran

When enforcement is implemented over "learned professions" meaning Social Work, the fiscal impact will be exponential as there is no regulatory system in effect for this industry. Office of Children and Adult Licensing has been ensconced within Department of Human Services to no longer be an independent and autonomous investigative authority. By turing a blind eye to state statues of enforcement, the profession of Social Work continues to fall under the radar of accountability. I speak solely of the Child Welfare Industry. This lack of oversight leads to billions of dollars of false federal claims, and this state does nothing but exclude a determination of Social Work classification of being a "learned profession". There exists no databases for Department of Information Technology as it never properly implemented the Social Worker Support System of Child Protective Services (SWSS-CPS). Why and where are the federal monies? Monitoring should not be just placed on the deaths of children in the system. What about the other harms of children? The Department of Community Health regulates and oversees nothing. Justice Maura Corrigan must understand that she has embarked in an area that she is severely deficient in understanding, as she improperly discharges the duties of the Chief Justice Clifford Taylor. The time has come to allow intelligence to enter into the equation of remedy of child welfare. Otherwise, the fiscal impact shall continue to go undocumented and passed onto the taxpayers of Michigan. Social Work is not just licensed by statutes, but it is legitimized by established license fees. Appropriating an increase in current haphazard "fragmented" oversight authority will cause an minor incremental fiscal impact, but the benefits that will be reaped in ending federal fraud will benefit the state in the long run. One cannot pay enough for a positive functioning governmental reputation through accountability. The state must include those individuals with sincere expertise in these discussions. Perhaps, I only speak for myself... Beverly Tran