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If a charitable organization is licensed through the Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing, it does not have to go through the Attorney General's office charity licensure requirements. The Attorney General contemporaneously advises and advocates fraudulent patterns of practice for the privately...

I reviewed this bill and found it troubling, yet hopeful. You may read my analysis here. Michigan's New Powers Beverly Tran An Original Source

This will not include child placing agencies nor residential institutions. The Bureaua of Children and Adult Licensing will take down any damaging report of a facility, and in many situtations, will not, even under a FOIA, produce the report. Any facility regarding child welfare should be included in...

Will this include child placing agencies and residential institutions in the realms of foster care? Allow me to answer this one: No. The reason is if foster care contracted entitites are mandated to be transparent, then they will have to be accountable, which means they would be contractually disbarred...

This is another of those "sure sounds good" bills. However, in reality it is just another "government take over my life bill". Why is the legislature wasting taxpayer time and money on a bill that declares and "Awareness Month". The students are required to have health exams...

To whom it may concern; I have great intrest in this bill because I was a foster child growing up myself. I am concerned however, that this bill may not be a high priority to the Senet. I admitt, I do not know much about what might be going on, but this bill was passed in the house almost one year ago...

As this arrangement is to address the notification of eligibilty for child care subsides, focus should be directed to the core of the statute, and that is to the criminal element for Medicaid fraud. Medicaid fraud in child welfare has been allowed to flourish in the state due to absolute ignorance in...

Will "reasonable efforts" be defined within the scope of this legislation or will it mean that the "Reasonable Efforts" box was checked on the court petition. That is normally all that is done child protective proceedings. Beverly Tran An Original Source

After a bit of checking around, the true purpose of this bill is to prevent the public and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from finding out that the entire process and the existence of the Michigan Children's Institute is illegitimate and to cover up the state's Mediciad fraud...

So the Office of Children's Ombudsman is now, "allowed" to provide to the Legislative Child Fatality Examiner copy of "suspected child abuse and neglect", with redatction, FOR THE PURPOSE OF A REVIEW OF A CHILD'S DEATH. Great. So, the Office of Children's Ombudsman is...