2018 House Bill 5750

Senate Roll Call 887: Passed

To revise a “<a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/1999-2000/billanalysis/House/htm/1999-HLA-5543-B.htm">safe delivery of newborns</a>” law passed in 2000, which provides legal protections to a mother who surrenders a newborn to an emergency service provider. This and House Bill 5751 would allow a provider to install a “newborn safety device” similar in operation to a bank drive-up window or library book return slot, except it would be clean, safe, warm and designed to trigger a 911-call and a notice to staff within 30 seconds that there’s a baby inside. This is intended to let a mother surrender a baby anonymously. Also, the bill would also amend this law to apply to surrendering infants up 30 days old, instead of the current three days.

30 Yeas / 8 Nays
Republican (27 Yeas / 0 Nays)
Democrat (3 Yeas / 8 Nays)