Michigan Laws 722.629a – Annual report
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.629a
- Central registry: means a repository of names of individuals who are identified as perpetrators related to a central registry case in the department's statewide electronic case management system. See Michigan Laws 722.622
- Child: means an individual under 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 722.622
- Child abuse: means harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare that occurs through nonaccidental physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or maltreatment, by a parent, a legal guardian, any other person responsible for the child's health or welfare, a teacher, a teacher's aide, a member of the clergy, or an individual 18 years of age or older who is involved with a youth program. See Michigan Laws 722.622
- Child neglect: means harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare by a parent, legal guardian, or any other person responsible for the child's health or welfare that occurs through either of the following:
(i) Negligent treatment, including the failure to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical care, though financially able to do so, or by the failure to seek financial or other reasonable means to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, or medical care. See Michigan Laws 722.622Department: means the department of health and human services. See Michigan Laws 722.622
The agency within the department that is responsible for administering and providing services under this act must make an annual comprehensive report to the legislature that includes at least all of the following:
(a) Statistical information including at least all of the following:
(i) Total reports of abuse and neglect investigated under this act and the number that were confirmed and not confirmed.
(ii) Characteristics of perpetrators of child abuse and child neglect and the child victims such as age, sex, relationship, socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity.
(iii) The occupation or description listed under section 3 in which the individual who made the report fits, or other description if the individual is not within a group required to report under this act.
(iv) Statistics relating to the central registry such as number of individuals and their characteristics.
(v) Statistics relating to the basis for determining that reported cases of child abuse or child neglect are not confirmed.
(b) Policy related to child protective services including, but not limited to, major policy changes and court decisions affecting the administration of this act.