ECIC’s Early Childhood Bill Tracker was last updated April 19, 2024.
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| Anticipated Impact | Category | Bill Number and Link to Full Text | Bill Title & Keywords | Bill Description | Bill Status | Notes & Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Health Care | HB4728 | Health; testing; screening of breast milk donor for presence of HIV; modify | Amends the Public Health Code to change HIV testing requirements for breast milk. Under the code, a person who obtains self-replicating body fluids to introduce into a human body must test each donor for HIV or an HIV antibody, and the donor’s fluids cannot be used if the test results are positive. | Awaiting House Floor Vote | |
| Positive | Health Care | HB5027 | Human services; medical services; coverage for certain prenatal screenings; require. | Amends the Social Welfare Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to establish standards and guidelines for providing prenatal care services under Medicaid. DHHS would have to consult with prenatal care providers and local medical experts for guidance on how these services should be covered. | Awaiting House Floor Vote | |
| Positive | Health Care | HB5166 | Health; other; perinatal quality collaborative; establish. | Requires the maintence of a perinatal quality collaborative (PQC) that would: Promote quality improvement efforts; identify processes; mobilize resources; advance equity; implement and expand care for families affected by perinatal substance use disorder; expand and improve access to quality and respectful care and support throughout the pregnancy and afterward. As well as create regional collaboratives. | Awaiting House Floor Vote | |
| Positive | Health Care | HB5167 | Human services; medical services; coverage for blood pressure monitors for pregnant or postpartum individuals; provide for. | Amends the Social Welfare Act to provide that an individual who is pregnant or is within a postpartum period may receive medical assistance coverage for the purchase of a blood pressure monitor. | Awaiting House Floor Vote | |
| Positive | Health Care | HB5168 | Insurance; health insurers; coverage for blood pressure monitors for pregnant or postpartum individuals; provide for. | Amend the Insurance Code to require insurers that deliver, issue for delivery, or renew a health insurance policy in Michigan to cover the cost of a blood pressure monitor for an insured individual who is pregnant or postpartum. | Awaiting House Floor Vote | |
| Positive | Health Care | HB5169 | Health; screening; mental health screenings and resources for mothers; provide for during certain time periods. | Amend the Public Health Code to require a pediatrician to offer a mother during the postpartum period (after giving birth) a mental health screening that is developed or approved by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). | Awaiting House Floor Vote | |
| Positive | Health Care | HB5170 | Insurance; health insurers; coverage for mental health screenings for new mothers; require. | Amend the Insurance Code to require an insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews a health insurance policy in Michigan to provide coverage for mental health screenings during the postpartum period. | Awaiting House Floor Vote | |
| Positive | Health Care | HB5171 | Human services; medical services; coverage for mental health screenings for new mothers; require. | Amend the Social Welfare Act to require Medicaid to cover mental health screenings during the postpartum period for Medicaid recipients. | Awaiting House Floor Vote | |
| Positive | Health Care | HB5172 | Health; other; program to register perinatal facilities as certain maternal care facilities; establish. | Amend the Public Health Code to require the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), upon appropriation, to implement a program to register a hospital that provides maternal care (called a perinatal facility in the bill) as a Level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility | Awaiting House Floor Vote | |
| Positive | Health Care | HB5173 | Health facilities; hospitals; require hospitals to provide information on health insurance enrollment process for newborns; provide for. | Amends the Public Health Code to require the Department of Insurance and Financial Services, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, to develop an informational form on the insurance enrollment process for coverage of newborns and make the form available to hospitals. | Awaiting House Floor Vote | |
| Positive | Health Care | HB4740 | State agencies (existing): health and human services; waiting period for enrollment in Medicaid and immigrant children’s health improvement act; modify. | Codifies the removal of the five-year waiting period for immigrant children and women to utilize Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). | Awaiting House Floor Vote | Think Babies MI provided public testimony in support of this policy and its direct impact on immigrant children across Michigan. |
| Positive | Other | SB332 | Labor: leave; family leave optimal coverage benefits; provide for. Creates new act. | Creates the Family Leave Optimal Coverage Act | Introduced | Advocacy Toolkit |
| Positive | Other | SB332 | Individual income tax: deductions; deduction for family leave optimal coverage benefits; provide for. | Amends the Income Tax Act of 1967 to include income deduction for the funding of the Family Leave Optimal Coverage Act | Introduced | Advocacy Toolkit |
| Positive | Other | HB4574 | Labor: leave; family leave optimal coverage benefits; provide for. Creates new act. | Creates the Family Leave Optimal Coverage Act | Introduced | Advocacy Toolkit |
| Positive | Other | HB4575 | Individual income tax: deductions; deduction for family leave optimal coverage benefits; provide for. | Amends the Income Tax Act of 1967 to include income deduction for the funding of the Family Leave Optimal Coverage Act | Introduced | Advocacy Toolkit |
| Positive | Other | SB140 | Labor: benefits; family leave policies; require employers to disclose to employees and potential employees. Creates new request. | Requires employers to disclose family leave policies to employees and potential employees. | Introduced | |
| Positive | Child Care | HB5265 | Individual income tax: credit; child care savings program; create. | Creates a child care savings program; allowing individuals to open a savings account with a financial institution dedicated to cost of care for children 14 years or younger. | Assigned to Committee | Referred to House Committee on Families, Children and Seniors |
| Positive | Child Care | HB5266 | Individual income tax: other; child care savings program; create. | Amends the Income Tax Act of 1967 to provide deductions for the maintenance of a child care savings account. | Assigned to Committee | Referred to House Committee on Families, Children and Seniors |
| Positive | Foster Care | SB418 | Human services: children’s services; county child care fund reimbursement rate; increase. | Amends the Social Welfare Act to increase the reimbursement formula for the Child Care Fund, require and allow certain uses of money from the fund, and require certain performance measures. | Signed Into Law | The Child Care Fund reimburses counties/tribes for community-based programming for child welfare and juvenile justice, and placement costs for youth involved in juvenile justice cases. This bill was signed into law by Gov. Whitmer on Dec. 12, 2023. |
| Positive | Other | HB4002 | Individual income tax: credit; earned income tax; restore. | Restores state Earned Income Tax Credit to federal levels; up from 6 percent to 30 percent. | Assigned to Committee | Passed the Michigan House of Representatives (1/26/2023) 100-8; referred to Senate Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection Committee. |
| Positive | Health Care | HB5369 | Children: health; automatic qualification for children’s special health care services for certain children affected by lead exposure; require | Requires a local health department or physician that receives a notification of a child elevated blood lead levels they child must be referred to the Early On program. | Awaiting House Floor Vote | This bill is a part of a larger package of legislation addressing lead prevention for children in Michigan; including HB 4532, HB 5368, HB 5369, HB 5370. Passed committee (2/6/2024) 11-6; with substitutions. |
| Education | SB285 | Education: attendance requirements for kindergarten; modify. | Modifies attendance requirements for kindergarten to make mandatory for children at least 5 years old beginning the 2025-26 school year. | Referred to House Education Committee | Passed committee (2/6/2024); with substitutions. Passed the Senate (4/16/2024); 21-15 | |
| Positive | Health Care | SB818 | Records: death; commission to investigate racial disparities related to maternal health; create. | Requires MDHHS to include published studies and reports on biased or unjust perinatal care and requires health facilities to report maternal deaths to the department. This bill also codifies the maternal mortality review team. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Health Care | SB824 | Children: child abuse or child neglect; mandatory reporting of certain events at birth of a child; modify. | Requires a non-punitive plan of safe care when an infant is substance exposed. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Health Care | SB825 | Health: occupations; Michigan essential health provider recruitment strategy; expand to include midwives. | Adds licensed midwives to the state’s essential health provider loan repayment program. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Health Care | SB826 | Health: other; doula scholarship fund; create. | Creates a scholarship program for low-income residents working toward certification as a doula in Michigan. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Health Care | SB827 | Insurance: health insurers; coverage for gynecological and perinatal services; require. | Requires private payer reimbursement for licensed midwives. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Child Care | SB836 | Children: child care; adjustments of reimbursements under the child development care program for inflation; require. Creates new act. | Re-establish provider rates to the FY 2023 levels and expand “contact-based” subsidies for providers caring for children with special needs and/or working in areas with concentrated poverty. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Child Care | SB837 | Children: child care; review and appeal process for certain violations of child care organization rules; require the department to establish. | Ease the financial burden on child care providers and professionals and help transition into a PreK for All state. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Child Care | SB838 | Individual income tax: credit; working parent credit; provide for, amends. | Based on the same eligibility as the Earned Income Tax Credit, this tax credit is pro-work and pro-family. The credit will be refundable and paid monthly for an annual total of $5,500 per young child per family. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Child Care | SB839 | Fire: other; requirements for certain child care organizations and procedures for certain investigations; modify and make other revisions. | Ease the financial burden on child care providers and professionals and help transition into a PreK for All state. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Child Care | HB5637 | Children: child care; adjustments of reimbursements under the child development care program for inflation; require. Creates new act. | Re-establish provider rates to the FY 2023 levels and expand “contact-based” subsidies for providers caring for children with special needs and/or working in areas with concentrated poverty. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Child Care | HB5638 | Fire: other; requirements for certain child care organizations and procedures for certain investigations; modify and make other revisions | Ease the financial burden on child care providers and professionals and help transition into a PreK for All state. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Child Care | HB5639 | Children: child care; review and appeal process for certain violations of child care organization rules; require the department to establish. | Ease the financial burden on child care providers and professionals and help transition into a PreK for All state. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Positive | Child Care | HB5640 | Individual income tax: credit; working parent credit; provide for, amends. | Based on the same eligibility as the Earned Income Tax Credit, this tax credit is pro-work and pro-family. The credit will be refundable and paid monthly for an annual total of $5,500 per young child per family. | Assigned to Committee | |
| Anticipated Impact | Category | Bill Number and Link to Full Text | Bill Title & Keywords | Bill Description | Bill Status | Notes |