Michigan HB5684 prohibits threats and assaults against designated caregivers for the Department of Health and Human Services, with penalties.

Michigan HB5684 amends the state's penal code to prohibit threats and assaults against designated caregivers for the Department of Health and Human Services. It defines these caregivers as foster parents, kinship caregivers, fictive kin, and adoptive parents of children formerly in foster care. The bill imposes misdemeanor penalties for threats and harassment, and felony penalties for assaults, escalating to more severe penalties if serious impairment of a body function results. The penalties include imprisonment and fines. The amendatory act will not take effect unless Senate Bill No.

Michigan HB5684 prohibits threats and assaults against designated caregivers for the Department of Health and Human Services, with penalties.

Michigan HB5684 amends the state's penal code to prohibit threats and assaults against designated caregivers for the Department of Health and Human Services. It defines these caregivers as foster parents, kinship caregivers, fictive kin, and adoptive parents of children formerly in foster care. The bill imposes misdemeanor penalties for threats and harassment, and felony penalties for assaults, escalating to more severe penalties if serious impairment of a body function results. The penalties include imprisonment and fines. The amendatory act will not take effect unless Senate Bill No.