Section 691.1631 – Short Title.
691.1631 Short title. Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “social services agency liability act”. History: 2012, Act 590, Imd. Eff. Jan. 7, 2013
Section 691.1633 – Definitions.
691.1633 Definitions. Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) “Child social welfare program” means a child welfare residential or home-based program, a program involving foster care coordination including adoption activities, a respite care program, or behavioral health or early education services operating under contract and as an agent for the department of human services. […]
Section 691.1635 – Immunity of Social Services Agency and Its Director, Member, Officer, Employee, or Agent; Exception.
691.1635 Immunity of social services agency and its director, member, officer, employee, or agent; exception. Sec. 5. (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a social services agency is immune from liability for personal injury or property damage caused by the agency’s provision of a child social welfare program. (2) Subject to subsections (3) and […]
Section 691.1637 – Presumption That Action Within Scope of Authority.
691.1637 Presumption that action within scope of authority. Sec. 7. In a civil action for damages resulting from the conduct of a child social welfare program, there is a presumption that a director, member, officer, employee, or agent of a social services agency was acting within the scope of his or her authority and that […]