HB 4067 Michigan House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Children: protection; safe delivery of newborns law; modify definition of newborn and allow surrender to a newborn safety device. Amends secs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 17 & 20, ch. XII of 1939 PA 288 (MCL 712.1 et seq.) & adds sec. 3a to ch. XII.

HB 4067 modifies Michigan's "safe delivery of newborns law" to allow parents to surrender newborns (defined as children under 72 hours old) to designated safety devices - like secure boxes in hospitals or fire stations - without revealing their identity. Parents receive written information about their 28-day window to reclaim the baby and must be informed that adoption proceedings will follow if they don’t act. The bill removes mandatory child protection reporting requirements for these surrenders and provides legal immunity to hospitals, fire departments, and police stations that follow the process, except for gross negligence. It directly affects parents seeking to safely relinquish newborns, healthcare facilities, and child placing agencies handling the surrenders.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025
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Feb 12, 2025
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referred to Committee on Families and Veterans
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Feb 12, 2025
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introduced by Representative Rep. William Bruck
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1 primary · 12 co-sponsors

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