Children: child care; Tri-Share child care program and fund and CareShare arrangement; establish. Amends 1973 PA 116 (MCL 722.111 - 722.128) by adding secs. 6b & 6c.

Removed the requirement that new child care facilitator hubs could only be funded if all existing hubs (including those with private revenue) were already supported, and removed the condition that new hubs must increase participating counties or serve statewide employers. The Senate version simply states the department shall 'fund child care facilitator hubs' without those limitations.

Added a temporal limitation to the entity-type requirement for child care facilitator hubs. The House version required all funded facilitators to be a nonprofit, LLC, C-corporation, S-corporation, or sole proprietor. The Senate version limits this requirement to hubs established on or after October 1, 2026, effectively exempting existing hubs from the entity-type restriction.

Replaced generic references to 'the department' with the full name 'the department of lifelong education, advancement, and potential' in multiple sections for clarity.

Deleted the requirement for the department to expend fund money to establish and fund child care facilitator hubs.

Removed the mandate that any child care facilitator hub established on or after October 1, 2026, must be a nonprofit, LLC, corporation, or sole proprietor.

Deleted the sentence stating that this section must not be construed to require any employer to contribute to the cost of child care for its employees.

Corrected a typo in the enacting clause where 'peoplE' was changed to 'people'.

Deleted specific reporting metrics for the CareShare program, removing requirements to report provider participation numbers and the department's administrative costs in the annual public report.

Reordered the text of Section 6b and Section 6c, moving eligibility criteria and fund details to appear earlier in the text and consolidating the CareShare arrangement rules.

Corrected a typo in the enacting clause, changing 'peoplE' to 'people'.

Removed page headers, footers, and internal tracking codes (e.g., 'SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR', 'OOH H07258'26') that were present in the draft version.

New hubs established on or after October 1, 2026, must be organized as a nonprofit, LLC, C-corp, S-corp, or sole proprietor.

Added a specific clause stating the state shall not provide subsidies under the CareShare arrangement.

Expanded the annual public report requirements to include provider participation and the department's administrative costs.

Reorganized the text structure and moved the definition of 'Fund' and 'Program' to a new subsection (9) for clarity.

Removed internal tracking codes, page numbers, and header metadata (e.g., 'OOH', 'pyramh') that were present in the draft version.

Added blank lines and spacing to improve the visual layout of the document.

Reordered the text flow to separate the title and enacting clause from the body of the bill for better readability.