Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 722. Children § 722.928

Sec. 8. (1) The department, a child placing agency,and a residential facility must do all of the following:

(2) The department, an attorney involved with an adoption, a child placing agency, and a residential facility must provide information to a biological parent, legal guardian, prospective adoptive parent, or foster parent regarding the provisions of this act.

(3) The child advocate, the department, and the department of technology, management, and budget must ensure that the child advocate has access, in the child advocate's own office, to departmental computer networks pertaining to protective services, foster care, adoption, juvenile delinquency, the central registry, and juvenile justice services, unless otherwise prohibited by state or federal law, or the release of the information to the child advocate would jeopardize federal funding. The cost of implementing this subsection must be negotiated among the office of the child advocate, the department, and the department of technology, management, and budget.

(4) A residential facility must conspicuously post in an area accessible to residents, employees, and visitors a description of the office of child advocate services and the contact information for the purpose of filing a complaint.

(5) During the course of an investigation conducted by the child advocate, the residential facility must ensure that a resident has anonymity, privacy, and procedures in place to accommodate interviews conducted by the office of child advocate.