Bill
HB 5220
Creates standardized training for mandated reporters on child abuse/neglect and requires completion every 3 years, with public materials and employer updates.
Status and sponsors
- Introduced: November 5, 2025 (Rep. Angela Rigas primary; Rep. Laurie Pohutsky cosponsor).
- Referred to: Committee on Families and Veterans (read first time Nov. 5, 2025).
- Companion bill: SB 2062.
- Conditional enactment: This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4530 of the 103rd Legislature is enacted into law.
Purpose
- To establish standardized, comprehensive training materials for individuals required to report suspected child abuse or neglect and to require periodic completion of that training (or equivalent continuing education) by mandated reporters.
Key provisions
- Development of materials: The Michigan Department (the department) must, in consultation with the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board and the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, create comprehensive training materials for mandated reporters under section 3 of the Child Protection Law (MCL 722.623).
- Deadline for materials: The department must produce these materials within 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that adds this section.
- Employer obligations: Employers or organizations that employ mandated reporters must provide the department’s training materials to their employees. Exception: if an employer already provides its own training that is updated annually and is based on the department’s materials, the employer is not required to distribute the department materials directly.
- Public access: The department must make the training materials publicly available on its website (and may distribute them in other forms).
- Frequency / continuing education: Individuals who are required to report must complete the training once every 3 years. If an individual completes continuing education based on the department’s training, that continuing education counts toward the 3‑year requirement.
Who is affected
- Mandated reporters under MCL 722.623 (commonly including teachers, health care providers, social workers, childcare providers, law enforcement, and others defined by statute).
- Employers and organizations that employ mandated reporters (school districts, health systems, childcare centers, law enforcement agencies, etc.).
- The Department and the two named domestic/sexual violence organizations (consultation role).
Potential impacts and considerations
- Standardizes training content statewide and promotes collaboration with domestic/sexual violence experts.
- Requires periodic retraining (every 3 years), which may increase employer compliance obligations and administrative burdens but could improve consistency and quality of identification and reporting.
- Allows existing employer trainings to satisfy the mandate if they are updated annually and based on the department materials, providing flexibility.
- Costs: potential one-time development/dissemination costs to the department and ongoing training costs to employers (time, administration). Public web posting reduces access barriers.
- Implementation hinges on enactment of HB 4530 (the bill is expressly conditioned on that other bill becoming law).
Effective timeline
- Department must publish materials within 180 days after the amendatory act takes effect (subject to the HB 4530 condition).
- Mandated reporters must complete the training at least once every 3 years after materials are available.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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