2021 House Bill 4543

Mandate SIDS monitors in child care organizations

Introduced in the House

March 18, 2021

Introduced by Rep. Mike Mueller (R-51)

To mandate that a licensed “child care organization” that cares for infants age nine-months or younger must use a “sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) prevention monitor or home apnea monitor that monitors and tracks the breathing and heart rate of each sleeping infant. “Child care organizations” are defined in Michigan law as “children's camps, children's campsites, children's therapeutic group homes, child care centers, day care centers, nursery schools, parent cooperative preschools, foster homes, group homes, or child care homes”.

Referred to the Committee on Families, Children and Seniors