MCL 712B.37 requires “[t]he [DHHS][1] to publish annually a census with no individually identifiable information of all Indian children in the [DHHS’s] care and custody. The census shall include, by county and statewide, information regarding the Indian children on all of the following:
(a) Legal status.
(b) Placement information and whether it complies with [the MIFPA].
(c) Age.
(d) Sex.
(e) Tribe in which the child is a member or eligible for membership.
(f) Accumulated length of time in foster care.
(g) Other demographic information considered appropriate concerning all Indian children who are the subject of child custody proceedings.”2
1 For purposes of the MIFPA, “‘[d]epartment’ means the department of health and human services [DHHS] or a successor department or agency.” MCL 712B.3(e).
2 For a discussion on Indian children, see Section 19.4(A), and child-custody proceedings, see Section 19.4(B).