Section 400.792 - Home visitation programs; purpose; duties(1) The departments shall only support home visitation programs that include periodic home visits to improve the health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of parents and their children.(2) Home visitation programs supported under this act shall provide face-to-face visits by nurses, social workers, and other early childhood and health professionals or trained and supervised lay workers.(3) Home visitation programs supported under this act shall do 1 or more of the following: (a) Work to improve maternal, infant, or child health outcomes including reducing preterm births.(b) Promote positive parenting practices.(c) Build healthy parent and child relationships.(d) Enhance social-emotional development.(e) Support cognitive development of children.(f) Improve the health of the family.(g) Empower families to be self-sufficient.(h) Reduce child maltreatment and injury.(i) Increase school readiness.Added by 2012, Act 291,s 2, eff. 3/28/2013.