Bill Text: MI HB4697 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Courts; circuit court; mental health court; create. Amends 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.101 - 600.9947) by adding secs. 1099 & 1099a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4694'13, HB 4695'13, HB 4696'13
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - Assigned Pa 277'13 With Immediate Effect 2013 Addenda [HB4697 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB4697-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4697
May 7, 2013, Introduced by Reps. O'Brien, Cotter, Graves, Johnson, McCready, Heise, Haines, MacMaster, Walsh, Howrylak, Hovey-Wright and Leonard and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
(MCL 600.101 to 600.9947) by adding sections 1099 and 1099a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1099. (1) Each mental health court shall collect and
provide data on each individual applicant and participant and the
entire program as required by the state court administrative
office. The state court administrative office shall provide
appropriate training to all courts entering data.
(2) Each mental health court shall maintain files or databases
on each individual participant in the program for review and
evaluation as well as treatment, as directed by the state court
administrative office. The information collected for evaluation
purposes must include a minimum standard data set developed and
specified by the state court administrative office.
(3) The state court administrative office shall provide
standards for mental health courts in this state, including, but
not limited to, developing a list of approved measurement
instruments and indicators for data collection and evaluation.
These standards must provide comparability between programs and
their outcomes.
(4) The information collected under this section regarding
individual applicants to mental health court programs for the
purpose of application to that program and participants who have
successfully completed mental health courts is exempt from
disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL
15.231 to 15.246.
Sec. 1099a. (1) The supreme court is responsible for the
expenditure of state funds for the establishment and operation of
mental health courts.
(2) Each mental health court shall report quarterly to the
state court administrative office in a manner prescribed by the
state court administrative office on the state funds received and
expended by that mental health court.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4694(request no.
01934'13).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4696(request no.
02579'13).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4695(request no.
02580'13).
