HB-5841, As Passed Senate, June 1, 2006
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5841
A bill to create the methamphetamine reporting act; to
prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local
departments and agencies; to require certain reports by certain
persons; and to prohibit the disclosure of certain information
under certain circumstances.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"methamphetamine reporting act".
Sec. 2. (1) The department shall compile information regarding
methamphetamine manufacture, use, possession, and distribution in
this state, as provided under this act.
(2) The department shall obtain information for purposes of
subsection (1) from all of the following:
(a) The department.
(b) The departments of community health, human services,
natural resources, environmental quality, and corrections.
(c) Each local police agency in this state. As used in this
subdivision, "local police agency" means all of the following:
(i) The police department of a city, village, or township.
(ii) The county sheriff.
(iii) The police department or public safety department of a
hospital, community college, college, or university.
(3) The department shall provide, and shall require each
entity described in subsection (2) to provide to the department,
information regarding all of the following, as applicable:
(a) The name and address of the reporting entity.
(b) Whether the incident involved primarily the manufacture,
possession, use, or distribution of methamphetamine.
(c) The city, village, or township and the county in which the
incident occurred.
(d) Whether an individual less than 18 years of age was
present at the scene when the incident took place.
(4) The department shall implement procedures to ensure that
information provided by the entities described in subsection (2) is
coordinated to prevent duplicative information from being obtained.
(5) Each agency described in subsection (2) shall report the
information required under subsection (3) to the department in the
manner required by the department.
(6) This section does not require or authorize the disclosure
of information that is privileged or otherwise restricted by law.
(7) Except as provided in section 4, information submitted to
the department under this act by a state or local department or
agency is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under the
freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
Sec. 3. (1) The department shall file a written report not
later than April 1 of each year with the secretary of the senate
and the clerk of the house of representatives using the information
obtained under section 2 identifying trends in methamphetamine
manufacture, use, and distribution in this state and making
recommendations to the legislature regarding possible solutions to
those problems.
(2) The department shall make a copy of the report filed under
subsection (1) available to the public on the department's website.
Sec. 4. The department shall provide information obtained
under this act to the United States department of justice or an
entity designated by the United States department of justice for
receiving that information, in the manner required by the United
States department of justice or that entity, for the purpose of
obtaining federal funds.
Sec. 5. The department may promulgate rules under the
administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to
24.328, to implement this act.
Sec. 6. As used in this act, "department" means the department
of state police.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect October 1, 2006.