HB-4697, As Passed House, September 19, 2013

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4697

(As amended September 18, 2013)

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[, as directed by the

supreme court].

(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

House Bill No. 4697 (H-1) as amended September 18, 2013

purposes must include a minimum standard data set developed and

specified by the state court administrative office.

(3) [As directed by the supreme court, 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.

(3) The state court administrative office may establish an

advisory committee. If established, this committee shall be

separate from and independent of the state's drug treatment court

advisory committee.

(4) [As directed by the supreme court], the state court

administrative office [shall, in conjunction with the department of

community health,]

assure that training and technical assistance are available and

provided to all mental health courts.

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) House Bill No. 4694.

(b) House Bill No. 4695.