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).