SENATE BILL No. 558

 

 

September 26, 2013, Introduced by Senator SCHUITMAKER and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled

 

"Mental health code,"

 

(MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106) by adding section 207a; and to repeal

 

acts and parts of acts.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 207a. (1) Each county shall have a written interagency

 

agreement in place for a collaborative program to divert persons

 

with serious mental illness from justice system involvement to

 

treatment. Parties to the agreement shall include, at a minimum,

 

all of the following:

 

     (a) The county sheriff's department.

 

     (b) The county prosecutor's office.

 

     (c) The community mental health services program that provides

 


services in that county.

 

     (d) For a county that has a population of over 100,000, the

 

chief of police of any city within that county.

 

     (e) For a county that has a population of over 100,000, the

 

city attorney of any city within that county.

 

     (2) The interagency agreement referenced in subsection (1)

 

shall, at a minimum, cover all of the following areas:

 

     (a) Guidelines for program eligibility.

 

     (b) Interparty communication and coordination.

 

     (c) Day-to-day program administration.

 

     (d) Involvement of service consumers, family members, and

 

other stakeholders.

 

     (e) How the program shall work with local courts.

 

     (f) How the program shall address potential participants

 

before and after criminal charges have been filed.

 

     (g) Resource sharing between the parties to the interagency

 

agreement.

 

     (h)Screening and assessment procedures.

 

     (i) Guidelines for case management.

 

     (j) How the program described in subsection (1) will work with

 

local jails.

 

     (k) Criteria for completing the program described in

 

subsection (1).

 

     (l) Mental health treatment services that are available through

 

the program described in subsection (1).

 

     (m) Procedures for first response to potential cases,

 

including response to crises.

 


     (n) How the administrators of the program described in

 

subsection (1) will report the program's actions and outcomes to

 

the public.

 

     (3) The department and other parties to the interagency

 

agreement may establish additional policies and procedures to be

 

included in the county interagency agreement required under this

 

section.

 

     (4) The department and other parties to the interagency

 

agreement shall promulgate rules to implement this section

 

according to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA

 

306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, that include incentives for compliance

 

with the requirements of this section and sanctions for instances

 

of noncompliance with the requirements of this section.

 

     Enacting section 1. Section 207 of the mental health code,

 

1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1207, is repealed.