FINGERPRINTING SPECIAL NEEDS PERSON                                                         S.B. 38:

                                                                                  SUMMARY OF INTRODUCED BILL

                                                                                                         IN COMMITTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senate Bill 38 (as introduced 1-18-17)

Sponsor:  Senator Rick Jones

Committee:  Judiciary

 

Date Completed:  1-23-17

 


CONTENT

 

The bill would amend Public Act 120 of 1935, which provides for fingerprinting Michigan residents, to do the following:

 

 --    Allow a parent or guardian of an individual with special health care needs to request that the person's fingerprints and photograph be taken and included in the automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) and the statewide network of agency photographs.

 --    Require the Michigan Department of State Police (MSP) to provide on its website a form for these requests as well as a list of Department-approved entities for taking the fingerprints and photographs.

 --    Allow the MSP to charge a fee to cover its costs for processing a request, and require a Department-approved entity to collect the fee and forward it to the MSP.

 --    Require the MSP to forward fingerprints and photographs to the FBI for registration, storage, and use for identification purposes.

 --    Require the MSP to remove a person's fingerprints and photograph from AFIS and the statewide network of agency photographs, upon a parent's or guardian's request.

 

The bill would take effect 90 days after its enactment.

 

Definitions

 

The bill would define "individual with special health care needs" as a single or married individual whose activity is or may become so restricted by disease or specified medical condition as to reduce his or her normal capacity for education and self-support.

 

"Department-approved entity" would mean an entity, including a local law enforcement agency or a private company, approved by the MSP to take the fingerprints and photograph of an individual with special health care needs.

 

"Parent" would mean the natural or adoptive parent of an individual with special health care needs who has either or both sole or joint legal or physical custody of the child, if a court order dictating custody is in place, or the natural or adoptive parent of an individual with special health care needs if there is no court order dictating custody.

 

"Guardian" would mean a person who has qualified as a guardian of a minor or a legally incapacitated individual under a parental or spousal nomination or a court order issued under the juvenile code, the Estates and Protected Individuals Code, or the Mental Health Code. The term also could include a person appointed by a tribal court under tribal code or custom. The term would not include a guardian ad litem.

 

Written Request

 

Under the bill, a parent or guardian of an individual with special health care needs could submit a written request to a Department-approved entity to take the fingerprints and photograph of an individual with special health care needs and add them to the AFIS database and the statewide network of agency photos maintained by the MSP.

 

A written request would have to be made on a form posted on the MSP website. Along with the form, the MSP would have to provide a list of Department-approved entities. At the time an individual with special health care needs was presented at a Department-approved entity to have his or her fingerprints and photograph taken, the entity would have to require the parent or guardian to execute a signed waiver allowing the person's fingerprints and digital image to be collected.

 

Fee

 

The MSP could charge a fee that was sufficient to reimburse it for the costs associated with processing a request under the bill. At the time an individual with special health care needs was presented at a Department-approved entity to have his or her fingerprints and photograph taken, the entity would have to require the parent or guardian to pay the required fee. The entity then would have to forward the fee to the MSP in the manner the Department prescribed.

 

Forwarding to the FBI

 

The MSP would have to forward the fingerprints and photographs taken under the bill to the FBI Director, on forms furnished by or in a manner he or she prescribed, for registration, storage, and use for identification purposes by the FBI.

 

Removal of Fingerprints & Photograph

 

A parent or guardian could make a written request to the MSP to have the fingerprints and photograph of an individual with special health care needs removed from the AFIS database and the statewide network of agency photos. The MSP would have to remove them upon receiving the request.

 

MCL 28.271 et al.                                                    Legislative Analyst:  Patrick Affholter

 

FISCAL IMPACT

 

The bill would have a moderate fiscal impact on the MSP, requiring it to incur $25,000 in programing charges to implement the provisions of the bill and $3,200 in additional ongoing annual costs to maintain the implementation.

 

The MSP would be required to create a special health care needs data base to house data and images for the proposed system, provide capabilities to retrieve and edit data and images, update existing Android applications to accommodate searches against the special health care needs data base and create reports, update existing system interfaces to extract records and import to the special health care needs data base, and install applications and train personnel.

 

The MSP also would be required to accept fingerprints, which it would process, analyze, and store. Currently, the cost of each fingerprint processing, which includes a search of State and Federal fingerprint data bases, is $42 ($30 State fee, $12 Federal fee). Also under current


law, a law enforcement agency or vendor that takes fingerprint impressions (or photos, in the case of the bill) from an individual for submission to the MSP may charge a nominal fee for doing so (often $15 or less, if anything).

 

The cost of performing fingerprint processing by the MSP would be wholly covered by the fees required under the bill. Current law requires that the fee for fingerprint processing not exceed the actual and reasonable cost incurred by the Department for this activity.

 

                                                                                       Fiscal Analyst:  Bruce Baker

 

 

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.