HOUSE BILL No. 5768


     May 11, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Brater, DeHart, Kelly, LaForge, Dennis, Scott, Schauer, Callahan, Hale, Daniels, Vaughn,
Prusi, Schermesser, Rivet, Tabor, Cherry, Gieleghem, Tesanovich, Martinez, Baird, Bogardus, Jacobs, Spade, Hardman and Lemmons
and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.


        A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled

   "Mental health code,"

   by amending section 1006a (MCL 330.2006a), as added by 1993 PA

   252.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1006a.  (1) Not later than  April 1, 1995  JULY 1 OF

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      EVERY ODD NUMBERED YEAR BEGINNING WITH 2001, the department of

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      corrections,  and  IN CONJUNCTION WITH the department of mental

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      health, shall submit a report to the legislature, THE HOUSE AND

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      SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEES ON CORRECTIONS, AND THE HOUSE

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      AND SENATE FISCAL AGENCIES, based on a joint evaluation, that

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      includes, but is not limited to, all of the following with

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      respect to the  18-month  2-YEAR period preceding the report:

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           (a) A description of the provision of mental health services

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      to prisoners.


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           (b) The total number of prisoners served.

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           (c) The number of hearings held pursuant to section 1003c

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      and the disposition of each hearing.

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           (d) The number of developmentally disabled prisoners in the

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      corrections system and a description of the services those pris-

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      oners received.

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           (E) THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS IN THE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM WITH A

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      DUAL DIAGNOSIS OF BOTH A MENTAL ILLNESS AND A SUBSTANCE ABUSE

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      PROBLEM AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES THOSE PRISONERS

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      RECEIVED.

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           (F) THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS IN THE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM WHO

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      RECEIVED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT OR REHABILITATION SERVICES AND

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      A DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES THOSE PRISONERS RECEIVED.

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           (G) THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS WITH A HISTORY OF INPATIENT HOS-

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      PITALIZATION IN A STATE-OPERATED PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, UNIT, OR

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      CENTER AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES THOSE PRISONERS

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      RECEIVED.

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           (H) THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS WHO ARE PERSONS REQUIRING TREAT-

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      MENT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 401 AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES

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      THOSE PRISONERS RECEIVED.

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           (I)  (e)  The characteristics of the prisoners served and a

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      description of the services they received, including, but not

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      limited to, the length of stay in the corrections mental health

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      program and the type of treatment received.

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           (J) THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS RECEIVING SERVICES DESCRIBED IN

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      SUBDIVISIONS (A) TO (I) IN ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION AND A

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      BREAKDOWN OF THE SERVICES TO THOSE PRISONERS.



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           (2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include

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      recommendations for appropriate changes in mental health programs

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      for prisoners.


















































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