June 28, 2006, Introduced by Rep. Robertson and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled
"Corrections code of 1953,"
(MCL 791.201 to 791.283) by adding section 40.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 40. (1) If a prisoner serving a sentence for conviction
of a violent felony is placed on parole, both of the following
special provisions apply:
(a) The supervising parole agent shall make a home call within
the first 30 days after the prisoner is placed on parole.
(b) The supervising parole agent shall do a LEIN check not
less than once each month for that parolee.
(2) If a prisoner who has a history of substance abuse is
placed on parole and is assigned to intensive, maximum, or medium
parole supervision, the department shall require the parolee to
submit to substance abuse testing at least twice each month.
(3) Not later than April 1 of each year, the department shall
report to the legislature on the number of parolees who are
returned to state correctional facilities for a violation of parole
involving the use of alcohol or a controlled substance during the
preceding calendar year. The report shall specify the number of
parolees who are returned to a state correctional facility after 1
such violation, 2 such violations, 3 such violations, 4 such
violations, and 5 or more such violations.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "LEIN" means the law enforcement information network
regulated under the C.J.I.S. policy council act, 1974 PA 163, MCL
28.211 to 28.215.
(b) "Substance abuse" means the taking of alcohol or other
drugs at dosages that place an individual's social, economic,
psychological, and physical welfare in potential hazard or to the
extent that an individual loses the power of self-control as a
result of the use of alcohol or drugs, or while habitually under
the influence of alcohol or drugs, endangers public health, morals,
safety, or welfare, or a combination thereof.
(c) "Violent felony" means that term as defined in section 36.