SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 951
A bill to make appropriations for the department of
corrections for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013; and to
provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013
Sec. 101. Subject to the conditions set forth in this act, the
amounts listed in this part are appropriated for the department of
corrections for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, from the
funds indicated in this part. The following is a summary of the
appropriations in this part:
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Average population............................. 43,953
Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 16.0
Full-time equated classified positions....... 14,679.2
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,000,915,900
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 992,100
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ 1,999,923,800
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 8,784,400
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 264,300
Total private revenues................................. 0
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 49,389,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,941,485,600
State general fund/general purpose schedule:
Ongoing state general fund/general
purpose................................ 1,927,482,300
One-time state general fund/general
purpose................................... 14,003,300
Sec. 102. EXECUTIVE
Full-time equated unclassified positions......... 16.0
Full-time equated classified positions............ 5.0
Unclassified positions--16.0 FTE positions............. $ 1,493,000
Executive direction--5.0 FTE positions................. 1,892,800
Neal, et al. settlement agreement...................... 20,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 23,385,800
Appropriated from:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 23,385,800
Sec. 103. PRISONER RE-ENTRY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Prisoner re-entry local service providers.............. $ 22,711,500
Prisoner re-entry MDOC programs........................ 23,526,200
Prisoner re-entry federal grants....................... 1,035,000
Prisoner re-entry reintegration, training, and
employment........................................... 600,000
Public safety initiative............................... 4,750,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 52,622,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
DOJ, prisoner reintegration............................ 1,035,000
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 51,587,700
Sec. 104. OPERATIONS SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 184.9
Operations support administration--97.0 FTE positions.. $ 10,715,300
New custody staff training............................. 8,672,300
Compensatory buyout and union leave bank............... 100
Worker's compensation.................................. 18,566,200
Bureau of fiscal management--65.9 FTE positions........ 8,111,000
Office of legal services--15.0 FTE positions........... 2,134,800
Internal affairs--7.0 FTE positions.................... 1,172,500
Rent................................................... 2,095,200
Equipment and special maintenance...................... 6,725,500
Administrative hearings officers....................... 3,013,600
Judicial data warehouse user fees...................... 50,000
Sheriffs' coordinating and training office............. 500,000
Prosecutorial and detainer expenses.................... 4,551,000
County jail reimbursement program...................... 15,072,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 81,379,600
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDSP, Michigan justice training fund............... 328,200
Special revenue funds:
Jail reimbursement program fund........................ 5,900,000
Special equipment fund................................. 5,800,000
Local corrections officer training fund................ 500,000
Correctional industries revolving fund................. 572,100
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 68,279,300
Sec. 105. FIELD OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,112.3
Field operations--1,789.9 FTE positions................ $ 186,232,100
Parole board operations--41.0 FTE positions............ 4,686,100
Parole/probation services.............................. 2,243,500
Community re-entry centers--201.4 FTE positions........ 30,224,200
Electronic monitoring center--56.0 FTE positions....... 15,962,400
Community corrections administration--10.0 FTE
positions............................................ 1,210,200
Substance abuse testing and treatment services--14.0
FTE positions........................................ 25,271,400
Residential services................................... 16,075,500
Community corrections comprehensive plans and services. 13,958,000
Regional jail program.................................. 100
Felony drunk driver jail reduction and community
treatment program.................................... 1,440,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 297,303,600
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Local - community tether program reimbursement......... 263,000
Re-entry center offender reimbursements................ 23,400
Parole and probation oversight fees.................... 5,995,600
Parole and probation oversight fees set-aside.......... 2,657,000
Tether program participant contributions............... 2,200,700
DOJ, office of justice programs, RSAT.................. 574,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 285,589,700
Sec. 106. CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES-ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,142.1
Correctional facilities administration--30.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 9,135,800
Prison food service--395.0 FTE positions............... 59,691,300
Transportation--205.6 FTE positions.................... 18,422,700
Central records--52.5 FTE positions.................... 4,589,800
Inmate legal services.................................. 715,900
Loans to parolees...................................... 179,400
Housing inmates in federal institutions................ 993,800
Prison store operations--65.0 FTE positions............ 5,436,500
Prison industries operations--145.0 FTE positions...... 17,647,900
Federal school lunch program........................... 812,800
Leased beds and alternatives to leased beds............ 10,000,100
Public works programs--5.0 FTE positions............... 1,000,000
Cost-effective housing initiative...................... 100
Inmate housing fund.................................... 100
Education program--244.0 FTE positions................. 32,181,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 160,808,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
IDG-MDCH, forensic center food service................. 660,000
Federal revenues:
DAG-FNS, national school lunch......................... 812,800
DED-OESE, title 1...................................... 538,000
DED-OVAE, adult education.............................. 919,000
DED-OSERS.............................................. 111,100
DED, vocational education equipment.................... 286,800
DED, youthful offender/Specter grant................... 1,329,600
DOJ-BOP, federal prisoner reimbursement................ 411,000
DOJ-OJP, serious and violent offender reintegration
initiative........................................... 10,600
DOJ, prison rape elimination act grant................. 646,000
SSA-SSI, incentive payment............................. 262,400
Federal education revenues............................. 152,300
Special revenue funds:
Correctional industries revolving fund................. 17,647,900
Public works user fees................................. 1,000,000
Resident stores........................................ 5,436,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 130,584,000
Sec. 107. HEALTH CARE
Full-time equated classified positions........ 1,656.0
Health care administration--17.0 FTE positions......... $ 3,278,000
Prisoner health care services.......................... 91,851,700
Vaccination program.................................... 691,200
Interdepartmental grant to human services, eligibility
specialists.......................................... 100,000
Mental health services and support--494.0 FTE
positions............................................ 62,412,700
Clinical complexes--1,145.0 FTE positions.............. 158,448,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 316,782,500
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Prisoner health care copayments........................ 278,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 316,503,800
Sec. 108. NORTHERN REGION CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Average population............................. 20,731
Full-time equated classified positions........ 4,294.1
Alger correctional facility - Munising--250.1 FTE
positions............................................ $ 26,374,200
Average population................................ 889
Baraga correctional facility - Baraga--298.9 FTE
positions............................................ 32,493,400
Average population................................ 884
Earnest C. Brooks correctional facility - Muskegon--
436.5 FTE positions.................................. 47,064,800
Average population.............................. 2,512
Chippewa correctional facility - Kincheloe--454.2 FTE
positions............................................ 46,908,700
Average population.............................. 2,282
Kinross correctional facility - Kincheloe--321.5 FTE
positions............................................ 34,399,400
Average population.............................. 1,799
Marquette branch prison - Marquette--336.3 FTE
positions............................................ 38,421,600
Average population.............................. 1,201
Muskegon correctional facility - Muskegon--208.4 FTE
positions............................................ 22,867,600
Average population.............................. 1,338
Newberry correctional facility - Newberry--201.6 FTE
positions............................................ 22,972,500
Average population................................ 978
Oaks correctional facility - Eastlake--302.6 FTE
positions............................................ 35,698,700
Average population.............................. 1,156
Ojibway correctional facility - Marenisco--203.7 FTE
positions............................................ 20,628,900
Average population.............................. 1,090
Central Michigan correctional facility - St. Louis--
397.7 FTE positions.................................. 41,383,300
Average population.............................. 2,554
Pugsley correctional facility - Kingsley--211.0 FTE
positions............................................ 22,131,700
Average population.............................. 1,342
Saginaw correctional facility - Freeland--306.6 FTE
positions............................................ 32,043,200
Average population.............................. 1,480
St. Louis correctional facility - St. Louis--311.0 FTE
positions............................................ 33,705,200
Average population.............................. 1,226
Northern region administration and support--54.0 FTE
positions............................................ 4,804,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 461,897,200
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 461,897,200
Sec. 109. SOUTHERN REGION CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
Average population............................. 23,222
Full-time equated classified positions........ 5,284.8
Bellamy Creek correctional facility - Ionia--391.2 FTE
positions............................................ $ 41,177,200
Average population.............................. 1,850
Carson City correctional facility - Carson City--449.7
FTE positions........................................ 48,089,700
Average population.............................. 2,440
Cooper street correctional facility - Jackson--257.7
FTE positions........................................ 28,334,800
Average population.............................. 1,799
G. Robert Cotton correctional facility - Jackson--
395.3 FTE positions.................................. 39,996,300
Average population.............................. 1,841
Charles E. Egeler correctional facility - Jackson--
355.3 FTE positions.................................. 40,660,800
Average population.............................. 1,376
Richard A. Handlon correctional facility - Ionia--
227.2 FTE positions.................................. 23,955,600
Average population.............................. 1,373
Gus Harrison correctional facility - Adrian--420.2 FTE
positions............................................ 45,306,100
Average population.............................. 2,342
Womens Huron Valley correctional complex - Ypsilanti--
536.4 FTE positions.................................. 58,902,000
Average population.............................. 1,872
Ionia correctional facility - Ionia--287.0 FTE
positions............................................ 30,814,200
Average population................................ 654
Lakeland correctional facility - Coldwater--257.6 FTE
positions............................................ 24,469,800
Average population.............................. 1,336
Macomb correctional facility - New Haven--298.1 FTE
positions............................................ 32,521,900
Average population.............................. 1,376
Maxey/Woodland Center correctional facility - Whitmore
Lake--265.9 FTE positions............................ 23,813,800
Average population................................ 328
Michigan reformatory - Ionia--322.4 FTE positions...... 35,416,700
Average population.............................. 1,338
Parnall correctional facility - Jackson--274.5 FTE
positions............................................ 29,173,200
Average population.............................. 1,678
Thumb correctional facility - Lapeer--282.3 FTE
positions............................................ 30,579,700
Average population.............................. 1,219
Special alternative incarceration program (Camp
Cassidy Lake)--120.0 FTE positions................... 12,101,800
Average population................................ 400
Southern region administration and support--144.0 FTE
positions............................................ 22,663,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 567,977,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues and reimbursements.................... 1,612,200
Special revenue funds:
State restricted revenues and reimbursements........... 283,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 566,081,400
Sec. 110. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 24,403,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 24,403,600
Appropriated from:
Special revenue funds:
Correctional industries revolving fund................. 168,600
Parole and probation oversight fees set-aside.......... 661,600
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 23,573,400
Sec. 111. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Information technology services and projects........... $ 1,129,500
State employee lump-sum payments....................... 13,225,900
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 14,355,400
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grant revenues....................... 3,900
Federal revenues:
Federal revenues and reimbursements.................... 83,400
Special revenue funds:
Local revenues......................................... 1,300
State restricted revenues and reimbursements........... 263,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 14,003,300
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state
constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources
under part 1 for fiscal year 2012-2013 is $1,990,875,100.00 and
state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2012-2013 is $91,166,400.00. The
itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which
spending to local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Field operations – assumption of county
probation staff...................................... $ 55,192,700
Community corrections comprehensive plans
and services......................................... 13,958,000
Community corrections residential services............. 16,075,500
Felony drunk driver jail reduction and
community treatment program.......................... 1,440,100
Regional jail program.................................. 100
Public safety initiative............................... 4,500,000
TOTAL.................................................. $ 91,166,400
Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this act are
subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101
to 18.1594.
Sec. 203. As used in this act:
(a) "Administrative segregation" means confinement for
maintenance of order or discipline to a cell or room apart from
accommodations provided for inmates who are participating in
programs of the facility.
(b) "Cost per prisoner" means the sum total of the funds
appropriated under part 1 for the following, divided by the
projected prisoner population in fiscal year 2011-2012:
(i) Northern and southern region correctional facilities.
(ii) Northern and southern region administration and support.
(iii) Northern and southern region clinical complexes.
(iv) Prisoner health care services.
(v) Health care administration.
(vi) Vaccination program.
(vii) Prison food service and federal school lunch program.
(viii) Transportation.
(ix) Inmate legal services.
(x) Correctional facilities administration.
(xi) Central records.
(xii) DOJ psychiatric plan.
(xiii) Worker's compensation.
(xiv) New custody staff training.
(xv) Prison store operations.
(xvi) Education services and federal education grants.
(xvii) Education program.
(c) "DAG" means the United States department of agriculture.
(d) "DAG-FNS" means the DAG food and nutrition service.
(e) "DED" means the United States department of education.
(f) "DED-OESE" means the DED office of elementary and
secondary education.
(g) "DED-OSERS" means the DED office of special education and
rehabilitative services.
(h) "DED-OVAE" means the DED office of vocational and adult
education.
(i) "Department" or "MDOC" means the Michigan department of
corrections.
(j) "DOJ" means the United States department of justice.
(k) "DOJ-BOP" means the DOJ bureau of prisons.
(l) "DOJ-OJP" means the DOJ office of justice programs.
(m) "Evidence-based practices" or "EBP" means a decision-
making process that integrates the best available research,
clinician expertise, and client characteristics.
(n) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(o) "GED" means general educational development certificate.
(p) "Goal" means the intended or projected result of a
comprehensive corrections plan or community corrections program to
reduce repeat offending, criminogenic and high-risk behaviors,
prison commitment rates, to reduce the length of stay in a jail, or
to improve the utilization of a jail.
(q) "GPS" means global positioning system.
(r) "HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus.
(s) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.
(t) "IDT" means intradepartmental transfer.
(u) "Jail" means a facility operated by a local unit of
government for the physical detention and correction of persons
charged with or convicted of criminal offenses.
(v) "MDCH" means the Michigan department of community health.
(w) "Medicaid benefit" means a benefit paid or payable under a
program for medical assistance under the social welfare act, 1939
PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b.
(x) "MDSP" means the Michigan department of state police.
(y) "MPRI" means the Michigan prisoner reentry initiative.
(z) "Objective risk and needs assessment" means an evaluation
of an offender's criminal history; the offender's noncriminal
history; and any other factors relevant to the risk the offender
would present to the public safety, including, but not limited to,
having demonstrated a pattern of violent behavior, and a criminal
record that indicates a pattern of violent offenses.
(aa) "Offender eligibility criteria" means particular criminal
violations, state felony sentencing guidelines descriptors, and
offender characteristics developed by advisory boards and approved
by local units of government that identify the offenders suitable
for community corrections programs funded through the office of
community corrections.
(bb) "Offender success" means that an offender has done all of
the following:
(i) Regularly reported to his or her assigned field agent.
(ii) Is participating in or has successfully completed all
required substance abuse, mental health, sex offender, or other
treatment as approved by the field agent.
(iii) Not sent or returned to prison for the conviction of a new
crime or the revocation of probation or parole.
(iv) Not been sentenced to a jail term for a new criminal
offense.
(v) Obtained employment, has enrolled or participated in a
program of education or job training, or has investigated all bona
fide employment opportunities.
(vi) Obtained housing.
(cc) "Offender target population" means felons or
misdemeanants who would likely be sentenced to imprisonment in a
state correctional facility or jail, who would not likely increase
the risk to the public safety based on an objective risk and needs
assessment that indicates that the offender can be safely treated
and supervised in the community.
(dd) "Offender who would likely be sentenced to imprisonment"
means either of the following:
(i) A felon or misdemeanant who receives a sentencing
disposition that appears to be in place of incarceration in a state
correctional facility or jail, according to historical local
sentencing patterns.
(ii) A currently incarcerated felon or misdemeanant who is
granted early release from incarceration to a community corrections
program or who is granted early release from incarceration as a
result of a community corrections program.
(ee) "Programmatic success" means that the department program
or initiative has ensured that the offender has accomplished all of
the following:
(i) Obtained employment, has enrolled or participated in a
program of education or job training, or has investigated all bona
fide employment opportunities.
(ii) Obtained housing.
(iii) Obtained a state identification card.
(ff) "Recidivism" means any of the following:
(i) The arrest and conviction of a supervised individual for a
new offense while under community supervision.
(ii) The adjudication of a supervised individual for a
violation of the conditions of supervision while under community
supervision.
(iii) A sanction resulting from a violation of terms of
supervision that results in a return to prison without being
adjudicated.
(gg) "RSAT" means residential substance abuse treatment.
(hh) "Serious emotional disturbance" means that term as
defined in section 100d(2) of the mental health code, 1974 PA 328,
MCL 330.1100d.
(ii) "Serious mental illness" means that term as defined in
section 100d(3) of the mental health code, 1974 PA 328, MCL
330.1100d.
(jj) "SSA" means the United States social security
administration.
(kk) "SSA-SSI" means SSA supplemental security income.
Sec. 204. The civil service commission shall bill departments
and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the charges
authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of
1963. Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by
the end of the second fiscal quarter.
Sec. 204a. (1) The department shall collaborate with the civil
service commission and the department of civil service to review
the compensation rates for health care professionals who provide
direct health care services to prisoners within the corrections
system, including, but not limited to, doctors, all nursing
professionals, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and
psychologists. The review shall include health care professionals
employed by the state as well as those employed through state
contractors. These rates shall be compared to available data on
compensation rates for comparable medical professionals in the
private sectors who provide services to the general public to
estimate any disparity in compensation.
(2) Following the review, the department shall make
recommendations on changes needed to the state compensation plan
for health care professional positions and to department contracts
with health care providers so that compensation levels are
sufficient to ensure that needed health care professional positions
with vacancies are filled, that the department experiences adequate
retention levels for these positions, and that necessary health
care services are delivered in a timely manner to the prisoner
population. A report outlining these recommendations shall be
submitted to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state
budget office by May 1, 2012.
Sec. 206. The department shall not take disciplinary action
against an employee for communicating with a member of the
legislature or his or her staff.
Sec. 207. State employees shall be given the opportunity to
bid on contracts that privatize services that are or were provided
by state employees. If the contract is awarded to any state
employee, he or she ceases being an employee of the state.
Sec. 208. Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use
the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this act.
This requirement may include transmission of reports via electronic
mail to the recipients identified for each reporting requirement or
it may include placement of reports on an Internet or Intranet
site.
Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for
the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if
competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or
services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to
goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses, if they are competitively priced and of comparable
quality. In addition, preference should be given to goods or
services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are
competitively priced and of comparable quality.
Sec. 211. (1) The department may charge fees and collect
revenues in excess of appropriations in part 1 not to exceed the
cost of offender services and programming, employee meals, parolee
loans, academic/vocational services, custody escorts, compassionate
visits, union steward activities, and public works programs and
services provided to local units of government. The revenues and
fees collected are appropriated for all expenses associated with
these services and activities.
(2) If a parolee or probationer has been ordered to pay
restitution, the department shall ensure that payment is a
condition of his or her community supervision. Restitution payments
shall be made as provided in section 22 of chapter XV of the code
of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 775.22. The department
shall collect not more than 50% of all money collected from
parolees and probationers for payments other than victim payments,
as that term is defined in section 22 of chapter XV of the code of
criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 775.22.
(3) By April 1, the department shall provide the members of
the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections,
the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director
with a report detailing the collection of fees under this section.
At minimum, this report shall include a categorical accounting of
all fees collected under this section.
Sec. 212. On a quarterly basis, each executive branch
department and agency receiving appropriations in part 1 shall
report on the number of full-time equated positions in pay status
by civil service classification to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on corrections and the senate and
house fiscal agencies. This report shall include a detailed
accounting of the long-term vacancies that exist within each
department. As used in this subsection, "long-term vacancy" means
any full-time equated position that has not been filled at any time
during the past 24 calendar months.
Sec. 214. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
information technology, the department shall pay user fees to the
department of technology, management, and budget for technology-
related services and projects. These user fees shall be subject to
provisions of an interagency agreement between the department and
the department of technology, management, and budget.
Sec. 215. Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information
technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward
to support technology projects under the direction of the
department of technology, management, and budget. Funds designated
in this manner are not available for expenditure until approved as
work projects under section 451a of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a.
Sec. 216. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall prepare a report on out-of-state
travel expenses not later than January 1 of each year. The travel
report shall be a listing of all travel by classified and
unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately
preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with
funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be
submitted to the house and senate standing committees on
appropriations, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director. The report shall include the following
information:
(a) The dates of each travel occurrence.
(b) The total transportation and related costs of each travel
occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general
fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state
restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,
and the proportion funded with other revenues.
Sec. 217. It is the intent of the legislature that all
principal executive departments and agencies cooperate with the
development and implementation of the department of technology,
management, and budget statewide office space consolidation plan.
Sec. 219. (1) Any contract for prisoner telephone services
entered into after the effective date of this act shall include a
condition that fee schedules for prisoner telephone calls,
including rates and any surcharges other than those necessary to
meet special equipment costs, be the same as fee schedules for
calls placed from outside of correctional facilities.
(2) Revenues appropriated and collected for special equipment
funds shall be considered state restricted revenue and shall be
used for special equipment and security projects to facilitate the
replacement of personal protection systems, and the acquisition of
contraband detection systems. Unexpended funds remaining at the
close of the fiscal year shall not lapse to the general fund but
shall be carried forward and be available for appropriation in
subsequent fiscal years.
(3) The department shall submit a report to the house and
senate appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the house and
senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by February 1
outlining revenues and expenditures from special equipment funds.
The report shall include all of the following:
(a) A list of all individual projects and purchases financed
with special equipment funds in the immediately preceding fiscal
year and the amounts expended on each project or purchase.
(b) A list of planned projects and purchases to be financed
with special equipment funds during the current fiscal year and the
amounts to be expended on each project or purchase.
(c) A review of projects and purchases planned for future
fiscal years from special equipment funds.
Sec. 220. Not later than November 15, the department shall
prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of the
total general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses at the
close of the fiscal year. This report shall summarize the projected
year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses by major
departmental program or program areas. The report shall be
transmitted to the office of the state budget, the chairpersons of
the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
appropriations, and the senate and house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 221. The department of technology, management, and budget
shall maintain a searchable website accessible by the public at no
cost that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following for
each department or agency:
(a) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by category.
(b) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.
(c) Fiscal year-to-date payments to a selected vendor,
including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and
payment description.
(d) The number of active department employees by job
classification.
(e) Job specifications and wage rates.
Sec. 223. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $10,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in this act under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in this act under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in this act
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
(4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in this act
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 224. By March 1, the department shall provide a
litigation report to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies,
and the state budget director. The report shall identify all
lawsuits adjudicated through the trial court phase in which the
department or an employee acting on behalf of the department was a
defendant and in which trial court proceedings resulted in a
decision of $250,000.00 or more against the department.
Sec. 229. Within 14 days after the release of the executive
budget recommendation, the department shall provide the state
budget director, the senate and house appropriations chairs, the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections,
respectively, and the senate and house fiscal agencies with an
annual report on estimated state restricted fund balances, state
restricted fund projected revenues, and state restricted fund
expenditures for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2012 and
September 30, 2013.
Sec. 236. It is the intent of the legislature that from the
revenue resulting from the sale of the former Scott correctional
facility sufficient funds shall be appropriated to the department
to reimburse Michigan state industries for costs related to the
construction of the Industries Building, which was operated by
Michigan state industries on the site of the Scott correctional
facility.
Sec. 237. The department shall follow all requirements set
forth in statute and administrative rules related to procurement
requests and shall ensure that proper communication is maintained
with the department of technology, management, and budget regarding
the use of delegated purchasing authority granted by the department
of technology, management, and budget. The department shall not
pursue the procurement of any good or service on its own that falls
outside its delegated authority from the department of technology,
management, and budget. If any requests for proposal or requests
for qualifications are delayed due to the department's improper use
of purchasing authority under statute and administrative rules, the
department shall report on the improper use to the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on corrections within 15 days after
determining that the improper use occurred. The report shall review
the purpose of the relevant procurement effort, explain why the
improper use of delegated authority occurred, and outline steps
being taken to ensure that improper use of delegated authority does
not occur again in the future.
Sec. 238. It is the intent of the legislature that the
department make additional efforts to sell, rent, or otherwise
repurpose closed correctional facilities.
Sec. 239. It is the intent of the legislature that the
department establish and maintain a management-to-staff ratio of
not more than 1 supervisor for each 5 employees at the department's
central office in Lansing and at both the northern and southern
region administration offices.
EXECUTIVE
Sec. 301. For 3 years after a felony offender is released from
the department's jurisdiction, the department shall maintain the
offender's file on the offender tracking information system and
make it publicly accessible in the same manner as the file of the
current offender. However, the department shall immediately remove
the offender's file from the offender tracking information system
upon determination that the offender was wrongfully convicted and
the offender's file is not otherwise required to be maintained on
the offender tracking information system.
Sec. 304. The director of the department shall maintain a
staff savings initiative program to invite employees to submit
suggestions for saving costs for the department. The department
shall report semiannually to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies,
and the state budget director on the suggestions submitted under
this section, the implementation plan for those suggestions with
which the department agrees, and an explanation of any
disagreements with suggestions.
Sec. 305. By March 1, the department shall report to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
the number of prisoners who committed suicide during the previous
calendar year. To the extent permitted by law, the report shall
include all of the following information:
(a) The prisoner's age, offense, sentence, and admission date.
(b) Each prisoner's facility and unit.
(c) A description of the circumstances of the suicide.
(d) The date of the suicide.
(e) Whether the suicide occurred in a housing unit, a
segregation unit, a mental health unit, or elsewhere on the grounds
of the facility.
(f) Whether the prisoner had been denied parole and the date
of any denial.
(g) Whether the prisoner had received a mental health
evaluation or assessment.
(h) Details on the department's responses to each suicide,
including immediate on-site responses and subsequent internal
investigations.
(i) A description of any monitoring and psychiatric
interventions that had been undertaken prior to the prisoner's
suicide, including any changes in placement or mental health care.
(j) Whether the prisoner had previously attempted suicide.
PRISONER RE-ENTRY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Sec. 401. The department shall submit 3-year and 5-year prison
population projection updates concurrent with submission of the
executive budget to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies,
and the state budget director. The report shall include
explanations of the methodology and assumptions used in developing
the projection updates.
Sec. 402. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that the
funds appropriated in part 1 for prisoner re-entry programs be
expended for the purpose of reducing victimization by reducing
repeat offending through the following prisoner re-entry
programming:
(a) The provision of employment or employment services and job
training.
(b) The provision of housing assistance.
(c) Referral to mental health services.
(d) Referral to substance abuse services.
(e) Referral to public health services.
(f) Referral to education.
(g) Referral to any other services necessary for successful
reintegration.
(2) By March 1, the department shall provide a report on
prisoner re-entry expenditures and allocations to the members of
the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections,
the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget
director. At a minimum, the report shall include information on
both of the following:
(a) Details on prior-year expenditures, including amounts
spent on each project funded, itemized by service provided and
service provider.
(b) Allocations and planned expenditures for each project
funded and for each project to be funded, itemized by service to be
provided and service provider. The department shall provide an
amended report quarterly, if any revisions to allocations or
planned expenditures occurred during that quarter.
(3) The department shall continue its efforts, with technical
assistance provided by the justice center of the council of state
governments, on establishing criteria and key indicators of the
success and failure of offenders. Indicators shall reflect the
status of and trends in key program elements, behavior improvements
on the part of offenders, and whether targeted goals are being met.
Sec. 404. (1) The department shall screen and assess each
prisoner for alcohol and other drug involvement to determine the
need for further treatment. The assessment process shall be
designed to identify the severity of alcohol and other drug
addiction and determine the treatment plan, if appropriate.
(2) The department shall provide substance abuse treatment to
prisoners with priority given to those prisoners who are most in
need of treatment and who can best benefit from program
intervention based on the screening and assessment provided under
subsection (1).
Sec. 405. (1) In expending residential substance abuse
treatment services funds appropriated under this article, the
department shall ensure to the maximum extent possible that
residential substance abuse treatment services are available
statewide.
(2) By March 1, the department shall report to the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on the
allocation, distribution, and expenditure of all funds appropriated
by the substance abuse testing and treatment line item during
fiscal year 2011-2012 and projected for fiscal year 2012-2013. The
report shall include, but not be limited to, an explanation of an
anticipated year-end balance, the number of participants in
substance abuse programs, and the number of offenders on waiting
lists for residential substance abuse programs. Information
required under this subsection shall, where possible, be separated
by MDOC administrative region and by offender type, including, but
not limited to, a distinction between prisoners, parolees, and
probationers.
(3) By March 1, the department shall report to the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on substance
abuse testing and treatment program objectives, outcome measures,
and results, including program impact on offender success and
programmatic success as those terms are defined in section 203.
Sec. 405a. The department shall work cooperatively with MDCH and
substance abuse coordinating agencies in referring offenders as
appropriate to intensive substance abuse services, including
residential services.
Sec. 406. As a condition for expending any money appropriated
in part 1 for reinvestment in prisoner re-entry programs, the
department shall establish a pilot program with an allocation of at
least $2,000,000.00 from the funding appropriated to prisoner
reintegration programs to contract with faith-based nonprofit
agencies with established programs that assist prisoners exiting
the prison system to reintegrate into the community. The department
shall report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees
on corrections, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director by December 1 on the contracts awarded under the
pilot program, including the faith-based, nonprofit agencies
selected and the contract amounts awarded to each agency. The
department shall analyze and compare the success and failure rates
of prisoners served under the pilot program and those served
through other department reintegration programs and shall report
this information to the legislature during budget hearings on the
fiscal year 2013-2014 budget.
Sec. 407. (1) By June 30, the department shall place the 2012
statistical report on an Internet site. The statistical report
shall include, but not be limited to, the information as provided
in the 2004 statistical report.
(2) It is the intent of the legislature that starting with
calendar year 2010, the statistical report be placed on an Internet
site within 6 months after the end of each calendar year.
Sec. 408. The department shall measure the recidivism rates of
offenders using at least a 3-year period following their release
from prison. Any time spent in a county jail or otherwise
incarcerated shall be included in the recidivism rates.
Sec. 410. (1) The funds included in part 1 for community
corrections comprehensive plans and services are to encourage the
development through technical assistance grants, implementation,
and operation of community corrections programs that enhance
offender success and that also may serve as an alternative to
incarceration in a state facility or jail. The comprehensive
corrections plans shall include an explanation of how the public
safety will be maintained, the goals for the local jurisdiction,
offender target populations intended to be affected, offender
eligibility criteria for purposes outlined in the plan, and how the
plans will meet the following objectives, consistent with section
8(4) of the community corrections act, 1988 PA 511, MCL 791.408:
(a) Reduce admissions to prison of offenders who would likely
be sentenced to imprisonment, including probation violators.
(b) Improve the appropriate utilization of jail facilities,
the first priority of which is to open jail beds intended to house
otherwise prison-bound felons, and the second priority being to
appropriately utilize jail beds so that jail crowding does not
occur.
(c) Open jail beds through the increase of pretrial release
options.
(d) Reduce the readmission to prison of parole violators.
(e) Reduce the admission or readmission to prison of
offenders, including probation violators and parole violators, for
substance abuse violations.
(f) Contribute to offender success, as that term is defined in
section 203.
(2) The award of community corrections comprehensive plans and
residential services funds shall be based on criteria that include,
but are not limited to, the prison commitment rate by category of
offenders, trends in prison commitment rates and jail utilization,
historical trends in community corrections program capacity and
program utilization, and the projected impact and outcome of annual
policies and procedures of programs on offender success, prison
commitment rates, and jail utilization.
(3) Funds awarded for residential services in part 1 shall
provide for a per diem reimbursement of not more than $47.50 for
nonaccredited facilities, or of not more than $48.50 for facilities
that have been accredited by the American corrections association
or a similar organization as approved by the department.
Sec. 411. The comprehensive corrections plans shall also
include, where appropriate, descriptive information on the full
range of sanctions and services that are available and utilized
within the local jurisdiction and an explanation of how jail beds,
residential services, the special alternative incarceration
program, probation detention centers, the electronic monitoring
program for probationers, and treatment and rehabilitative services
will be utilized to support the objectives and priorities of the
comprehensive corrections plans and the purposes and priorities of
section 8(4) of the community corrections act, 1988 PA 511, MCL
791.408, that contribute to the success of offenders. The plans
shall also include, where appropriate, provisions that detail how
the local communities plan to respond to sentencing guidelines
found in chapter XVII of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA
175, MCL 777.1 to 777.69, and use the county jail reimbursement
program under section 414. The state community corrections board
shall encourage local community corrections advisory boards to
include in their comprehensive corrections plans strategies to
collaborate with local alcohol and drug treatment agencies of the
MDCH for the provision of alcohol and drug screening, assessment,
case management planning, and delivery of treatment to alcohol- and
drug-involved offenders.
Sec. 412. (1) As part of the March biannual report specified
in section 12(2) of the community corrections act, 1988 PA 511, MCL
791.412, that requires an analysis of the impact of that act on
prison admissions and jail utilization, the department shall submit
to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director the following information for each county and
counties consolidated for comprehensive corrections plans:
(a) Approved technical assistance grants and comprehensive
corrections plans including each program and level of funding, the
utilization level of each program, and profile information of
enrolled offenders.
(b) If federal funds are made available, the number of
participants funded, the number served, the number successfully
completing the program, and a summary of the program activity.
(c) Status of the community corrections information system and
the jail population information system.
(d) Data on residential services, including participant data,
participant sentencing guideline scores, program expenditures,
average length of stay, and bed utilization data.
(e) Offender disposition data by sentencing guideline range,
by disposition type, by prior record variable score, by number and
percent statewide and by county, current year, and comparisons to
the previous 3 years.
(f) Data on the use of funding made available under the felony
drunk driver jail reduction and community treatment program.
(2) The report required under subsection (1) shall include the
total funding allocated, program expenditures, required program
data, and year-to-date totals.
Sec. 413. (1) The department shall identify and coordinate
information regarding the availability of and the demand for
community corrections programs, jail-based community corrections
programs, jail-based probation violation sanctions, and all state-
required jail data.
(2) The department is responsible for the collection,
analysis, and reporting of all state-required jail data.
(3) As a prerequisite to participation in the programs and
services offered through the department, counties shall provide
necessary jail data to the department.
Sec. 414. (1) The department shall administer a county jail
reimbursement program from the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
purpose of reimbursing counties for housing in jails certain felons
who otherwise would have been sentenced to prison.
(2) The county jail reimbursement program shall reimburse
counties for convicted felons in the custody of the sheriff if the
conviction was for a crime committed on or after January 1, 1999
and 1 of the following applies:
(a) The felon's sentencing guidelines recommended range upper
limit is more than 18 months, the felon's sentencing guidelines
recommended range lower limit is 12 months or less, the felon's
prior record variable score is 35 or more points, and the felon's
sentence is not for commission of a crime in crime class G or crime
class H or a nonperson crime in crime class F under chapter XVII of
the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 777.1 to 777.69.
(b) The felon's minimum sentencing guidelines range minimum is
more than 12 months under the sentencing guidelines described in
subdivision (a).
(c) The felon was sentenced to jail for a felony committed
while he or she was on parole and under the jurisdiction of the
parole board and for which the sentencing guidelines recommended
range for the minimum sentence has an upper limit of more than 18
months.
(3) State reimbursement under this subsection shall be $60.00
per diem per diverted offender for offenders with a presumptive
prison guideline score, $50.00 per diem per diverted offender for
offenders with a straddle cell guideline for a group 1 crime, and
$35.00 per diem per diverted offender for offenders with a straddle
cell guideline for a group 2 crime. Reimbursements shall be paid
for sentences up to a 1-year total.
(4) As used in this subsection:
(a) "Group 1 crime" means a crime in 1 or more of the
following offense categories: arson, assault, assaultive other,
burglary, criminal sexual conduct, homicide or resulting in death,
other sex offenses, robbery, and weapon possession as determined by
the department of corrections based on specific crimes for which
counties received reimbursement under the county jail reimbursement
program in fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2008, and listed in the
county jail reimbursement program document titled "FY 2007 and FY
2008 Group One Crimes Reimbursed", dated March 31, 2009.
(b) "Group 2 crime" means a crime that is not a group 1 crime,
including larceny, fraud, forgery, embezzlement, motor vehicle,
malicious destruction of property, controlled substance offense,
felony drunk driving, and other nonassaultive offenses.
(c) "In the custody of the sheriff" means that the convicted
felon has been sentenced to the county jail and is either housed in
the county jail or has been released from jail and is being
monitored through the use of the sheriff's electronic monitoring
system.
(5) County jail reimbursement program expenditures shall not
exceed the amount appropriated in part 1 for the county jail
reimbursement program. Payments to counties under the county jail
reimbursement program shall be made in the order in which properly
documented requests for reimbursements are received. A request
shall be considered to be properly documented if it meets MDOC
requirements for documentation. By October 15, 2012, the department
shall distribute the documentation requirements to all counties.
(6) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for the county jail
reimbursement program, $500,000.00 shall be utilized to reimburse
county jails for housing individuals who violate terms of probation
under the swift-and-sure sanctions pilot program.
Sec. 415. (1) The department shall create a database for use
by the department and MPRI service providers. The database shall be
available to both the department and the service provider in real
time. The department, in consultation with the service providers,
shall issue a policy defining each field in the database so that
there will be common usage of all terms and fields.
(2) The department, in consultation with the service
providers, shall publish financial guidelines for administration of
this program.
Sec. 416. Allowable uses of the felony drunk driver jail
reduction and community treatment program shall include reimbursing
counties for transportation, treatment costs, and housing felony
drunk drivers during a period of assessment for treatment and case
planning. Reimbursements for housing during the assessment process
shall be at the rate of $43.50 per day per offender, up to a
maximum of 5 days per offender.
Sec. 417. (1) By March 1, the department shall report to the
members of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director on each of the following programs from the previous
fiscal year:
(a) The county jail reimbursement program.
(b) The felony drunk driver jail reduction and community
treatment program.
(c) Any new initiatives to control prison population growth
funded or proposed to be funded under part 1.
(2) For each program listed under subsection (1), the report
shall include information on each of the following:
(a) Program objectives and outcome measures, including, but
not limited to, the number of offenders who successfully completed
the program, and the number of offenders who successfully remained
in the community during the 3 years following termination from the
program.
(b) Expenditures by location.
(c) The impact on jail utilization.
(d) The impact on prison admissions.
(e) Other information relevant to an evaluation of the
program.
Sec. 418. (1) The department shall collaborate with the state
court administrative office on facilitating changes to Michigan
court rules that would require the court to collect at the time of
sentencing the state operator's license, state identification card,
or other documentation used to establish the identity of the
individual to be admitted to the department. The department shall
maintain those documents in the prisoner's personal file.
(2) The department shall cooperate with MDCH to create and
maintain a process by which prisoners can obtain their Michigan
birth certificates if necessary. The department shall describe a
process for obtaining birth certificates from other states, and in
situations where the prisoner's effort fails, the department shall
assist in obtaining the birth certificate.
Sec. 419. (1) The department shall provide weekly electronic
mail reports to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director on prisoner, parolee, and probationer populations
by facility, and prison capacities.
(2) The department shall provide monthly electronic mail
reports to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director. The reports shall include information on end-of-
month prisoner populations in county jails, the net operating
capacity according to the most recent certification report,
identified by date, and end-of-month data, year-to-date data, and
comparisons to the prior year for the following:
(a) Community residential program populations, separated by
centers and electronic monitoring.
(b) Parole populations.
(c) Probation populations, with identification of the number
in special alternative incarceration.
(d) Prison and camp populations, with separate identification
of the number in special alternative incarceration and the number
of lifers.
(e) Parole board activity, including the numbers and
percentages of parole grants and parole denials.
(f) Prisoner exits, identifying transfers to community
placement, paroles from prisons and camps, paroles from community
placement, total movements to parole, prison intake, prisoner
deaths, prisoners discharging on the maximum sentence, and other
prisoner exits.
(g) Prison intake and returns, including probation violators,
new court commitments, violators with new sentences, escaper new
sentences, total prison intake, returns from court with additional
sentences, community placement returns, technical parole violator
returns, and total returns to prison and camp.
Sec. 420. By March 1, the department shall report to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house judiciary committees, the senate and house fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director on performance data and
efforts to improve efficiencies relative to departmental staffing,
health care services, food service, prisoner transportation, mental
health care services, and pharmaceutical costs.
Sec. 422. It is the intent of the legislature that MPRI
programs from prisoner entry into the corrections system to reentry
into the community and as measured by offender success and
programmatic success as those terms are defined in section 203
shall be maintained as standard operating procedure in the
department. In particular, services should be focused on moderate-
to high-risk individuals. Special in-prison programming shall be
directed to those prisoners who were paroled and have returned to
prison and who will subsequently be eligible for parole again in
the future. In addition, MPRI services provided to prisoners shall
include basic computer skills training.
Sec. 424. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
residential services, the department shall develop and implement,
in collaboration with the judiciary and as approved by the state
court administrative office, a demonstration project based on
evidence-based practices related to judicial and case management
interventions that have been proven to increase public safety for
high-risk, high-need probationers as determined by a validated risk
and need assessment instrument. As used in this section,
"probationer" means a circuit court probationer serving a probation
sentence for a crime.
(2) The demonstration project shall be implemented in 4 areas
of the state identified jointly by the department and the state
court administrative office. Preference shall be given to locations
that are representative of areas with high rates of violent crimes
as described in the council of state governments' justice center
report on analyses of crime, community corrections, and sentencing
policies in this state.
(3) The primary goal of the demonstration project is to reduce
crime and revictimization by high-risk, high-need probationers. The
secondary goal of the demonstration project is to reduce
expenditures for long-term incarceration.
(4) The demonstration project may provide up to 6 months of
residential services, and treatment methods, and interventions that
are evidence-based, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Risk/needs assessment.
(b) Motivational techniques.
(c) Type, intensity, and duration of treatment based on each
probationer's risk and needs and delivered consistent with
evidence-based practices.
(5) The department shall implement the evidence-based practice
of collaborative case management and utilize the services of the
department and of local community corrections consistent with the
local comprehensive corrections plan developed under the community
corrections act, 1988 PA 511, MCL 791.401 to 791.414.
(6) The department shall assign a probation officer to the
demonstration project to supervise a specialized caseload for high-
risk, high-need probationers. All probation officers supervising a
specialized caseload under this section shall receive substantial
education and training on issues of substance abuse, mental health,
and drug and alcohol testing.
(7) The probation officer shall work in cooperation with the
local judiciary and the community corrections advisory board in a
collaborative effort toward the goals of promoting probationer
success and reducing crime and revictimization.
(8) The probation officer assigned to the demonstration
project shall comply with supervision requirements established for
the demonstration project by the field operations administration
deputy director.
(9) The department shall identify and coordinate information
for each local jurisdiction selected for the demonstration project
regarding the rate of incarceration of high-risk, high-need
probationers to ensure that appropriate probationers are targeted
for the demonstration project.
(10) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for public
education and training, the department shall collaborate with the
local judiciary, community corrections advisory board, and service
providers to develop and provide appropriate training for all local
stakeholders involved in the demonstration project described in
this section.
(11) From the funds provided to the local jurisdiction for the
demonstration project, the department shall collaborate with the
local judiciary and the community corrections advisory board to
develop and implement an evaluation of the demonstration project
that will show the impact of the project on the arrests,
convictions, technical violations, and commitments to prison of the
demonstration project participants. This evaluation shall be
performed in accordance with department of corrections policy and
procedure on evaluation design in cooperation with the office of
research and planning.
(12) By May 1, the department shall report to the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on the status
of the demonstration project prescribed under this section,
including information on all of the following:
(a) Demonstration project locations and participating courts.
(b) The number of probationers participating in the pilot
categorized by location and offense.
(c) Evaluation status and methodology.
(d) Preliminary results, if any.
Sec. 429. It is the intent of the legislature that the
department work with other state departments and agencies to
implement the policy options provided to the state by the council
of state governments in January 2009 and March 2011.
Sec. 430. The department shall ensure that each prisoner has
the opportunity to meet with his or her transition team prior to
release from prison. If applicable, community providers shall enter
the prison to meet with the prisoner prior to release.
Sec. 431. The department shall ensure that prior to release
from prison, each offender has possession of all of the following:
(a) All documents necessary to obtain a state operator's
license or state identification card.
(b) A set of clothing that would be appropriate and suitable
for wearing to an interview for employment.
Sec. 433. The department shall report quarterly on January 1,
2013, April 1, 2013, July 1, 2013, and September 30, 2013 to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
the status of any contracts entered into under the June 2009
request for proposals for the re-entry initiative project for
offenders with special needs. The report shall include information
on all of the following:
(a) The number of prisoners and participating parolees in each
of the target population subgroups, including medically fragile,
mentally ill, developmentally disabled, and youthful offenders.
(b) Descriptions of the key services being provided to each
subgroup under the contract or contracts.
(c) Estimates of the average per-offender costs of services
for each target population subgroup under each contract, compared
to the average cost of prison incarceration for those populations.
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 501. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
prosecutorial and detainer expenses, the department shall reimburse
counties for housing and custody of parole violators and offenders
being returned by the department from community placement who are
available for return to institutional status and for prisoners who
volunteer for placement in a county jail.
Sec. 502. Funds included in part 1 for the sheriffs'
coordinating and training office are appropriated for and may be
expended to defray costs of continuing education, certification,
recertification, decertification, and training of local corrections
officers, the personnel and administrative costs of the sheriffs'
coordinating and training office, the local corrections officers
advisory board, and the sheriffs' coordinating and training council
under the local corrections officers training act, 2003 PA 125, MCL
791.531 to 791.546.
Sec. 503. Funds appropriated in part 1 for administrative
hearings officers are appropriated as an interdepartmental grant to
the department of licensing and regulatory affairs for the purpose
of funding administrative hearings officers for adjudication of
grievances pertaining to the department of corrections. The
department shall not expend appropriations from part 1 to satisfy
charges from the department of licensing and regulatory affairs for
administrative hearings officers in excess of the amount expressly
appropriated by this article for the administrative hearings
officers unless funding is transferred into this line under section
393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 504. Of the funds appropriated in part 1, $50,000.00 is
appropriated to provide an interdepartmental grant to the judiciary
for use of the judicial data warehouse by department employees.
Sec. 505. The department shall provide for the training of all
custody staff in effective and safe ways of handling prisoners with
mental illness and referring prisoners to mental health treatment
programs. Mental health awareness training shall be incorporated
into the training of new custody staff.
FIELD OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 601. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall conduct a statewide caseload audit of field
agents. The audit shall address public protection issues and assess
the ability of the field agents to complete their professional
duties. The complete audit shall be submitted to the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on corrections and the senate
and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office by March 1.
(2) It is the intent of the legislature that the department
maintain a number of field agents sufficient to meet supervision
and workload standards.
Sec. 603. (1) All prisoners, probationers, and parolees
involved with the electronic tether program shall reimburse the
department for costs associated with their participation in the
program. The department may require community service work
reimbursement as a means of payment for those able-bodied
individuals unable to pay for the costs of the equipment.
(2) Program participant contributions and local community
tether program reimbursement for the electronic tether program
appropriated in part 1 are related to program expenditures and may
be used to offset expenditures for this purpose.
(3) Included in the appropriation in part 1 is adequate
funding to implement the community tether program to be
administered by the department. The community tether program is
intended to provide sentencing judges and county sheriffs in
coordination with local community corrections advisory boards
access to the state's electronic tether program to reduce prison
admissions and improve local jail utilization. The department shall
determine the appropriate distribution of the tether units
throughout the state based upon locally developed comprehensive
corrections plans under the community corrections act, 1988 PA 511,
MCL 791.401 to 791.414.
(4) For a fee determined by the department, the department
shall provide counties with the tether equipment, replacement
parts, administrative oversight of the equipment's operation,
notification of violators, and periodic reports regarding county
program participants. Counties are responsible for tether equipment
installation and service. For an additional fee as determined by
the department, the department shall provide staff to install and
service the equipment. Counties are responsible for the
coordination and apprehension of program violators.
(5) Any county with tether charges outstanding over 60 days
shall be considered in violation of the community tether program
agreement and lose access to the program.
Sec. 604. Community-placement prisoners and parolees shall
reimburse the department for the total costs of the program. As an
alternative method of payment, the department may develop a
community service work schedule for those individuals unable to
meet reimbursement requirements established by the department.
Sec. 606. It is the intent of the legislature that the
department shall ensure that parolees and probationers may timely
contact their parole or probation agents and maintain procedures
that preclude any necessity for an offender to have access to an
agent's home telephone number or other personal information
pertaining to the agent.
Sec. 608. By March 1, the department shall report to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
the use of electronic monitoring. At a minimum, the report shall
include all of the following:
(a) Details on the failure rate of parolees for whom GPS
tether is utilized, including the number and rate of parolee
technical violations, including specifying failures due to
committing a new crime that is uncharged but leads to parole
termination, and the number and rate of parolee violators with new
sentences.
(b) Information on the factors considered in determining
whether an offender is placed on active GPS tether, passive GPS
tether, radio frequency tether, or some combination of these or
other types of electronic monitoring.
(c) Monthly data on the number of offenders on active GPS
tether, passive GPS tether, radio frequency tether, and any other
type of tether.
Sec. 611. The department shall prepare by March 1, 2011
individual reports for the community re-entry program, the
electronic tether program, and the special alternative to
incarceration program. The reports shall be submitted to the house
and senate appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the house
and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director. Each
program's report shall include information on all of the following:
(a) Monthly new participants by type of offender. Community
re-entry program participants shall be categorized by reason for
placement. For technical rule violators, the report shall sort
offenders by length of time since release from prison, by the most
recent violation, and by the number of violations occurring since
release from prison.
(b) Monthly participant unsuccessful terminations, including
cause.
(c) Number of successful terminations.
(d) End month population by facility/program.
(e) Average length of placement.
(f) Return to prison statistics.
(g) Description of each program location or locations,
capacity, and staffing.
(h) Sentencing guideline scores and actual sentence statistics
for participants, if applicable.
(i) Comparison with prior year statistics.
(j) Analysis of the impact on prison admissions and jail
utilization and the cost effectiveness of the program.
Sec. 612. (1) The department shall review and revise as
necessary policy proposals that provide alternatives to prison for
offenders being sentenced to prison as a result of technical
probation violations and technical parole violations. To the extent
the department has insufficient policies or resources to affect the
continued increase in prison commitments among these offender
populations, the department shall explore other policy options to
allow for program alternatives, including department or OCC-funded
programs, local level programs, and programs available through
private agencies that may be used as prison alternatives for these
offenders.
(2) To the extent policies or programs described in subsection
(1) are used, developed, or contracted for, the department may
request that funds appropriated in part 1 be transferred under
section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1393, for their operation.
(3) The department shall continue to utilize parole violator
processing guidelines that require parole agents to utilize all
available appropriate community-based, nonincarcerative postrelease
sanctions and services when appropriate. The department shall
periodically evaluate such guidelines for modification, in response
to emerging information from the demonstration projects for
substance abuse treatment provided under this act and applicable
provisions of prior budget acts for the department.
(4) The department shall provide quarterly reports to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
the number of all parolees returned to prison and probationers
sentenced to prison for either a technical violation or new
sentence during the preceding calendar quarter. The reports shall
include the following information each for probationers, parolees
after their first parole, and parolees who have been paroled more
than once:
(a) The numbers of parole and probation violators returned to
or sent to prison for a new crime with a comparison of original
versus new offenses by major offense type: assaultive,
nonassaultive, drug, and sex.
(b) The numbers of parole and probation violators returned to
or sent to prison for a technical violation and the type of
violation, including, but not limited to, zero gun tolerance and
substance abuse violations. For parole technical rule violators,
the report shall list violations by type, by length of time since
release from prison, by the most recent violation, and by the
number of violations occurring since release from prison.
(c) The educational history of those offenders, including how
many had a GED or high school diploma prior to incarceration in
prison, how many received a GED while in prison, and how many
received a vocational certificate while in prison.
(d) The number of offenders who participated in the MPRI
versus the number of those who did not.
(e) The unduplicated number of offenders who participated in
substance abuse treatment programs, mental health treatment
programs, or both, while in prison, itemized by diagnosis.
Sec. 613. Subject to the appropriations in part 1, the
department is encouraged to expand the use of continuous remote
alcohol monitors for parolees and probationers who test positive
for alcohol abuse or have alcohol-abuse-related violations of their
community supervision.
Sec. 615. After the parole board has reviewed the cases of all
inmates sentenced to imprisonment for life with the possibility of
parole who have good institutional records, the parole board shall
calculate each inmate's parole guidelines score. The parole board
shall provide the legislature with the specific reason or reasons
why any individual inmate who scores "high probability of release"
is not being paroled. The parole board shall submit a report
containing a list of these reasons for each inmate to the house and
senate appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the house and
senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by January 1.
HEALTH CARE
Sec. 802. As a condition of expenditure of the funds
appropriated in part 1, the department shall provide the senate and
house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on
corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state
budget director with all of the following:
(a) Quarterly reports on physical and mental health care
detailing quarterly and fiscal year-to-date expenditures itemized
by vendor, allocations, status of payments from contractors to
vendors, and projected year-end expenditures from accounts for
prisoner health care, mental health care, pharmaceutical services,
and durable medical equipment.
(b) Regular updates on progress on requests for proposals and
requests for information pertaining to prisoner health care and
mental health care, until the applicable contract is approved.
Sec. 804. (1) The department shall report quarterly to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
prisoner health care utilization. The report shall include the
number of inpatient hospital days, outpatient visits, and emergency
room visits in the previous quarter and since October 1, 2009, by
facility.
(2) By March 1, the department shall report to the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on prisoners
receiving off-site inpatient medical care that would have received
care in a state correctional facility if beds were available. The
report shall include the number of prisoners receiving off-site
inpatient medical care and average length of stay in an off-site
facility during the period they would have received care in a state
correctional facility if beds were available, by month and
correctional facilities administration region.
Sec. 806. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall require a hepatitis C antibody test and an HIV
test for each prisoner prior to release to the community by parole
or discharge on the maximum sentence. The department shall require
an HIV test and a hepatitis C risk factor screening for each
prisoner at the health screening at admissions. If hepatitis C risk
factors are identified, the department shall offer the prisoner a
hepatitis C antibody test. An explanation of results of the tests
shall be provided confidentially to the prisoner, and if
appropriate based on the test results, the prisoner shall also be
provided a recommendation to seek follow-up medical attention.
Sec. 807. The department shall ensure that all medications for
a prisoner be transported with that prisoner when the prisoner is
transferred from 1 correctional facility to another. Prisoners
being released shall have access to at least a 30-day supply of
medication and a prescription for refills to allow for continuity
of care in the community.
Sec. 809. The department, in conjunction with efforts to
implement prisoner re-entry, shall cooperate with the MDCH to share
data and information as they relate to prisoners being released who
are HIV positive or positive for the hepatitis C antibody. By March
1, the department shall report to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house
fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on all of the
following:
(a) Programs and the location of programs implemented as a
result of the work under this section.
(b) The number of prisoners released to the community by
parole, discharge on the maximum sentence, or transfer to community
residential placement who are HIV positive, positive for the
hepatitis C antibody, or both.
(c) The number of parolees and offenders discharged on the
maximum sentence who are HIV or hepatitis C positive by paroling
office as reported to the state department of community health for
referral to the local public health department.
Sec. 812. (1) The department shall provide the department of
human services with a monthly list of prisoners newly committed to
the department of corrections. The department and the department of
human services shall enter into an interagency agreement under
which the department of human services provides the department of
corrections with monthly lists of newly committed prisoners who are
eligible for Medicaid benefits in order to maintain the process by
which Medicaid benefits are suspended rather than terminated. The
department shall assist prisoners who may be eligible for Medicaid
benefits after release from prison with the Medicaid enrollment
process prior to release from prison.
(2) The department shall provide the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house
fiscal agencies, and the state budget director with quarterly
updates on the utilization of Medicaid benefits for prisoners.
Sec. 814. The department shall assure that psychotropic
medications are available, when deemed medically necessary by a
licensed medical service provider, to prisoners who have mental
illness diagnoses but are not enrolled in corrections mental health
services.
Sec. 816. By April 1, the department shall provide the members
of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, the state budget
director, and the legislative corrections ombudsman with a report
on pharmaceutical expenditures and prescribing practices. In
particular, the report shall provide the following information:
(a) A detailed accounting of expenditures on antipsychotic
medications.
(b) Any changes that have been made to the prescription drug
formularies.
(c) A progress report on the department's efforts to address
various findings outlined in audit report 471-0325-09L issued in
March 2011 by the Michigan office of the auditor general.
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 905. (1) Savings in the inmate housing fund shall be
achieved through competitive bidding of facility operations or
other measures to reduce the custody, treatment, clinical, and
administrative costs associated with the housing of prisoners.
Savings shall be distributed as necessary into separate accounts
created to separately identify savings through specific cost
savings measures.
(2) Quarterly reports on all expenditures from the inmate
housing fund shall be submitted by the department to the state
budget director, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
on corrections, and the senate and house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 906. It is the intent of the legislature that the
department maintain or expand upon existing public works
programming by contracting with local units of government or
private organizations. Any local unit of government or private
organization that contracts with the department for public works
services shall be responsible for financing the entire cost of such
an agreement.
Sec. 907. The department shall report by March 1 to the senate
and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate
and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
academic and vocational programs. The report shall provide
information relevant to an assessment of the department's academic
and vocational programs, including, but not limited to, all of the
following:
(a) The number of instructors and the number of instructor
vacancies, by program and facility.
(b) The number of prisoners enrolled in each program, the
number of prisoners completing each program, the number of
prisoners who fail each program, the number of prisoners who do not
complete each program and the reason for not completing the
program, the number of prisoners transferred to another facility
while enrolled in a program and the reason for transfer, the number
of prisoners enrolled who are repeating the program by reason, and
the number of prisoners on waiting lists for each program, all
itemized by facility.
(c) The steps the department has undertaken to improve
programs, track records, accommodate transfers and prisoners with
health care needs, and reduce waiting lists.
(d) The number of prisoners paroled without a high school
diploma and the number of prisoners paroled without a GED.
(e) An explanation of the value and purpose of each program,
for example, to improve employability, reduce recidivism, reduce
prisoner idleness, or some combination of these and other factors.
(f) An identification of program outcomes for each academic
and vocational program.
(g) An explanation of the department's plans for academic and
vocational programs, including plans to contract with intermediate
school districts for GED and high school diploma programs.
(h) The number of prisoners not paroled at their earliest
release date due to lack of a GED, and the reason those prisoners
have not obtained a GED.
Sec. 910. The department shall allow the Michigan Braille
transcribing fund program to operate at its current location. The
donation of the building by the Michigan Braille transcribing fund
at the G. Robert Cotton correctional facility in Jackson is
acknowledged and appreciated. The department shall continue to
encourage the Michigan Braille transcribing fund program to produce
high-quality materials for use by the visually impaired.
Sec. 911. By March 1, the department shall report to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, the legislative corrections
ombudsman, and the state budget director the number of critical
incidents occurring each month by type and the number and severity
of assaults occurring each month at each facility during calendar
year 2011.
Sec. 912. The department shall report to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house
fiscal agencies, and the state budget director by March 1 on the
ratio of correctional officers to prisoners for each correctional
institution, the ratio of shift command staff to line custody
staff, and the ratio of noncustody institutional staff to prisoners
for each correctional institution.
Sec. 913. (1) It is the intent of the legislature that any
prisoner required to complete an assaultive offender program,
sexual offender program, or other program as a condition of parole
shall be transferred to a facility where that program is available
in order to accomplish timely completion of that program prior to
the expiration of his or her minimum sentence and eligibility for
parole. Nothing in this section should be deemed to make parole
denial appealable in court.
(2) The department shall submit a quarterly report to the
members of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies, the state budget
director, and the legislative corrections ombudsman detailing
enrollment in sex offender programming, assaultive offender
programming, violent offender programming, and thinking for change.
At a minimum, the report shall include the following:
(a) A full accounting of the number of individuals who are
required to complete the programming, but have not yet done so.
(b) The number of individuals who have reached their earliest
release date, but who have not completed required programming.
(c) A plan of action for addressing any waiting lists or
backlogs for programming that may exist.
Sec. 916. The department shall report by February 1 to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
the number of computers available for use by prisoners within each
prison facility. The report shall summarize the purpose and
frequency of use of these computers within each facility, and in
particular shall provide detail on the extent to which computers
are utilized for education programming, for both academic and
vocational purposes.
Sec. 921. (1) By March 1, the department shall report to the
chairs of the senate and house appropriations committees, the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
the following:
(a) The actual savings realized between January 1, 2009 and
April 1, 2012 as a result of closing correctional facilities and
correctional camps between January 1, 2009 and January 1, 2013,
itemized by correctional facility or correctional camp.
(b) The projected fiscal year 2012-2013 savings by closing
correctional facilities and correctional camps between January 1,
2009 and January 1, 2013, itemized by correctional facility or
correctional camp.
(2) The report in subsection (1) shall include information on
all of the following:
(a) The savings realized or projected to be realized, itemized
by program or type of expenditure.
(b) Any cost of field supervision, field operations programs,
or prisoner reintegration programs related to the closure of
correctional facilities and correctional camps between January 1,
2009 and January 1, 2013.
Sec. 923. (1) The department shall cooperate with the
department of education to evaluate the feasibility of local
intermediate school districts providing education programming to
targeted prisoners under the age of 20 who have not received a high
school diploma. By June 1, the department shall report to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
any plans or evaluations developed under this section.
(2) The department shall make efforts to encourage retired
school teachers to provide education services in correctional
facilities through volunteerism.
Sec. 924. The department shall evaluate all prisoners at
intake for substance abuse disorders, developmental disorders,
serious mental illness, and other mental health disorders.
Prisoners with serious mental illness shall not be confined in
administrative segregation. Under the supervision of a mental
health professional, a prisoner with serious mental illness may be
secluded in a therapeutic environment for the safety of the
prisoner or others. A prisoner in therapeutic seclusion shall be
evaluated by a mental health professional at a frequency set forth
in the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106,
or at least every 12 hours, whichever would require more frequent
evaluations, in order to remain in therapeutic seclusion.
Sec. 925. By March 1, 2013, the department shall report to the
senate and house appropriations subcommittees on corrections, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
the annual number of prisoners in administrative segregation
between October 1, 2003 and September 30, 2012, and the annual
number of prisoners in administrative segregation between October
1, 2003 and September 30, 2012 who at any time during the current
or prior prison term were diagnosed with serious mental illness or
have a developmental disorder and the number of days each of the
prisoners with serious mental illness or a developmental disorder
have been confined to administrative segregation.
Sec. 929. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall do all of the following:
(a) Ensure that any inmate care and control staff in contact
with prisoners less than 19 years of age are adequately trained
with regard to the developmental and mental health needs of
prisoners less than 19 years of age. By April 1, 2012, the
department shall report to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies,
and the state budget director on the training curriculum used and
the number and types of staff receiving training under that
curriculum since October 2009.
(b) Provide appropriate placement for prisoners less than 19
years of age who have serious mental illness, serious emotional
disturbance, or a developmental disorder and need to be housed
separately from the general population. Prisoners less than 19
years of age who have serious mental illness, serious emotional
disturbance, or a developmental disorder shall not be placed in
administrative segregation. Under the supervision of a mental
health professional, a prisoner less than 19 years of age with
serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance may be
secluded in a therapeutic environment for the safety of the
prisoner or others. A prisoner in therapeutic seclusion shall be
evaluated every 12 hours by a mental health professional in order
to remain in therapeutic seclusion.
(c) Implement a specialized re-entry program that recognizes
the needs of prisoners less than 19 years old for supervised re-
entry.
Sec. 930. The department shall not have a shooting range
located on property east of 3760 Foco Road, Standish, Michigan.
Sec. 935. The department shall regularly evaluate each
correctional facility in terms of cost effectiveness and make a
determination as to how long each facility should remain open based
upon the age of the facility, the costs of its continued operation,
and the relative costs of alternative bed space that could be
utilized. When it is determined that a facility is no longer cost-
effective to operate due to the age of the facility or that the
facility has become functionally obsolete, or both, the department
should analyze the economic impact of the facility on the
surrounding community. If the department determines that the
facility is critical to the economic viability of the surrounding
community, the department shall work with the Michigan economic
development corporation and any other relevant state or local
agencies to encourage private sector investment in that community.
Sec. 936. The department shall contract with third-party
providers to complete an assessment of energy utilization at each
state correctional facility. In particular, the department shall
endeavor to identify and implement energy-saving initiatives in the
various correctional facilities. By April 1, the department shall
provide the members of the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on corrections, the senate and house fiscal agencies,
the state budget director, and the legislative corrections
ombudsman with a report on these efforts.
Sec. 937. The funds appropriated in part 1 for the cost-
effective housing initiative shall be utilized to ensure more cost-
effective housing of prisoners. The department shall use this
funding to house prisoners in the most cost-effective manner
possible. This shall include exploring the use of public-private
partnerships, the use of privately owned facilities in Michigan,
and the use of state facilities by third-party contractors. The use
of cost-effective housing from this initiative shall be used to
achieve general prison operations savings budgeted in the inmate
housing fund line item. The department shall work cooperatively
with the chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on corrections in identifying appropriate reductions
to prison facility line items to achieve the budgeted savings in
the inmate housing fund line item.
Sec. 939. (1) By January 1, the department shall release a
request for proposal seeking competitive bids for the special
alternative incarceration facility, the prison stores, the food
service operations, and up to 1,750 custody beds.
(2) The department, working with the department of technology,
management, and budget, shall issue a quarterly report detailing
the current status of any requests for proposal required under this
section. If the status of any item listed in the report remains
unchanged for more than 2 consecutive reporting periods, the report
shall provide an explanation of the delay.
Sec. 940. For the purpose of procuring drug testing services
at correctional facilities, the department shall enter into a
contract with a Michigan-based company that provides laboratory
oral fluid drug testing.
Sec. 941. The department shall ensure that any contract with a
public or private party to operate the special alternative
incarceration facility at camp Cassidy Lake includes a provision to
require that public works program services continue to be provided
to the St. Louis Center in Chelsea at rates consistent with the
rate structure in place as of May 1, 2011.
Sec. 942. The department shall ensure that any contract with a
public or private party to operate a facility to house state
prisoners includes a provision to allow access by both the office
of the legislative auditor general and the office of the
legislative corrections ombudsman to the facility and to
appropriate records and documents related to the operation of the
facility. These access rights for both offices shall be the same
for the contracted facility as for a general state-operated
correctional facility.
Sec. 943. It is the intent of the legislature that the
department maintains sufficient perimeter security measures at
department prison facilities to ensure the safety of communities
surrounding those facilities.
Sec. 945. As a condition for expending funds appropriated in
part 1, the department shall allow a person acting as a prisoner
mentor to continue his or her mentoring relationship with a
prisoner as that prisoner transitions back into the community
during his or her term of parole unless the department has specific
reasons as to why the continuation of the mentoring relationship is
not in the best interest of the prisoner's transition success. The
department shall not establish or practice a policy that
automatically disqualifies a mentor from continuing an established
mentoring relationship during a prisoner's term of parole.
Sec. 946. As a condition for expending funds appropriated in
part 1, the department shall not restrict prisoner access to
programming and shall not deny prisoner access to persons qualified
to deliver programming because of the faith-based nature of the
programming. The department shall establish clear policy guidance
regarding the validity of faith-based programming for prisoners who
desire that programming and prohibiting discrimination against
faith-based programming relative to other types of programming for
those prisoners. The policy shall be communicated to all prison
wardens and key facility management staff to ensure compliance.
MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 1009. The department shall create an information packet
for the families of incoming prisoners. This packet shall be made
available on the department website by February 1, 2013 and shall
be updated by February 1 of each year thereafter. The packet shall
provide information on topics including, but not limited to: how to
put money into prisoner accounts, how to make phone calls or create
Jpay email accounts, how to visit in person, proper procedures for
filing complaints or grievances, the rights of prisoners to
physical and mental health care, how to utilize the offender
tracking information system (OTIS), truth-in-sentencing and how it
applies to minimum sentences, the parole process, and guidance on
the importance of the role of families in the reentry process. The
department is encouraged to partner with external advocacy groups
and actual families of prisoners in the packet-writing process to
ensure that the information is useful and complete.
Sec. 1011. The department shall accept in-kind services and
equipment donations to facilitate the addition of a cable network
that provides programming that will address the religious needs of
incarcerated individuals. This network shall be a cable television
network that presently reaches the majority of households in the
United States. A bilingual channel affiliated with this network may
also be added to department programming to assist the religious
needs of Spanish-speaking inmates. The addition of these channels
shall be of no additional cost to this state.
PART 2A
PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 1201. It is the intent of the legislature to provide
appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2014 for
the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2013-2014
appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal
year 2012-2013, except that the line items will be adjusted for
changes in caseload and related costs, federal fund match rates,
economic factors, and available revenue. These adjustments will be
determined after the January 2013 consensus revenue estimating
conference.