SENATE BILL NO. 894
April 28, 2020, Introduced by Senator SANTANA
and referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
A bill to amend 1996 PA 263, entitled
"Juvenile boot camp act,"
by amending section 5 (MCL 400.1305), as amended by 1998 PA 527.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 5. (1) After a juvenile is placed in a juvenile
boot camp program, the department shall verify that the juvenile meets the
requirements of section 18(1)(m)(ii), 18(1)(o)(ii), (iii), and (iv) of chapter XIIA
of the probate code of 1939, 1939
PA 288, MCL 712A.18, and that there is an opening in a juvenile boot camp
program. If the juvenile does not meet those requirements, there is no opening
in a juvenile boot camp program, or the county juvenile agency is unable to
place the juvenile in a juvenile boot camp program, the juvenile shall be
returned to the court that entered the order of disposition for alternative
disposition.
(2) A juvenile's placement in a juvenile boot camp shall not
be less than 90 days or more than 180 days. However, if If during that period the juvenile misses
more than 5 days of program participation due to medical excuse for illness or
injury occurring after he or she was placed in the program, the placement
period shall must be increased by
the number of days missed, beginning with the sixth day of medical excuse up to
a maximum of 20 days. A physician's statement shall must verify a medical excuse and a copy shall must be sent to the
court entering the disposition. A juvenile who is medically unable to
participate in a juvenile boot camp program for more than 25 days shall be
returned to the court that entered the order of disposition for alternative
disposition.
(3) Following his or her stay in a juvenile boot camp, the
juvenile shall complete a period of not less than 120 days or more than 180
days of intensive supervised community reintegration in the local community.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 700 of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.