MI HB6539

Each prisoner serving in a state correctional facility and each probationer in the special alternative incarceration program must provide a DNA sample for identification profiling.

Prisoners and probationers already in custody on January 1, 2011 must provide samples by July 1, 2011, or before release/discharge if earlier; those entering after January 1, 2011 must provide samples within 90 days of commitment.

The department may collect DNA samples without prisoner consent and without providing a hearing or obtaining a court order.

Prisoners and probationers must pay a $60.00 assessment for DNA collection costs, which is transmitted to the Department of State Police forensic science division.

DNA profiles may only be disclosed to criminal justice agencies for law enforcement purposes, in judicial proceedings as authorized by court, to defendants in criminal cases where the profile is used, or for academic research with personal identifiers removed.