MI HB4101

Parole board may grant medical parole to prisoners determined to be "medically frail," except those convicted under MCL 750.316 or 750.520b, based on recommendation from the bureau of health care services using an outside medical specialist.

Medically frail prisoners must be placed in approved medical facilities (hospitals, hospices, nursing homes) where they receive full patient rights and the department retains no authority over their medical treatment plan.

Medical parole requires prisoners to consent to placement in an approved facility, release medical records to prosecutors and judges, and submit to independent medical exams requested by prosecutors; paroled prisoners must adhere to parole terms for at least the time needed to reach their earliest release date.

Prisoners violating parole terms or no longer meeting the medically frail definition may be transferred to another setting or subjected to standard parole violation procedures; parole board must immediately notify prosecutors and sentencing judges if a parolee becomes ineligible for care.

Act takes effect 90 days after enactment and is contingent on House Bill 4102 being enacted into law; maintains crime victim rights under the William Van Regenmorter Act.