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MI HB6452
Bill
Status
11/18/2020
Primary Sponsor
Beau LaFave
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AI Summary
HB 6452 Summary
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Establishes a county mental health transportation panel to create alternatives to peace officers transporting individuals for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization and screening.
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Authorizes counties to contract with private security companies to employ security transport officers meeting specific licensing, training, and operational requirements under the private security business act.
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Creates the mental health transportation fund within the state treasury to receive and expend money for carrying out the mental health transportation program.
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Allows courts to order security transport officers (in addition to peace officers) to transport individuals for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization, screening, examinations, and treatment in various mental health code proceedings.
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Requires security transport officers to complete specialized training in working with individuals with severe mental illness, maintain 24/7 dispatch availability, deploy in pairs, and comply with recipient rights and health privacy regulations.
Legislative Description
Mental health: other; mental health transport for involuntary psych hospitalization; create standards and licensing requirements for. Amends secs. 100d, 281c, 282, 408, 409, 426, 427a, 427b, 429, 436, 438, 469a, 498k, 498t, 516, 519 & 537 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1100d et seq.) & adds secs. 170 & 172.
Law enforcement: other
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Ways And Means
12/2/2020