MI SB1220

Establishes county mental health transportation panels to create alternatives to peace officer transport for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization, with membership including county administrators, judges, law enforcement, and mental health professionals.

Authorizes private security companies to hire and deploy security transport officers under contract with counties to transport individuals for involuntary psychiatric evaluation and hospitalization, subject to licensing, bonding, training, and operational requirements.

Creates the mental health transportation fund administered by the department to support transportation services provided under the new security transport officer program.

Extends existing statutory provisions allowing peace officer transport for mental health evaluations and hospitalization to also authorize security transport officers, with equivalent authority and liability protections.

Modifies numerous Mental Health Code sections to reference security transport officers alongside peace officers in contexts involving protective custody, transportation, and facility admission procedures.