HOUSE BILL No. 6557

 

 

November 29, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Howrylak and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to create and implement a centralized juvenile justice

 

data sharing system; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain

 

state departments and agencies; and to address funding for a

 

centralized juvenile justice data sharing system.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Department" means the department of health and human

 

services.

 

     (b) "System" means the centralized juvenile justice data

 

sharing system created in section 3.

 

     Sec. 3. The department shall develop and implement a

 

centralized juvenile justice data sharing system. This system must

 

be adequately and sustainably funded by the state.

     Sec. 5. (1) Working in partnership with the juvenile court

 

administrators and stakeholders, the system shall utilize the

 

United States Department of Justice's justice data collection and

 

sharing standards and architecture.

 

     (2) The state court administrative office must explore a

 

partnership with the Michigan statistical analysis center at

 

Michigan State University.

 

     Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the

 

date it is enacted into law.