HOUSE BILL No. 6392

 

 

September 26, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Kosowski, Howrylak and Chang and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to create the crime survivor trauma recovery center

 

data collection act; to describe the crime survivor trauma recovery

 

center data collection system; and to provide for the powers and

 

duties of certain state and local governmental officers and

 

entities.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "crime

 

survivor trauma recovery center data collection act".

 

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Crime survivor" means any of the following:

 

     (i) A victim of an assaultive crime, including, but not

 

limited to, sexual assault, domestic violence, physical assault,

 

vehicular assault, or human trafficking. As used in this

 

subparagraph, "domestic violence" means inflicting bodily injury,

causing serious emotional injury, causing psychological trauma, or

 

placing in fear of imminent physical harm by threat or force a

 

person who is a spouse of, a former spouse of, or a person who has

 

had a dating relationship with, resides or has resided with, or has

 

a child in common with the person committing or threatening

 

violence.

 

     (ii) Family members of a homicide victim.

 

     (iii) Individuals who are 18 years of age or less, who have

 

had contact with the juvenile dependency or justice system, or who

 

have experienced trauma as a result of exposure to violence,

 

including domestic violence.

 

     (b) "Crime survivor trauma recovery center" or "CSTRC" means a

 

center established under the crime survivor trauma recovery center

 

act that provides an integrated, structured, and evidence-based

 

program of trauma treatment and support services that meet the

 

minimum criteria as established by the department. Crime survivor

 

trauma recovery center or CSTRC does not include a mental health

 

facility or agency unless the facility or agency is awarded a grant

 

by the department under the crime survivor trauma recovery act.

 

     (c) "Crime survivor trauma recovery center data collection

 

system" or "system" means the data collection system established by

 

the department under section 3.

 

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

 

services.

 

     (e) "Performance indicator" means a measurement for crime

 

survivor trauma recovery center program processes, service

 

utilization, and program and individual crime survivor outcomes.

     (f) "Substance use disorder" means that term as defined in

 

section 100d of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100d.

 

     Sec. 3. (1) The crime survivor trauma recovery center data

 

collection system is established within the department to assess

 

the feasibility, utilization, and crime survivor outcomes

 

associated with each CSTRC.

 

     (2) The system must collect data continuously through the use

 

of an electronic format regarding CSTRCs at the individual crime

 

survivor and program level and must utilize standardized measures,

 

operationalized variables, and consistent reporting.

 

     (3) The department shall select a single database platform

 

that is capable of accepting the transfer and upload of electronic

 

data to collect and maintain the data required to be collected

 

under this act to allow for the accurate comparison of CSTRC

 

program performance.

 

     Sec. 4. The data collected under the system established in

 

section 3 must include all of the following:

 

     (a) CSTRC program processes using various performance

 

indicators associated with CSTRC program development, operation,

 

and collaboration, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

     (i) Collaboration with other public and private human service

 

agencies and outreach activities.

 

     (ii) Standardized assessments of a crime survivor's

 

psychological and social well-being at the time of initial

 

evaluation at a CSTRC.

 

     (iii) Admission statistics calculated monthly and yearly at

 

each CSTRC.

     (iv) The length of waiting lists, if any, for admission at

 

each CSTRC.

 

     (b) Crime survivor demographics and characteristics, including

 

all of the following:

 

     (i) Crime survivor age, race, gender, national origin, sexual

 

orientation, and ethnicity.

 

     (ii) Whether the crime survivor is homeless or has a place of

 

residence, and if so, the crime survivor's current home address.

 

     (iii) The type of crime victimization the crime survivor has

 

endured, history of prior crime victimization, and any prior

 

involvement in the criminal justice system.

 

     (iv) Any previous services received by the crime survivor and

 

whether the crime survivor is chemically dependent or displays

 

symptoms of a substance use disorder.

 

     (v) Whether the crime survivor has a previous mental illness

 

diagnosis or displays symptoms indicating he or she may be at risk

 

for suicide.

 

     (vi) The crime survivor's income, health insurance status,

 

current employment status, and whether the crime survivor has

 

living family members.

 

     (c) The utilization of CSTRC services, including the following

 

performance indicators:

 

     (i) Type and frequency of each service provided to each crime

 

survivor.

 

     (ii) Dates of service provided to each crime survivor.

 

     (iii) Type of therapist or other CSTRC staff member who

 

provides a service to each crime survivor.

     (iv) The number of treatment sessions authorized for each

 

crime survivor at his or her initial evaluation.

 

     (v) The number of additional treatment sessions, if any,

 

authorized for each crime survivor over and above the initially

 

authorized treatment sessions.

 

     (d) CSTRC program outcomes through the assessment of the

 

following performance indicators:

 

     (i) The number of crime survivors who report their

 

victimization to law enforcement and participate in the prosecution

 

of the crime.

 

     (ii) The number and types of services provided to crime

 

survivors and compensation awarded to crime survivors upon

 

application from the crime victim's rights fund created in section

 

4 of 1989 PA 196, MCL 780.904.

 

     (iii) The number of crime survivors that actually received

 

compensation from the crime victim's rights fund created in section

 

4 of 1989 PA 196, MCL 780.904.

 

     (iv) The ability of a CSTRC to successfully connect a crime

 

survivor to services provided outside of the CSTRC for assistance

 

with housing, employment, child care, or other services not

 

provided by the CSTRC.

 

     (v) Whether the services provided to a crime survivor by a

 

CSTRC have assisted that crime survivor with establishing or

 

maintaining family cohesion.

 

     (vi) Whether a crime survivor has experienced improvement with

 

any applicable mental health conditions or substance use disorders.

 

     (vii) Whether a crime survivor who was unemployed at the time

of his or her initial evaluation has subsequently become employed,

 

or a crime survivor who was employed at the time of his or her

 

initial evaluation has maintained his or her employment.

 

     Sec. 5. The data required to be collected under this act must

 

be collected in a timely and consistent fashion. A CSTRC's failure

 

to comply with the data collection required under this act may

 

result in the loss or partial loss of funding for that CSTRC.

 

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

 

date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This act does not take effect unless

 

Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6388 (request no. 06335'18) of

 

the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.