HB-4146, As Passed House, April 25, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4146

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 117i.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 117i. (1) The raise the age fund is created within the

 

state treasury.

 

     (2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from

 

any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall

 

direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit

 

to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

 

     (3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall

 

remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

 

     (4) The state court administrative office is the administrator

of the fund for auditing purposes.

 

     (5) The state court administrative office shall create and

 

administer a grant program to disburse money from the raise the age

 

fund created in subsection (1) as appropriated by the legislature.

 

     (6) Expenditures under the raise the age fund must only be

 

used to administer the grant program described in subsection (5)

 

and for costs to adjudicate and for services provided to juveniles

 

who were 17 years old at the time of the offense. Any request for

 

reimbursement must be accompanied by substantiating documentation,

 

as determined by the state court administrative office.

 

     (7) A county, court, or tribe receiving money from the raise

 

the age fund must report to the state court administrative office

 

regarding expenditures made with that money. The report must

 

include, but is not limited to, expenditures on all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Personnel costs for county, court, or tribe staff

 

providing direct services to the juveniles who were 17 years old at

 

the time of the offense, including full or appropriately prorated

 

salaries and training.

 

     (b) Contracted staffing, programming, and services.

 

     (c) Placement and care costs for juveniles who were 17 years

 

old at the time of the offense, including, but not limited to, room

 

and board, clothing, incidentals, incentives, transportation, and

 

treatment.

 

     (d) Indirect administrative costs, including, but not limited

 

to, judicial staff and operational expenditures necessary to carry

 

out the judicial process for juveniles who were 17 years old at the

time of the offense.

 

     (8) For fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the state court

 

administrative office must provide to the legislature relevant data

 

regarding juvenile offenders who were 17 years old at the time of

 

the offense. The data must include, but is not limited to, the

 

number of juveniles who were 17 years old at the time of the

 

offense, the number of petitions filed and adjudications, and the

 

types of dispositions.

 

     (9) For the fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the state court

 

administrative office must provide to the legislature relevant data

 

regarding juvenile offenders who were 17 years old at the time of

 

the offense who received juvenile justice services provided with

 

the assistance of funds from the raise the age grant program

 

created in subsection (5). The data must include, but is not

 

limited to, the number of juveniles served under the raise the age

 

grant program who were 17 years old at the time of the offense, the

 

number of petitions filed and adjudications, and the types of

 

dispositions.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted.