Introduced
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To authorize “family treatment” specialty mental health courts similar to “drug courts” authorized by a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4694">2013 law</a> that allows dismissal of charges if an individual abides by an agreement that includes a prescribed mental health treatment program. This bill would establish a “therapeutic” regime” as proposed by private groups named in the bill. This version would include “therapeutic responses to improve parent, child, and family functioning,” “collecting and reviewing data to monitor participant progress;” “the forging of partnerships among other family treatment courts, public agencies, and community-based organizations to generate local support;” “a family-centered, culturally relevant, and trauma-informed approach” and much more. While the bill lists persons with "civil child abuse or neglect case who are diagnosed with a substance use disorder" as subject to these court's authority, the bill does not limit the court to this class and includes language that could see model applied more broadly.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
