Bill > HB4522

This bill creates a new chapter in Michigan law to establish family treatment courts. The key provisions are: - Allows circuit courts to adopt or institute a family treatment court, which is a court-supervised treatment program for individuals with a civil child abuse or neglect case who are diagnosed with a substance use disorder. - Requires courts to enter into a memorandum of understanding with key stakeholders like prosecutors, treatment providers, and child welfare representatives to establish the family treatment court. - Outlines the eligibility requirements and screening process for individuals to be admitted into a family treatment court, including prohibiting the admission of violent offenders. - Describes the requirements and services that must be provided to participants, such as substance abuse treatment, close monitoring, and graduated sanctions and rewards. - Requires family treatment courts to collect and report data on their operations and outcomes to the state court administrative office, which is responsible for evaluating the performance of these courts statewide. - Establishes the supreme court's responsibility for the expenditure of state funds for the establishment and operation of family treatment courts.