2023 House Bill 4628 / Public Act 289

Courts: family division; use of screening tool for minors sought to be placed on the consent calendar; require.

An act to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to certain aspects of the family division of circuit court, to the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the family division of circuit court and its judges and other officers, to the change of name of adults and children, and to the adoption of adults and children; to prescribe certain jurisdiction, powers, and duties of the family division of circuit court and its judges and other officers; to prescribe the manner and time within which certain actions and proceedings may be brought in the family division of the circuit court; to prescribe pleading, evidence, practice, and procedure in certain actions and proceedings in the family division of circuit court; to provide for appeals from certain actions in the family division of circuit court; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, agencies, and officers; to provide for certain immunity from liability; and to provide remedies and penalties,” by amending section 2f of chapter XIIA (MCL 712A.2f), as added by 2016 PA 185.

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House Fiscal Agency Analysis

Senate Bill 418 increases the reimbursement formula for the Child Care Fund administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Counties receiving reimbursement must adopt validated assessment or screening tools to guide diversion, disposition, and detention decisions. The other three bills require specified assessment or screening tools to be conducted on a juvenile, and the results to be considered by the court, before disposition, consent calendar placement, or pretrial detention. The bills take effect October 1, 2024.

Introduced in the House

May 23, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Felicia Brabec (D-33) and 30 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Kara Hope (D-74), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Christine Morse (D-40), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Reggie Miller (D-31), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Stephanie Young (D-16), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Rachel Hood (D-81), Kristian Grant (D-82), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Kelly Breen (D-21), Natalie Price (D-5), Julie Brixie (D-73), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Jason Morgan (D-23), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), Brenda Carter (D-53), Carol Glanville (D-84), Donavan McKinney (D-14), Helena Scott (D-7), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Phil Skaggs (D-80) and Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice

Sept. 26, 2023

Reported with substitute H-1

Oct. 12, 2023

Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote

Substitute H-2 offered by Rep. Kara Hope (D-74)

The substitute passed by voice vote

Oct. 17, 2023

Passed in the House 74 to 36 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

Oct. 18, 2023

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Oct. 31, 2023

Reported without amendment

Nov. 8, 2023

Passed in the Senate 26 to 11 (details)