Substitute For

HOUSE BILL NO. 4146

"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.