HOUSE BILL No. 4700

 

 

June 11, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Whiteford and Vaupel and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled

 

"Corrections code of 1953,"

 

(MCL 791.201 to 791.285) by adding section 34e.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 34e. (1) Subject to this section, the department shall

 

create a prerelease mental health discharge plan for each prisoner

 

who is receiving mental health services or mental health

 

prescription medication before he or she is released on parole. The

 

department may seek consultative assistance from the department of

 

health and human services in creating a plan under this subsection.

 

     (2) If a prisoner refuses discharge planning under subsection

 

(1), the department must note that discharge planning was declined

 

by the prisoner in the record the department maintains for the

 

prisoner.

 

     (3) A plan developed under subsection (1) must include all of

 

the following regarding the prisoner:

 

     (a) A mental health assessment that includes the use of the

 

following assessment tools:

 

     (i) Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

 

     (ii) Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale.

 

     (iii) Patient Health Questionnaire-2.

 

     (iv) Opioid Risk Tool.

 

     (b) Identification of risk factors related to transportation,

 

housing, and family stress.

 

     (c) An appointment scheduled after release with a mental

 

health professional who is capable of providing postrelease mental

 

health prescription medication and other mental health services.

 

     (d) If the prisoner is receiving mental health prescription

 

medication at the time of discharge planning, steps that will

 

provide the prisoner access to the mental health prescription

 

medication between his or her release and the appointment described

 

under subdivision (c).

 

     (e) An assessment of whether the prisoner is eligible upon

 

release for enrollment in Medicaid or Medicare under state or

 

federal regulations governing eligibility and enrollment. If the

 

prisoner is eligible, he or she must be provided with information

 

on enrollment.

 

     (f) Goals and activities that address the needs and barriers

 

identified under subdivisions (a) to (e).

 

     (g) A list of care team members that will support the prisoner

as he or she transitions out of prison, including community health

 

or social program providers.

 

     (h) Input from the prisoner and a communication plan for the

 

duration of parole.

 

     (4) The department of health and human services shall take

 

reasonable steps to assist the department if the department

 

requests assistance with prerelease mental health discharge

 

planning under this section. Upon request from the department,

 

community-based mental health services must be provided by the

 

department of health and human services throughout the period of

 

parole.

 

     (5) The department may use a care management software program

 

to design the prerelease mental health discharge plan required

 

under this section if the program meets all of the following

 

requirements:

 

     (a) Is built as a software as a service (SaaS) and hosted on a

 

cloud that complies with the health insurance portability and

 

accountability act of 1996, Public Law 104-191.

 

     (b) Uses natural language processing services to parse the

 

case notes regarding a prisoner and to provide insights into new

 

assessments, barriers, and risks that the care manager and care

 

team should address and re-evaluate using the assessment tools

 

described under subsection (3)(a).

 

     (c) Contains the assessment tools identified under subsection

 

(3)(a) and a method to assess the factors under subsection (3)(b).

 

     (d) Provides the associated application programming interfaces

 

(APIs) to send demographic data to and receive eligibility status

from this state's integrated eligibility system.

 

     (e) Uses 2-factor authentication for the authentication of all

 

care team members.

 

     (f) Is completely managed through configuration.

 

     (g) Delivers a holistic summary of the goals and activities

 

identified under subsection (3)(f) and the touchpoints between care

 

team members and the prisoner.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.