Michigan Laws 600.1099hh – Family treatment court program; required services; confidentiality of information contained while participating in the program; exempt from disclosure
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 600.1099hh
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Michigan Laws 600.1099aa
- family: means all individuals whom the child and parent define as family. See Michigan Laws 600.1099aa
- Family treatment court: means either of the following:
(i) A court-supervised treatment program for individuals with a civil child abuse or neglect case and who are diagnosed with a substance use disorder. See Michigan Laws 600.1099aaFamily-centered: means a treatment approach that is designed to meet the needs of each member of a family, not just the individual diagnosed with a substance abuse disorder, and recognizes that families are diverse and can be made up of nuclear family members, extended family members, fictive kin, and nonblood relations. See Michigan Laws 600.1099aa Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC Participant: means an individual who is admitted into a family treatment court. See Michigan Laws 600.1099aa
(1) A family treatment court shall provide a family treatment court participant with all of the following:
(a) Consistent, continual, and close monitoring of the participant and interaction among the court, treatment providers, department, and participant.
(b) Mandatory periodic and random testing for the presence of any controlled substance, alcohol, or other abused substance in a participant’s blood, urine, saliva, or breath, using to the extent practicable the best available, accepted, and scientifically valid methods.
(c) Periodic evaluation assessments of the participant’s circumstances and progress in the program.
(d) A regimen or strategy of appropriate and graduated but immediate rewards for compliance and sanctions for noncompliance, including, but not limited to, the possibility of incarceration or confinement.
(e) Substance abuse treatment services, including, but not limited to, family-centered treatment, relapse prevention services, mental health treatment services, education, and vocational opportunities as appropriate and practicable.
(2) Any statement or other information obtained as a result of participating in an assessment, evaluation, treatment, or testing while in a family treatment court is confidential and is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and must not be used in a criminal prosecution, unless it reveals criminal acts other than, or inconsistent with, personal drug use.