December 6, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Kosowski, Vaupel, Howrylak, Lucido, Santana and Liberati and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.
A bill to create the crime survivor trauma recovery center
data collection act; to describe the crime survivor trauma recovery
center data collection system; and to provide for the powers and
duties of certain state and local governmental officers and
entities.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "crime
survivor trauma recovery center data collection act".
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Crime survivor" means any of the following:
(i) A victim of an assaultive crime, including, but not
limited to, sexual assault, domestic violence, physical assault,
vehicular assault, or human trafficking. As used in this
subparagraph, "domestic violence" means inflicting bodily injury,
causing serious emotional injury, causing psychological trauma, or
placing in fear of imminent physical harm by threat or force a
person who is a spouse of, a former spouse of, or a person who has
had a dating relationship with, resides or has resided with, or has
a child in common with the person committing or threatening
violence.
(ii) Family members of a homicide victim.
(iii) Individuals who are 18 years of age or less, who have
had contact with the juvenile dependency or justice system, or who
have experienced trauma as a result of exposure to violence,
including domestic violence.
(b) "Crime survivor trauma recovery center" or "CSTRC" means a
center established under the crime survivor trauma recovery center
act that provides an integrated, structured, and evidence-based
program of trauma treatment and support services that meet the
minimum criteria as established by the department of health and
human services. Crime survivor trauma recovery center or CSTRC does
not include a mental health facility or agency unless the facility
or agency is awarded a grant by the department under the crime
survivor trauma recovery act.
(c) "Crime survivor trauma recovery center data collection
system" or "system" means the data collection system established by
the department under section 3.
(d) "Department" means the department of health and human
services.
(e) "Performance indicator" means a measurement for crime
survivor trauma recovery center program processes, service
utilization, and program and individual crime survivor outcomes.
(f) "Substance abuse disorder" means that term as defined in
section 100d of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100d.
Sec. 3. (1) The crime survivor trauma recovery center data
collection system is established within the department to assess
the feasibility, utilization, and crime survivor outcomes
associated with each CSTRC.
(2) The system shall collect data continuously through the use
of an electronic format regarding CSTRCs at the individual crime
survivor and program level and shall utilize standardized measures,
operationalized variables, and consistent reporting.
(3) The department shall select a single database platform
that is capable of accepting the transfer and upload of electronic
data to collect and maintain the data required to be collected
under this act to allow for the accurate comparison of CSTRC
program performance.
Sec. 4. The data collected under the system established in
section 3 must include all of the following:
(a) CSTRC program processes using various performance
indicators associated with CSTRC program development, operation,
and collaboration, including, but not limited to, the following:
(i) Collaboration with other public and private human service
agencies and outreach activities.
(ii) Standardized assessments of a crime survivor's
psychological and social well-being at the time of initial
evaluation at a CSTRC.
(iii) Admission statistics calculated monthly and yearly at
each CSTRC.
(iv) The length of waiting lists, if any, for admission at
each CSTRC.
(b) Crime survivor demographics and characteristics, including
all of the following:
(i) Crime survivor age, race, gender, national origin, sexual
orientation, and ethnicity.
(ii) Whether the crime survivor is homeless or has a place of
residence, and if so, the crime survivor's current home address.
(iii) The type of crime victimization the crime survivor has
endured, history of prior crime victimization, and any prior
involvement in the criminal justice system.
(iv) Any previous services received by the crime survivor and
whether the crime survivor is chemically dependent or displays
symptoms of a substance use disorder.
(v) Whether the crime survivor has a previous mental illness
diagnosis or displays symptoms indicating he or she may be at risk
for suicide.
(vi) The crime survivor's income, health insurance status,
current employment status, and whether the crime survivor has
living family members.
(c) The utilization of CSTRC services, including the following
performance indicators:
(i) Type and frequency of each service provided to each crime
survivor.
(ii) Dates of service provided to each crime survivor.
(iii) Type of therapist or other CSTRC staff member who
provides a service to each crime survivor.
(iv) The number of treatment sessions authorized for each
crime survivor at his or her initial evaluation.
(v) The number of additional treatment sessions, if any,
authorized for each crime survivor over and above the initially
authorized treatment sessions.
(d) CSTRC program outcomes through the assessment of the
following performance indicators:
(i) The number of crime survivors who report their
victimization to law enforcement and participate in the prosecution
of the crime.
(ii) The number and types of services provided to crime
survivors and compensation awarded to crime survivors upon
application from the crime victim's rights fund created in section
4 of 1989 PA 196, MCL 780.904.
(iii) The number of crime survivors that actually received
compensation from the crime victim's rights fund created in section
4 of 1989 PA 196, MCL 780.904.
(iv) The ability of a CSTRC to successfully connect a crime
survivor to services provided outside of the CSTRC for assistance
with housing, employment, child care, or other services not
provided by the CSTRC.
(v) Whether the services provided to a crime survivor by a
CSTRC have assisted that crime survivor with establishing or
maintaining family cohesion.
(vi) Whether a crime survivor has experienced improvement with
any applicable mental health conditions or substance use disorders.
(vii) Whether a crime survivor who was unemployed at the time
of his or her initial evaluation has subsequently become employed,
or a crime survivor who was employed at the time of his or her
initial evaluation has maintained his or her employment.
Sec. 5. The data required to be collected under this act shall
be collected in a timely and consistent fashion. A CSTRC's failure
to comply with the data collection required under this act may
result in the loss or partial loss of funding for that CSTRC.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the
date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This act does not take effect unless
Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6101 (request no. 06390'16) of
the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.