Bill Text: MI HB4467 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Corrections: other; corrections officer wellness unit agency; create. Amends 1953 PA 232 (MCL 791.201 - 791.285) by adding sec. 8b. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4468'21
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-06-03 - Referred To Committee On Oversight [HB4467 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4467-Engrossed.html
Substitute For
HOUSE BILL NO. 4467
A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled
"Corrections code of 1953,"
(MCL 791.201 to 791.285) by adding section 8b.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 8b. (1) The correctional employee wellness board is created as an autonomous board in the department and consists of the following 6 members:
(a) One individual selected and appointed by the director of human resources in the department.
(b) The following individuals employed by the department and selected and appointed by the governor:
(i) One individual who is a member of the state correctional officer union.
(ii) One individual who is a member of 1 of the following:
(A) United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.
(B) American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
(C) Service Employees International Union.
(D) Michigan Association of Governmental Employees.
(c) One individual selected and appointed by the governor who is a mental health expert.
(d) One individual selected and appointed by the governor to represent the corrections training council.
(e) One individual selected and appointed by the governor who is a correctional officer or another employee of the department who works directly with prisoners in a correctional facility.
(2) The members first appointed to the correctional employee wellness board must be appointed within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.
(3) Members of the correctional employee wellness board shall serve for terms of 2 years or until a successor is appointed, whichever is later.
(4) If a vacancy occurs on the correctional employee wellness board, the appointment for the unexpired term must be made in the same manner as the original appointment.
(5) The governor may remove a member of the correctional employee wellness board for incompetence, dereliction of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, or any other good cause.
(6) Four of the members of the correctional employee wellness board constitute a quorum. A majority of the members present and serving are required for official action of the correctional employee wellness board.
(7) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the correctional employee wellness board in the performance of an official function is subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. Information provided to the correctional employee wellness board by a state correctional employee is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. The correctional employee wellness board shall not disclose information provided by a state correctional employee unless otherwise required by law or with consent from the state correctional employee.
(9) The correctional employee wellness board shall do all of the following:
(a) Provide the department with access to experts on state correctional employee wellness models used in other industries and states.
(b) Create programs and training pilots to provide wellness services to state correctional employees.
(c) Compare current department policies related to providing wellness services to current and retired state correctional employees with any programs and pilots created under subdivision (b) and suggest improvements or new initiatives.
(d) Set metrics and goals for any allocations for funding of wellness services for state correctional employees.
(e) Create an annual report that includes new procedures and recommendations for addressing current and retired state correctional employee wellness, and summarized metrics comparing changes from year to year.
(11) The department, through the employee responsible for managing wellness services, shall provide the correctional employee wellness board with the following:
(a) By December 31 each year, an annual report on wellness services, including, but not limited to, summarized metrics comparing changes from year to year.
(b) If a written request from the correctional employee wellness board is received, information on initiatives to provide wellness services.
(12) The department shall not discipline or retaliate against the employee of the department who is responsible for managing wellness services for performing duties required under this section.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4468 of the 101st Legislature is enacted into law.
