June 9, 2016, Introduced by Senators BIEDA, JOHNSON, JONES, ANANICH, HOPGOOD, KOWALL and CASPERSON and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled
"Corrections code of 1953,"
by amending section 83 (MCL 791.283).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 83. (1) Act No. 4 of the Public Acts of the Second Extra
Session
of 1947, as amended, being sections 791.1 to 791.123,
inclusive,
of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is hereby repealed.
The department shall provide all of the following to a prisoner who
is discharged from custody prior to his or her maximum discharge
date without being granted parole because his or her conviction or
sentence has been reversed, vacated, or overturned:
(a) Reentry services, excluding reentry housing, consistent
with the services received by parolees in this state for a period
not to exceed 2 years following the date of his or her discharge.
(b) Reentry housing, consistent with the transitional housing
provided to parolees in this state for a period not to exceed 1
year following the date of his or her discharge.
(c) Vital documents, including, but not limited to, the
prisoner's birth certificate.
(2) The department shall assign staff to ensure that a
prisoner eligible for the services and documents described in
subsection (1) is provided with those services and documents in a
timely manner.
(3) A prisoner who received the reentry services described in
subsection (1) and whose conviction is subsequently reinstated or
who is resentenced and returned to the custody of the department
for the same conviction that was previously reversed, vacated, or
overturned entitling him or her to the services described in
subsection (1) shall repay the department for all reentry services
he or she received under subsection (1). The amount owed by a
prisoner under this subsection shall be determined by the
department.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.