Bill Text: MI HB5018 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced

Michigan House Bill 5018 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Law enforcement: training; crisis intervention team training to deal with mentally ill individuals; require. Amends sec. 9e of 1965 PA 203 (MCL 28.609e).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-16 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/15/2021 [HB5018 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2021-HB5018-Introduced.html

HOUSE BILL NO. 5018

June 15, 2021, Introduced by Reps. Brabec, Yancey, Weiss, Brenda Carter, Thanedar, Cynthia Johnson, Young, Rabhi and Kuppa and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

A bill to amend 1965 PA 203, entitled

"Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act,"

by amending section 9e (MCL 28.609e), as added by 2018 PA 552.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 9e. (1) Beginning January 1, 2020, an individual seeking to become licensed under section 9, 9b, 9c, or 9d shall complete active violence response training that emphasizes coordinated tactical response to rapidly developing incidents in which intentional physical injury or death to a specific population occurs through the use of conventional or unconventional weapons and tactics.

(2) The commission shall promulgate rules establishing the minimum standards for the active violence response training required under subsection (1).

(3) Beginning January 1, 2020, an individual who is licensed under section 9, 9b, 9c, or 9d shall complete the active violence response training described under subsection (1).

(4) Beginning January 1, 2022, an individual seeking to become licensed under section 9, 9b, 9c, or 9d shall complete crisis intervention team training that is designed to assist law enforcement officers in responding to an individual with mental illness and in identifying warning signs of mental illness in other law enforcement officers.

(5) The commission shall promulgate rules establishing the minimum standards for the training required under subsection (4), which must include training on all of the following:

(a) A history of the mental health system.

(b) The signs, symptoms, common treatments, and medications for various mental illnesses, including, but not limited to, post-traumatic stress disorder.

(c) Potential interactions with an individual with mental illness, and potential interactions with family members and service providers of an individual with mental illness.

(d) De-escalation techniques.