PUBLIC ACT 263 of 1996 (H.B. 4723) 
 
   Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "juvenile boot camp 
act". 
 
   Sec. 2. As used in this act: 
 
   (a) "Department" means the family independence agency. 
                                                                
 
                                                                                 
   (b) "Juvenile" means an individual within the jurisdiction of the juvenile 
division of the probate court under section 2 (a) (1) of chapter XIIA of Act No. 
288 of the Public Acts of 1939, being section 712A.2 of the Michigan Compiled 
Laws. 
 
   Sec. 3. The department shall establish 1 or more juvenile boot camps to house 
and train juveniles who are ordered to participate in a juvenile boot camp 
program by a disposition entered under section 18 of chapter XIIA of Act No. 288 
of the Public Acts of 1939, being section 712A.18 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. 
To implement this section, the department may use the authority granted under 
sections 115a (1) (f) and 117a (4) of the social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the 
Public Acts of 1939, being sections 400.115a and 400.117a of the Michigan 
Compiled Laws, as appropriate. 
 
   Sec. 4. The department shall develop 1 or more juvenile boot camp programs 
for juveniles ordered to participate in such a program. A juvenile boot camp 
program shall provide a program of physically strenuous work and exercise, 
patterned after military basic training, and other programming as the department 
determines, including at a minimum educational and substance abuse programs, and 
counseling. A juvenile boot camp program shall be restricted to juveniles of the 
same sex. To implement this section, the department may use the authority 
granted under sections 115a (1) (f) and 117a (4) of the social welfare act, 
                                                                
 
                                                                                 
Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, being sections 400.115a and 400.117a of  
the Michigan Compiled Laws, as appropriate. 
 
   Sec. 5. (1) After a juvenile is placed in a juvenile boot camp program, the 
department shall verify that the juvenile meets the requirements of section 18 
(1) (m) (ii), (iii), and (iv) of chapter XIIA of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts  
of 1939, being section 712A.18 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and that there is  
an opening in a juvenile boot camp program. If the juvenile does not meet those  
requirements, or if there is not an opening in a juvenile boot camp program, the 
juvenile shall be returned to the probate court that entered the disposition for 
alternative disposition. 
 
   (2) A juvenile's placement in a juvenile boot camp shall not be less than 90  
days or more than 180 days. However, if during that period the juvenile misses 
more than 5 days of program participation due to medical excuse for illness or 
injury occurring after he or she was placed in the program, the placement period 
shall be increased by the number of days missed, beginning with the sixth day of 
medical excuse up to a maximum of 20 days. A physician's statement shall verify  
a medical excuse and a copy shall be sent to the court entering the disposition. 
A juvenile who is medically unable to participate in a juvenile boot camp 
program for more than 25 days shall be returned to the probate court that 
entered the disposition for alternative disposition. 
                                                                
 
                                                                                 
   (3) Following his or her stay in a juvenile boot camp, the juvenile shall 
complete a period of not less than 120 days or more than 180 days of intensive 
supervised community reintegration in the local community. 
 
   Sec. 6. When a juvenile is placed in a juvenile boot camp, the clerk of the 
probate court entering the disposition shall mail the department a certified 
copy of the disposition within 5 business days after placement. 
 
   Sec. 7. (1) At any time during a juvenile's stay in a juvenile boot camp, but 
not less than 5 days before the juvenile's expected date of release, the 
department shall certify to the probate court that entered the disposition 
whether the juvenile has satisfactorily completed the course of training at the  
juvenile boot camp. 
 
   (2) A juvenile who fails to perform satisfactorily at the juvenile boot camp  
program shall be reported to the probate court that entered the disposition for  
alternative disposition. 
 
   Sec. 8. This act shall take effect August 1, 1996. 
 
   Sec. 9. This act shall not take effect unless all of the following bills of 
the 88th Legislature are enacted into law: 
                                                                
 
                                                                                 
   (a) Senate Bill No. 681. 
 
   (b) Senate Bill No. 696. 
 
   This act is ordered to take immediate effect.