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State Court Administrator Tom Boyd said the Legislature previously appropriated $150,000,000 in one-time funds to migrate courts onto the statewide JIS platform. \"We have obligated 85,000,000 of that and have 65,000,000 not yet obligated,\" Boyd said. He added that roughly 200 of about 250 court units are already on JIS and that the system handles \"something like 80% of the caseload already.\"

Why this matters

A unified case-management system promises standardized data, more accurate statewide reporting and, per court testimony, better integration with executive-branch data sources. Committee members asked how many courts remain to be migrated, the costs to operate a larger, centralized system, and whether more recurring state funding would be needed.

Key details

Boyd said the original judicial request accompanying the migration funding included $150,000,000 one-time money for migration and an additional $38,000,000 in recurring appropriations to operate the larger system. As migration proceeds, the judiciary has requested an additional $7,200,000 in recurring funding this year as a further slice of that ongoing operational need.

Oakland County is the next major migration priority, Boyd said, because its homegrown case-management system is aging and county IT staff advised the judiciary it might become unsupported. \"One of the things Chief Justice Kavanaugh did was send a letter to the chief judge, the county clerk, the county executive, and the chair of the county board saying, we are not changing a thing — full speed ahead,\" Boyd said. Oakland’s migration is viewed as a test of JIS scalability for larger courts.

Discussion versus decision

Committee questions focused on status updates and funding needs; there were no votes to add or remove migration funding at the hearing. Boyd said detailed, court-by-court status and financial accounting would be provided in writing to the committee.

Background and next steps

The judiciary retained the National Center for State Courts to evaluate whether JIS remains the logical platform; that independent review supported continuing with JIS rather than replacing it. Boyd said continued migration and the operation of a larger statewide system will require both the remaining one-time funds and recurring appropriations for staffing, security, and customer service.

Ending

Court officials said they will deliver a detailed report on which courts remain to be migrated, how much of the one-time migration appropriation has been spent or committed, and anticipated recurring costs.

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The request came during a committee meeting called to review roughly $14,500,000 appropriated to the SCAO line and about $16,500,000 in the Supreme Court administration line. Boyd said the constitutional authority to allocate those dollars rests with the Supreme Court and that much of the funding pays staff who provide statewide services to courts.

\"The Supreme Court, through the chief, is responsible for how this gets laid out,\" Tom Boyd, State Court Administrator, said during the hearing. \"We can tell you in the fiscal year 24 where we spent every dime for those two lines.\"

Why this matters

The two line items are part of broader judicial-branch appropriations that support court administration across Michigan. Lawmakers pressing for line-item clarity said the public and the Legislature should be able to see how appropriated funds flow through court functions such as clerks and legal staff, statewide human resources, and operations. The exchange underscored recurring tensions about how to balance judicial-branch autonomy under the Michigan Constitution with legislative oversight of public spending.

Most important details

Boyd explained that many administrative functions — human resources, finance, the public information office, and court analysts who help trial courts implement statutory changes — serve the entire judicial branch rather than only the SCAO. He said organizational changes ordered by successive chief justices can reassign the internal structure and that spending therefore is best described retrospectively.

He offered a practical response to the committee’s request for transparency: the SCAO can report past expenditures by Sigma spending units, the Department of Technology, Management & Budget payment system used for state accounting. \"The easiest way for us is to tell you within Sigma,\" Boyd said. \"We can tell you how much money we spent in FY24 in every one of those units.\"

Committee members pressed for that retrospective report during the hearing. Boyd said staff would compile and deliver expenditure details for the committee's review within weeks.

Discussion versus decision

The committee received Boyd’s explanation and requested follow-up. There was no formal vote on policy changes or reallocation of funds at the meeting. A procedural motion to approve the subcommittee minutes from the prior meeting was made and carried without objection.

Context and background

Boyd framed several legal and organizational points for members: the Michigan Constitution (Article 6) vests the Supreme Court with supervisory authority over court administration; it also authorizes the court to appoint a State Court Administrator and to employ \"other assistance\" to carry out administrative duties. He said those constitutional provisions underlie why some budget lines appear labeled as administration even though the funded staff perform operational and judicial-support roles.

What comes next

Committee members requested an itemized report showing where fiscal 2024 appropriations for the two lines were spent (Sigma spending units), and Boyd committed to producing that retrospective accounting. He said predicting future allocations is harder because the chief justice may reorganize internal functions.

Ending

Boyd stressed the courts’ intent to increase public transparency, citing new dashboards and a planned data analytics platform. The committee did not take formal action on the appropriation lines at the hearing but directed staff to supply the Sigma-based breakdown requested by members.

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\"None of that money's been used at all,\" Boyd said of the $500,000 item created in last year’s budget. He described three years of pilot testing showing oral‑fluid swabs can detect the presence of certain prescription drugs but said the tests cannot reliably measure how much of a drug a person took or whether a person followed dosage instructions — the specific compliance standard many treatment courts require.

Why this matters

Problem‑solving courts and other treatment courts use drug testing to monitor compliance with court‑ordered treatment. The committee asked whether the oral‑fluid testing program had fulfilled the budget's requirement to assess whether the method can measure compliance and whether it provides a net benefit compared with urine drug‑screening, the more common test.

Key details

Boyd said the budget language in section 404 asked the judiciary to do more than simply show presence of a drug; it asked the judiciary to determine compliance with treatment orders and to appraise the benefit to the state. \"Under the test for the three years, we can't do that,\" Boyd said. He added that the judiciary issued an RFP to hire an independent evaluator; the RFP set an upper cap of $200,000 for a proposal, but no vendor submitted a bid.

Boyd said the judiciary intends to reissue the RFP and pursue the evaluation. He said that if a properly designed study shows oral‑fluid testing is not superior to established urine testing, the judiciary will not spend the appropriation and will lapse it back to the general fund.

Discussion versus decision

Committee members sought clarification about how much of the budgeted amount had been spent and whether the current pilot programs met the boilerplate's standards. Boyd answered that $0 had been spent to date and that additional evaluation work remains to be done. There was no legislative change or reallocation voted at the hearing.

Background and next steps

Boyd said the pilot projects had practical benefits — oral swabs are convenient and easy to administer — but that the pilot could not answer two remaining questions: whether oral‑fluid testing can demonstrate dosage/compliance, and whether it yields a measurable benefit to the state compared with urine testing. The judiciary plans to reissue the RFP for an independent evaluation and use the results to decide whether to expend the $500,000 appropriation.

Ending

The committee did not require immediate action. Court officials said they will republish the RFP, pursue an independent evaluation, and report results; if the test does not show a state benefit, the appropriation will not be spent.

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Oral‑fluid prescription‑compliance testing remains unproven; $500,000 line untouched after no bids on RFP