Bill Text: MI HB5332 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Health; substance abuse; uniform substance use disorder credentialing program; require department to establish and require certain state departments and agencies to comply with the program. Amends 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1001 - 330.2106) by adding sec. 274a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-16 - Assigned Pa 249'14 [HB5332 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5332-Chaptered.html
Act No. 249
Public Acts of 2014
Approved by the Governor
June 21, 2014
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 27, 2014
EFFECTIVE DATE: 91st day after final adjournment of 2014 Regular Session
STATE OF MICHIGAN
97TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
Introduced by Rep. Lori
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5332
AN ACT to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled “An act to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify the laws relating to mental health; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials and certain private agencies and individuals; to regulate certain agencies and facilities providing mental health services; to provide for certain charges and fees; to establish civil admission procedures for individuals with mental illness or developmental disability; to establish guardianship procedures for individuals with developmental disability; to establish procedures regarding individuals with mental illness or developmental disability who are in the criminal justice system; to provide for penalties and remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106) by adding section 274a.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 274a. (1) The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Establish, maintain, and revise, as necessary, a uniform substance use disorder credentialing program for state department or agency use as required in this section. In complying with this subsection, the department may consult with other state departments and agencies that are required to comply with the program under this section.
(b) Ensure that the uniform credentialing program does all of the following:
(i) Creates uniformity in this state to streamline the provision of substance use disorder services by state departments and agencies and to enhance workforce development, training education, and service delivery.
(ii) Eliminates any hardship surrounding the functioning and operation of substance use disorder services provided by state departments and agencies to residents of this state.
(iii) Establishes a uniform credentialing requirement for individuals who provide substance use disorder services through a state department or agency.
(iv) Promotes policies that support adequate staffing and evidence-based skills or training to meet the needs of the residents of this state and the state departments and agencies that provide substance use disorder services.
(v) Complies with the national certification standards for substance use disorder counselors and prevention professionals.
(vi) Meets the needs of the populations served by each state department or agency that provides, either directly or through a contract, substance use disorder services to residents of this state.
(c) By 6 months after the effective date of this section and annually after that date, submit a report to the legislature that describes its activities under this section, including the establishment of and any revisions to the uniform credentialing program.
(2) A state department or agency that provides, either directly or through a contract, substance use disorder services to residents of this state shall comply with the uniform credentialing program. On and after the date the uniform credentialing program is certified by the director of the department as in full force and effect, the state department or agency subject to this subsection shall ensure that all of its forms, processes, and contracts it uses and that relate to its provision of substance use disorder services comply with the uniform credentialing program.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) “Substance use disorder services” means substance use disorder prevention services or substance use disorder treatment and rehabilitation services.
(b) “Uniform credentialing program” or “program” means the uniform substance use disorder credentialing program established, maintained, and revised as required in subsection (1)(a).
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
