Bill Text: MI SB0421 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Mental health; community mental health; consolidation plan; create. Amends secs. 122 & 202 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1122 & 330.1202).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-01 - Referred To Committee On Families And Human Services [SB0421 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0421-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 421
April 1, 2009, Introduced by Senator JACOBS and referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled
"Mental health code,"
by amending sections 122 and 202 (MCL 330.1122 and 330.1202),
section 202 as amended by 1995 PA 290.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 122. The department may establish geographical service
districts
for its facilities which shall that
define the
geographical area that will be serviced by a facility. The
department may further establish geographical districts for the
purpose of contracting for community mental health services and
determining desired geographical areas to be served by community
mental health services programs.
Sec. 202. (1) The state shall financially support, in
accordance with chapter 3, community mental health services
programs that have been established and that are administered
pursuant
according to the provisions of this chapter.
(2) By September 30, 2010, the department shall provide the
legislature with a 2-year plan and timetable for limiting the
number of community mental health services programs with which the
department contracts to 18. The 2-year plan shall include
strategies to assure the opportunity for local citizen input and
involvement in multicounty community mental health services
programs. Beginning October 1, 2012, the department shall contract
with not more than 18 community health services programs. Each
contract with a community mental health services program shall
address responsibility for services and populations that are and
are not covered through the medicaid program.
