Bill Text: MI SB1049 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Mental health: recipient rights; informed consent requirements for mental health treatment; provide for. Amends sec. 416 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1416).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-10-23 - Referred To Committee On Housing And Human Services [SB1049 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SB1049-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 1049
A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled
"Mental health code,"
by amending section 416 (MCL 330.1416), as amended by 2018 PA 595.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 416. Upon commencement of mental health treatment, the both of the following must occur:
(a) The rights that the patient has during the mental health treatment, including the right to object to the mental health treatment, must be communicated orally communicated and in writing to the patient and to the individual who executed the written consent. In addition, a copy of the written consent The rights described in this subdivision include, but are not limited to, the right of the patient to end voluntary mental health treatment. The oral and written communication described in this subdivision must include the process through which the patient can end voluntary mental health treatment.
(b) Both of the following must be given to the patient, and the individual who executed the written consent, and to 1 other individual designated by the patient:
(i) A copy of the written consent.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision under this act, a copy of the form described under section 1419. A copy of the form described in this subparagraph must be given as described in this subdivision even if an intention to terminate mental health treatment is not told to a hospital or provider of mental health treatment.
