February 3, 2010, Introduced by Senators BRATER, GLEASON, SCOTT and JACOBS and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled
"Mental health code,"
by amending section 1002a (MCL 330.2002a).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1002a. (1) For a person confined in a place of detention
operated
by a political subdivision of the state and who requests
mental health services, mental health services shall be provided by
the
appropriate community mental health program pursuant according
to the responsibilities described in section 206.
(2)
The department of mental community
health shall promulgate
rules
pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as
amended,
being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled
Laws,
according to the
administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969
PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, establishing a procedure for the
voluntary admission into a state mental health facility of a person
confined in a place of detention operated by a political
subdivision of the state.
(3) The involuntary admission into a state mental health
facility of a person confined in a place of detention operated by a
political subdivision of the state shall be governed by sections
423 to 444.
(4) Notwithstanding the ability of a community mental health
program to obtain reimbursement for providing mental health
services from either the prisoner, the person charged, a third
party, or any combination of those, the financial liability for
providing mental health services shall be the responsibility of the
community mental health program providing the mental health
services within the county.