MI HB6098

Modifies the definition of "person requiring treatment" under Michigan's Mental Health Code by restructuring criteria (a), (b), (c), and (d) for involuntary mental health treatment eligibility.

Changes criterion (a) to focus on impaired judgment preventing understanding of need for treatment, where continued behavior resulting from mental illness can reasonably be expected to cause harm to self or others.

Revises criterion (b) to replace "unable to attend" with "incapable of attending" to basic physical needs and removes the "serious" and "near future" language regarding harm avoidance.

Adds new criterion (d) for assisted outpatient treatment eligibility for individuals with impaired treatment understanding who are currently noncompliant and have been hospitalized, imprisoned, or jailed at least 2 times in 48 months, or committed acts of serious violent behavior within 48 months.

Requires courts to apply and consider each criterion (a) through (d) before determining that an individual is a person requiring treatment; maintains existing exclusions for individuals with primary diagnoses of dementia, epilepsy, alcoholism, or drug dependence unless they also meet the specified criteria.