MI HR0388

Memorializes the United States Congress to pass the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 (H.R. 3717)

Cites that approximately ten million Americans experience serious mental illness annually, with four million not receiving treatment due to laws and regulations that exclude families from treatment decisions

Notes ten times more individuals with serious mental illness are incarcerated in jails and prisons than housed in state psychiatric hospitals

Proposes the act would create a new Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance-Abuse Disorders to coordinate funding, collect treatment outcome data, advance alternatives to inpatient care, and prioritize early intervention

Directs copies of the resolution be transmitted to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Michigan congressional delegation