HB 6188 Summary

• Establishes the Michigan Crisis and Access Line as a 24/7 mental health telephone service operated through a department contractor.

• Requires the contractor to access real-time information on available inpatient psychiatric beds, crisis residential beds, and substance use disorder beds.

• Mandates the contractor refer and connect individuals to mental health professionals and substance use disorder services using phone, text, email, and internet chat.

• Requires implementation of privacy protections and data security practices while allowing data collection and analytics to track operations and service trends.

• Requires state-operated registries of psychiatric beds, crisis residential beds, or substance use disorder beds to report all collected data to the department or the access line contractor.