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MI HB6355
Bill
Status
8/17/2022
Primary Sponsor
Graham Filler
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AI Summary
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Requires preadmission screening units to complete mental health assessments within 3 hours of hospital notification, or allows clinically qualified individuals to perform assessments if the screening unit cannot meet the deadline.
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Permits use of telehealth services to complete required mental health assessments for hospital admissions.
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Defines "clinically qualified individual" as someone with at least a master's degree in a behavioral health-specific profession.
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Updates crisis stabilization unit standards to include maximum length of stay with discharge planning requirements and psychiatric supervision consistent with psychiatric hospital standards.
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment.
Legislative Description
Health facilities: hospitals; psychological evaluation on a minor in a hospital emergency room longer than a certain period of time due to a mental health episode; require. Amends secs. 409 & 972 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1409 & 330.1972).
Health facilities: hospitals
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 08/17/2022
9/7/2022