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MI HB4219
Bill
Status
9/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jamie Thompson
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AI Summary
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Requires patient rights during mental health treatment, including the right to object to and end voluntary treatment, to be communicated both orally and in writing at the start of treatment
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Mandates that patients receive written information explaining the process by which they can terminate voluntary mental health treatment
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Expands distribution requirements so that copies of the written consent form must be provided to the patient, the person who executed consent, and one other individual designated by the patient
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Requires automatic distribution of the treatment termination form (under section 419) to patients and designated individuals, regardless of whether they have expressed intent to end treatment
Legislative Description
Mental health: recipient rights; informed consent requirements for mental health treatment; provide for. Amends sec. 416 of 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1416).
Mental health: other
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Housing And Human Services
9/9/2025