SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES PRIORITY - S.B. 491 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 491 (Substitute S-1 as reported)

Sponsor: Senator Robert Geake

Committee: Families, Mental Health and Human Services

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Public Health Code to give priority for substance abuse services to a parent whose child had been removed from the home under the State's child protection laws, or was in danger of being removed, because of the parent's substance abuse. If a licensee under Part 62 of the Code, which deals with substance abuse services, maintained a waiting list for services, the licensee would have to place the parent in a priority position on the waiting list. If a licensee received Federal substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant funds, the parent's priority position would come after a priority position on the waiting list granted under the conditions of the Federal block grant. If the parent qualified for priority status on the waiting list under the block grant conditions, however, the licensee would have to place the parent in that priority position on the waiting list.

Proposed MCL 333.6232 - Legislative Analyst: S. Margules

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed: 5-13-97 - Fiscal Analyst: P. Grahamfloor\sb491

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.