CMH & MED. SCHOOL - S.B. 1006 & 1007: FLOOR ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 1006 (as reported without amendment)

Senate Bill 1007 (as reported by the Committee of the Whole)

Sponsor: Senator Bev Hammerstrom (Senate Bill 1006)

Senator Mike Rogers (Senate Bill 1007)

Committee: Families, Mental Health and Human Services


CONTENT


Senate Bills 1006 and 1007 would amend the Mental Health Code and the Urban Cooperation Act, respectively, to allow a county to organize and operate a community mental health (CMH) services program jointly with a university that grants bachelors degrees and has a medical school. Senate Bill 1007 is tie-barred to Senate Bill 1006.


Senate Bill 1006 would allow one or more counties and a Michigan institution of higher education that is authorized to grant a baccalaureate degree and has a medical school to organize and operate a CMH services program by creating a CMH organization under the Urban Cooperation Act. The county or counties and the university could establish a program by a majority vote of each county board of commissioners and of the board of the medical school.

Senate Bill 1007 specifies that, for the purpose of an interlocal agreement under Senate Bill 1006, the Urban Cooperation Act's definition of "public agency" would include a Michigan institution of higher education that is authorized to grant a baccalaureate degree and has a medical school.


MCL 330.1204a & 330.1210 (S.B. 1006) - Legislative Analyst: P. Affholter

124.502 (S.B. 1007)


FISCAL IMPACT


The bills would have no fiscal impact on the State. The State has shifted to a capitated payment system based on caseload, and new organizational arrangements would not affect State funding. To the degree that a cooperative agreement between a university and a CMH board created efficiencies, a county government could see some savings.


Date Completed: 2-23-00 - Fiscal Analyst: S. AngelottiFloor\sb1006 - Bill Analysis @ http://www.state.mi.us/sfa

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.