SB-1468, As Passed House, December 9, 2004

    SUBSTITUTE FOR

    SENATE BILL NO. 1468

                                                                             A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled                                             

"Mental health code,"                                                       

by amending section 400 (MCL 330.1400), as amended by 1995 PA               

290.                                                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 400.  As used in this chapter, unless the context                      

2   requires otherwise:                                                         

3       (a) "Clinical certificate" means the written conclusion and                 

4   statements of a physician or a licensed psychologist that an                

5   individual is a person requiring treatment, together with the               

6   information and opinions, in reasonable detail, that underlie the           

7   conclusion, on the form prescribed by the department or on a                

8   substantially similar form.                                                 

9       (b) "Competent clinical opinion" means the clinical judgment                

10  of a physician, psychiatrist, or licensed psychologist.                     

1       (c) "Court" means the probate court or the court with                       

2   responsibility with regard to mental health services for the                

3   county of residence of the subject of a petition, or for the                

4   county in which the subject of a petition was found.                        

5       (d) "Formal voluntary hospitalization" means hospitalization                

6   of an individual based on both of the following:                            

7                                                                                (i) The  individual's  execution of an application for                              

8   voluntary hospitalization by the individual or by a patient                 

9   advocate designated under the estates and protected individuals             

10  code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.1101 to 700.8102, to make mental                 

11  health treatment decisions for the individual.                              

12      (ii) The hospital director's determination that the                          

13  individual is clinically suitable for voluntary hospitalization.            

14      (e) "Informal voluntary hospitalization" means                              

15  hospitalization of an individual based on all of the following:             

16                                                                               (i) The individual's request for hospitalization.                                   

17      (ii) The hospital director's determination that the                          

18  individual is clinically suitable for voluntary hospitalization.            

19      (iii) The individual's agreement to accept treatment.                        

20      (f) "Involuntary mental health treatment" means court-ordered               

21  hospitalization, alternative treatment, or combined                         

22  hospitalization and alternative treatment as described in section           

23  468.                                                                        

24      (g) "Mental illness" means a substantial disorder of thought                

25  or mood that significantly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity             

26  to recognize reality, or ability to cope with the ordinary                  

27  demands of life.                                                            

1       (h) "Preadmission screening unit" means a service component                 

2   of a community mental health services program established under             

3   section 409.                                                                

4       (i) "Private-pay patient" means a patient whose services and                

5   care are paid for from funding sources other than the community             

6   mental health services program, the department, or other state or           

7   county funding.                                                             

8       (j) "Release" means the transfer of an individual who is                    

9   subject to an order of combined hospitalization and alternative             

10  treatment from 1 treatment program to another in accordance with            

11  his or her individual plan of services.                                     

12      (k) "Subject of a petition" means an individual regarding                   

13  whom a petition has been filed with the court asserting that the            

14  individual is or is not a person requiring treatment or for whom            

15  an objection to involuntary mental health treatment has been made           

16  under section 484.                                                          

17      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

18  effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature            

19  are enacted into law:                                                       

20      (a) Senate Bill No. 1464.                                                   

21      (b) Senate Bill No. 1469.                                                   

22      (c) Senate Bill No. 1470.                                                   

23      (d) Senate Bill No. 1471.                                                   

24      (e) Senate Bill No. 1472.