SB-1142, As Passed Senate, May 9, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 1142

 

 

March 14, 2006, Introduced by Senators SCOTT, PRUSI, GEORGE, CLARKE, KUIPERS, GARCIA, BARCIA and SCHAUER and referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Small Business and Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled

 

"Mental health code,"

 

by amending sections 138, 140, and 146 (MCL 330.1138, 330.1140, and

 

330.1146), section 138 as amended by 1995 PA 290.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 138. Before the issuance of an original or biennial

 

license, a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric unit, or psychiatric

 

partial hospitalization program shall be inspected by the  state

 

fire marshal, or his or her designated representative  bureau of

 

fire services created in section 1b of the fire prevention code,

 

1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1b. A license shall not be issued until the  

 

state fire marshal  bureau of fire services approves the hospital

 

or unit.


Senate Bill No. 1142 as amended May 9, 2006

 

     Sec. 140. The director or the  state fire marshal  bureau of

 

fire services created in section 1b of the fire prevention code,

 

1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1b, or their designated representatives may

 

enter upon the premises of an applicant or licensee at a reasonable

 

time for the purpose of determining whether the applicant or

 

licensee meets the requirements of sections 134 through 150.

 

     Sec. 146. A person aggrieved by a decision of the director or  

 

state fire marshal  bureau of fire services created in section 1b

 

of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1b, may appeal to

 

the circuit court, requesting an order reversing the decision. The

 

appeal shall be based upon the whole record, and the circuit court

 

shall consider whether the decision is authorized by law and

 

supported by competent evidence.

 

     <<Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted

 

into law:

                (a) Senate Bill No. 1133.

     (b) House Bill No. 5860.>>