SENATE BILL NO. 813

March 04, 2020, Introduced by Senator ANANICH and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services.

A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled

"Mental health code,"

by amending section 720 (MCL 330.1720), as added by 1995 PA 290, and by adding section 721.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 720. (1) The department shall provide an annual statistical report to the members of the house and senate standing committees and appropriations subcommittees with legislative oversight of mental health issues summarizing all deaths and causes of deaths, if known, of mental health care recipients that have been reported to the department, including deaths that occurred within 48 hours after discharge, and all deaths that have occurred in state facilities.

(2) In the report described in subsection (1), the department must include information indicating whether or not it has initiated an investigation or is in the process of an investigation as required under section 721 regarding the recipient's death and, if known, the findings of the investigation.

Sec. 721. The department must investigate all deaths reported by a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit that are the result of a suicide or where the cause of death is reported as unknown.