Act No. 112

Public Acts of 2007

Approved by the Governor

October 1, 2007

Filed with the Secretary of State

October 1, 2007

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2007

STATE OF MICHIGAN

94TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

Introduced by Senators Kahn, Jelinek, Pappageorge, Garcia, Cropsey and Hardiman

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 622

AN ACT to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled "An act to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify the laws relating to mental health; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials and certain private agencies and individuals; to regulate certain agencies and facilities providing mental health services; to provide for certain charges and fees; to establish civil admission procedures for individuals with mental illness or developmental disability; to establish guardianship procedures for individuals with developmental disability; to establish procedures regarding individuals with mental illness or developmental disability who are in the criminal justice system; to provide for penalties and remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending section 1003 (MCL 330.2003), as amended by 1993 PA 252.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1003. The department of corrections shall establish and operate the corrections mental health program to provide mental health services for prisoners who are mentally retarded or mentally ill and need those services. The director of the department shall review the program's structure, content, quality standards, and implementation. The department of corrections may contract with the department or third-party providers to operate the corrections mental health program. The director of the department of corrections shall appoint the director of the corrections mental health program. The director of the corrections mental health program shall be an individual with an advanced degree in a mental health field and a minimum of 5 years' experience in a mental health field.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 94th Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) House Bill No. 5194.

(b) House Bill No. 5198.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor