HB-4051, As Passed House, April 16, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4051

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled

 

"Mental health code,"

 

(MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106) by adding section 165.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 165. (1) Subject to appropriation, the department shall

 

establish and make available to the public the Michigan CARES

 

(Community, Access, Resources, Education, and Safety) hotline.

 

     (2) The department shall contract for the design, operation,

 

and maintenance of the Michigan CARES hotline. The Michigan CARES

 

hotline shall be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An

 

individual operating or maintaining the Michigan CARES hotline

 

shall do all of the following:

 

     (a) Have the ability to access information related to the

availability of services, including near real-time access to any

 

registry of available inpatient psychiatric beds.

 

     (b) Refer and connect individuals requiring mental health or

 

substance use disorder services to mental health professionals,

 

using telecommunications and digital communications methods

 

commonly in use, such as a telephone call, text, electronic mail,

 

and internet chat.

 

     (c) Implement practices to comply with all applicable laws

 

respecting individual and patient privacy.

 

     (d) Implement practices to ensure the security of the data

 

collected, in line with industry best practices and in compliance

 

with all applicable laws.

 

     (e) Notwithstanding provisions in subdivisions (c) and (d),

 

collect data and utilize data analytics to track the success of the

 

Michigan CARES hotline's operations and identify trends in service

 

needs and outcomes.

 

     (3) The department shall work with the department of licensing

 

and regulatory affairs and the contractor described in subsection

 

(2) to leverage existing databases and other sources of information

 

identifying mental health professionals providing mental health

 

services and providers of substance use disorder treatment and

 

rehabilitation services and to utilize the most current provider

 

information available.

 

     (4) An individual operating or maintaining the Michigan CARES

 

hotline under contract with the department has the same immunity

 

provided for a governmental employee under section 7 of 1964 PA

 

170, MCL 691.1407.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.