Bill Text: MI HB5178 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Mental health: other; universal community mental health services credentialing program; create. Amends 1974 PA 258 (MCL 330.1001 - 330.2106) by adding sec. 206a.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-12-31 - Assigned Pa 282'20 [HB5178 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5178-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5178
October 29, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Vaupel,
Liberati and Frederick and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled
"Mental health code,"
(MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106) by adding section 206a.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 206a. (1) The department shall do
all of the following:
(a)
Establish, maintain, and revise, as necessary, a uniform community mental
health services credentialing program for state department or agency use as
required in this section. The department shall use the community mental health
services credentialing program to implement the services described in section
206 by contracting with a national nonprofit alliance of health plans and
related associations that is a National Committee for Quality Assurance
certified credentialing verification organization that operates and maintains a
common data warehouse for providers to be used in the community mental health services
provider credentialing process. The state department's or agency's
credentialing and recredentialing process must be compliant with National Committee
for Quality Assurance standards. In complying with this subsection, the
department may consult with other state departments and agencies that are
required to comply with the program established under this section.
(b)
Ensure that the uniform credentialing program does all of the following:
(i) Creates uniformity in this state to
streamline providing community mental health services by state departments and
agencies and to enhance workforce development, training education, and service
delivery.
(ii) Eliminates hardship surrounding the
functioning and operating of community mental health services provided by state
departments and agencies to residents of this state.
(iii) Establishes a uniform credentialing
requirement for individuals who provide community mental health services
through a state department or agency, by requiring providers of community
mental health services to establish, maintain, revise, and make available, as
necessary, a profile in the data warehouse provided by a national nonprofit
alliance of health plans and related associations that is a National Committee
for Quality Assurance certified credentialing verification organization
containing information necessary for the community mental health services credentialing
process, which must be compliant with National Committee for Quality Assurance
standards.
(iv) Promotes policies that support
adequate staffing and evidence-based skills or training to meet the needs of
the residents of this state and the state departments and agencies that provide
community mental health services.
(v) Complies with the national
certification standards for community mental health counselors and
professionals.
(vi) Meets the needs of the populations
served by each state department or agency that provides, either directly or through
a contract, community mental health services to residents of this state.
(c)
By 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this
section and annually after that date, submit a report to the legislature that
describes its activities under this section, including the establishment of and
any revisions to the uniform credentialing program.
(2)
A state department or agency that provides, either directly or through a
contract, community mental health services to residents of this state shall
comply with the uniform credentialing program and utilize the provider
information in the data warehouse as provided in subsection (1). On and after
the date the uniform credentialing program is certified by the director of the
department as in full force and effect, the state department or agency subject
to this subsection shall ensure that all of its forms, processes, and contracts
it uses and that relate to its provision of community mental health services
comply with the uniform credentialing program.
(3)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Community mental health services" means services provided under a
community mental health services program, including treatment and
rehabilitation services.
(b) "Uniform credentialing program" or "program" means the uniform community mental health services credentialing program established, maintained, and revised as required in subsection (1)(a).
