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Many Michigan families will have to keep paying out of pocket for mental health and substance use care for their children after state lawmakers adjourned without a vote on a mental health parity ...
(The Center Square) – Michigan will be one of four states participating in a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program. The Innovation in Behavioral Health Model will allow for ...
The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was legislation signed by American President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the Democratically controlled House of ...
The bill was passed by the Senate on June 23 by a vote of 65–33, with 15 Republicans voting in favor alongside all 50 Democrats. The bill was passed by the House on June 24 by a vote of 234–193, with 14 Republicans voting in favor alongside all 220 Democrats. [13] The bill was signed into law by President Joe Biden on June 25, 2022. [14]
The Michigan Education Association opposed the “deep cuts” to school safety and mental health, calling for the Legislature to return to work and restore these resources.
As speaker, Leonard named local schools, road repairs, mental health programming, and strengthening public safety as his top budget priorities. [63] In both years of his term, those priorities all saw increased funding, even as overall spending was lowered. [64] Local school funding and road repair funding were increased to all-time record high ...
The Department of Community Health was created in 1996 through an executive order merging Department of Public Health (as Community Public Health Agency), Department of Mental Health, Medical Services Administration from the Department of Social Services, responsibility for Liquor Control Commission, Licensing, Monitoring and Accreditation and Division of Occupational Health from Department of ...
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, authored by Sen. Cornyn and signed into law in June of 2022, made historic investments in school-based mental health and supportive services, including $1 ...