Lansing senator’s psychological well being invoice addresses insurance coverage, ‘chemical restraint’, faculty absences

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) -Sen. Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) launched three payments addressing psychological well being points in Michigan, one in all which goals at wants of public faculty college students.

Senate Payments 27, 28, and 29 tackle the psychological well being disaster in Michigan.

“In recent times, we’ve seen an uptick in psychological well being points, significantly amongst our younger folks,” Sen. Anthony mentioned. “It’s excessive time that we take psychological well being critically in our state. These payments do simply that.”

The package deal would make the next modifications:

• SB 27 would amend the insurance coverage code of 1956 to require insurers to supply protection for psychological well being and substance use dysfunction companies, together with behavioral well being remedy, on the identical degree as bodily well being companies.
• SB 28 would amend the psychological well being code to finish the usage of “Chemical Restraint” or utilizing medicine on sufferers for disciplinary or comfort causes, and as an alternative requiring administers to solely use medicine for a identified medical cause.
• SB 29 would amend the revised faculty code to grant public faculty college students 5 absences for behavioral or psychological well being causes.

SB 27 and SB 28 have been referred to the Senate Committee on Well being Coverage. SB 29 has been referred to the Senate Committee on Schooling.

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