Section 333.6226 - City, county, or regional coordinating agency; designation; functions; county community mental health board or public or private nonprofit agency as coordinating agency; continuatio
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.6226 City, county, or regional coordinating agency; designation; functions; county community mental health board or public or private nonprofit agency as coordinating agency; continuation of certain coordinating agencies; local advisory council.
Sec. 6226.
(1) The administrator shall designate, and may change the designation of, city, county or regional coordinating agencies in accordance with this section. When the administrator designates a county or regional coordinating agency, the designation shall be subject to the approval of the affected county board or boards of commissioners. In a city which has created a local health department or joined in a district health department under part 24, the administrator may designate a city coordinating agency or city-county regional coordinating agency which designation is subject to approval by the affected mayor, city council, and county board of commissioners. A city or regional coordinating agency appointed under this section shall have the same functions as a county coordinating agency.
(2) A coordinating agency may be a county community mental health board established under section 212 or 218 of Act No. 258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being sections 330.1212 and 330.1218 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, a local public health agency, or a public or private nonprofit agency licensed or organized to provide human services. A coordinating agency designated under Act No. 56 of the Public Acts of 1973, as amended, being sections 325.711 to 325.735 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, which is in existence on the effective date of this part shall continue as a coordinating agency under this part until superseded by a designation or redesignation made pursuant to subsection (1).
(3) A coordinating agency shall have a local advisory council consisting of representatives of public and private treatment and prevention programs and private individuals in accordance with guidelines established by the administrator.
History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of the Office of Substance Abuse Services as an autonomous entity within the Department of Public Health to the Department of Public Health, see E.R.O. No. 1991-3, as amended, compiled at MCL 333.26321 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
Popular Name: Act 368