Gregory Moore Quoted in Crain's Detroit Business Article on Michigan's Mental Health Code
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Gregory Moore (Member, Troy) was recently quoted in the article “Effort underway to update state’s mental health code,” published by Crain’s Detroit Business.
The article discusses the effort underway to update Michigan’s 45-year-old mental health code to encourage the development of more psychiatric urgent care and crisis centers allowing them to work more closely within the health system to hold and treat people with behavioral health problems until inpatient hospital beds are available.
Mr. Moore, co-chair of the firm’s Behavioral Health Care practice, began working with Partners in Crisis Services and the Michigan Association of Community Boards to develop a white paper in hopes of convincing legislators and state officials to change state emergency medical statutes and the mental health code.
“Michigan’s mental health code has simply not kept pace with the clinical and social advancements in crisis services,” Moore said. “Too many individuals in need of services end up in jails and hospital emergency rooms. We must pave the way for individuals in crisis to receive targeted, specialized services. The starting point is the removal of barriers in the code.”
To read the full article, please click here.
The article discusses the effort underway to update Michigan’s 45-year-old mental health code to encourage the development of more psychiatric urgent care and crisis centers allowing them to work more closely within the health system to hold and treat people with behavioral health problems until inpatient hospital beds are available.
Mr. Moore, co-chair of the firm’s Behavioral Health Care practice, began working with Partners in Crisis Services and the Michigan Association of Community Boards to develop a white paper in hopes of convincing legislators and state officials to change state emergency medical statutes and the mental health code.
“Michigan’s mental health code has simply not kept pace with the clinical and social advancements in crisis services,” Moore said. “Too many individuals in need of services end up in jails and hospital emergency rooms. We must pave the way for individuals in crisis to receive targeted, specialized services. The starting point is the removal of barriers in the code.”
To read the full article, please click here.
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