State Mental Health Agency
For more information about admission, care, treatment, release, and patient follow-up in public or private psychiatric residential facilities, contact your State mental health agency:
Department of Community Health State Protection and Advocacy Agency
Lewis-Cass Building
320 South Walnut Street, Sixth Floor
Lansing, MI 48913
Phone: 517-373-3500
Fax: 517-373-4288
E-mail: haveman@state.mi.us
Internet: www.mdch.state.mi.us[/link">
Each State has a protection and advocacy agency that receives funding from the Federal Center for Mental Health Services. Agencies are mandated to protect and advocate for the rights of people with mental illnesses and to investigate reports of abuse and neglect in facilities that care for or treat individuals with mental illnesses. These facilities, which may be public or private, include hospitals, nursing homes, community facilities, board and care homes, homeless shelters, jails, and prisons. Agencies provide advocacy services or conduct investigations to address issues that arise during transportation or admission to such facilities, during residency in them, or within 90 days after discharge from them. Contact:
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service and Client Assistance Program
106 West Allegan, Suite 300
Lansing, MI 48933-1706
Phone: 517-487-1755
Fax: 517-487-0827
Toll-free: 800-288-5923 (Statewide)
Internet: www.mpas.org
Family Support
The Center for Mental Health Services awards grants to statewide, family-run networks to provide support and information to families of children and adolescents with serious emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders. For more information, contact:
Association for Children's Mental Health
941 Abbott Road
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: 517-336-7222
Fax: 517-336-8884
Toll-free: 800-782-0883 (Statewide)
E-mail: acmhinc@aol.com
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services, investigates some complaints about treatment facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding. For further information at the national level, contact:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
Phone: 410-786-3000
Internet: cms.hhs.gov/medicare
You may also share your concerns with staff at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services office in your area, which is Region 5. The regional office address and telephone number are:
Chicago Regional Office
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
233 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-886-6432
Fax: 312-353-0252
Internet: cms.hhs.gov/medicare
