Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1302 (2026)

Financial liability of county.

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MENTAL HEALTH CODE

Act 258 of 1974

330.1302 Financial liability of county.

Sec. 302.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and in subsection (2), a county is financially liable for 10% of the net cost of any service that is provided by the department, directly or by contract, to a resident of that county.

(2) This section does not apply to the following:

(a) Family support subsidies established under section 156.

(b) A service provided to any of the following:

(i) An individual under a criminal sentence to a state prison.

(ii) A criminal defendant determined incompetent to stand trial under section 1032.

(iii) An individual acquitted of a criminal charge by reason of insanity, during the initial 60-day period of evaluation provided for in section 1050.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 249, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1983 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 77, Imd. Eff. July 5, 1985 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 1986 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 588, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1997

Compiler's Notes:

Section 2 of Act 249 of 1983 provides: “This amendatory act shall take effect January l, 1984, for the purpose of promulgating rules pursuant to section 157, and July l, 1984, for the purpose of accepting written application.”

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1975–2011 · leading case: Mason Cnty. v. Dep't of Cmty. Health, 820 N.W.2d 192 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011).

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Mason Cnty. v. Dep't of Cmty. Health, 820 N.W.2d 192 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). “Under MCL 330.1302, counties are made financially liable for 10 percent of the net cost of services, except as otherwise provided in chapter 3 (and subsection (2), which is not pertinent here).”

Dep't of Treasury v. Ivy, 237 N.W.2d 498 (Mich. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 2× “MCLA 330.1302; MSA 14.800(302). [2] This section has been replaced by a comprehensive chapter on reimbursement for institutionalized care in the new Mental Health Code.”

Oakland Cnty. v. Dep't of Mental Health, 443 N.W.2d 805 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “In 1975, MCL 330.1302; MSA 14.800(302) provided: Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a county shall be financially liable for 10% of the net cost of any service, excluding a service provided to an individual under criminal sentence to a state prison, that is provided…”

Wayne Cnty. v. State Treasurer, 306 N.W.2d 468 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). “According to defendants, this amount represented plaintiffs unpaid proportionate share of mental health care costs for its residents as provided by MCL 330.1302; MSA 14.800(302) and MCL 330.”

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