Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1500 (2026)

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MENTAL HEALTH CODE


Act 258 of 1974


330.1500 Definitions.

Sec. 500.

    As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

    (a) "Administrative admission" means the admission of an individual with a developmental disability to a facility under section 509.

    (b) "Alternative program of care and treatment" means an outpatient program of care and treatment suitable to the individual's needs under the supervision of a psychiatrist that is developed in accordance with person-centered planning under section 712.

    (c) "Court" means the probate court or the court with responsibility with regard to mental health matters for the county in which an individual with a developmental disability resides or was found.

    (d) "Criteria for treatment" means the criteria specified in section 515 for admission of an adult with an intellectual disability to a facility, private facility, or alternative program of care and treatment under section 518.

    (e) "Private facility" means an adult foster care facility operated under contract with a community mental health services program or on a private pay basis that agrees to do both of the following:

    (i) Accept the admission of an individual with developmental disability.

    (ii) Fulfill the duties of a facility as described in this chapter.

    (f) "Treatment" means admission into an appropriate treatment facility or an outpatient program of care and treatment suitable to the individual's needs under the supervision of a psychiatrist that is developed in accordance with person-centered planning under section 712.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 166, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1978 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 264, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 1986 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 76, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1987 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 596, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases, 1978–2004 · leading case: People v. Grant, 520 N.W.2d 123 (Mich. 1994).
People v. Grant, 520 N.W.2d 123 (Mich. 1994). · cites it 4× “" [9] MCL 330.1500(h); MSA 14.800(500)(h) defines mentally retarded as "significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning that originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment in adaptive behavior.”
People v. Toma, 613 N.W.2d 694 (Mich. 2000). · cites it 4× “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the nature and quality or the wrongfulness of his or her conduct or to conform his or her conduct to the requirements of the law.”
People v. Furman, 404 N.W.2d 246 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 4× “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either *324 to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”
People v. Carpenter, 627 N.W.2d 276 (Mich. 2001). · cites it 2× “See Brawner, supra at 1001 , stating that when one's abnormal mental condition short of legal insanity is material in negativing premeditation, it "does not set him `at liberty' but reduces the degree of the criminal homicide." [21] See M.”
People v. Anderson, 421 N.W.2d 200 (Mich. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 4× “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”
People v. Mangiapane, 271 N.W.2d 240 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 5× “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct' or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”
People v. Murphy, 331 N.W.2d 152 (Mich. 1982). · cites it 2× “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan *461 Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”
People v. Crawford, 279 N.W.2d 560 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”
People v. Doan, 366 N.W.2d 593 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”
People v. Saxton, 325 N.W.2d 795 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “"(2) A person who is under the influence of voluntarily consumed or injected alcohol or controlled substances at the time of his alleged offense shall not thereby be deemed to have been legally insane.”
People v. Girard, 293 N.W.2d 639 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). “800(400a)] and 500(g) [mental retardation, MCL 330.1500(g); MSA 14.800(500)(g)] of Act No.”
People v. Mikulin, 270 N.W.2d 500 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). “800(400a), defining mental illness and MCL 330.1500(g); MSA 14.800(500)(g), defining mentally retarded.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1500(g) — 5 cases
People v. Anderson, 421 N.W.2d 200 (Mich. Ct. App. 1988). “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”
People v. Doan, 366 N.W.2d 593 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”
People v. Mangiapane, 271 N.W.2d 240 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct' or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”
People v. Girard, 293 N.W.2d 639 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). “800(400a)] and 500(g) [mental retardation, MCL 330.1500(g); MSA 14.800(500)(g)] of Act No.”
People v. Mikulin, 270 N.W.2d 500 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). “800(400a), defining mental illness and MCL 330.1500(g); MSA 14.800(500)(g), defining mentally retarded.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1500(h) — 2 cases
People v. Grant, 520 N.W.2d 123 (Mich. 1994). “" [9] MCL 330.1500(h); MSA 14.800(500)(h) defines mentally retarded as "significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning that originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment in adaptive behavior.”
People v. Anderson, 421 N.W.2d 200 (Mich. Ct. App. 1988). “258 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 330.1500 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that person lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.”
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