You retain all rights, benefits and privileges guaranteed by law, such as:. You are considered legally competent, unless there has been a court decision of incompetence, and a guardian has been appointed. Certain rights may be limited by law, state or federal regulation, or by court decision.
You have the right to receive treatment suited to your individual condition. This treatment must be according to a written plan of service that was developed in a timely manner through a person-centered planning process.
You have the right to be treated with dignity and respect while receiving services in a safe, sanitary and humane treatment environment where you are free from abuse and neglect.
You have the right to not be identified as receiving mental health services or have information about your services released without your permission. Sus Derechos cuando recibe serviciosde salud mental en el estado de Michigan. Would you like to become a member of RRAC? Click here to download the application or contact Angie O'Dowd for more information. Orientation is now offered online through Relias.
Providers will create a Relias account for every new hire and enroll them in the Recipient Rights Orientation training plan, which consists of these three modules:. Orientation will be considered completed when the employee has successfully completed all three modules.
Our goal is to help each provider, staff, and contractor understand Recipient Rights in a way that supports quality care and service to our Recipients.
The Annual Training Fairs have been discontinued. Annual Training is now offered online through Relias. The module is titled:. Download Rights Podcast 1a. Then, in the Section affinity groups that were held across the state a few years ago, consumers and families overwhelmingly supported independence of CMH rights matters.
But CMHSPs are where the vast majority of public system clients are, and therefore where the vast majority of complaints are involved. In , there were over 3, abuse-or-neglect complaints involving CMHSPs, compared to for state-operated hospitals and for licensed psychiatric hospital programs. As stated previously, MHAM believes that there are important changes that can and should be made to the recipient rights system that can address the conflict of interest; the lack of enforcement; the lack of fair and impartial investigations; and the lack of equity by making the rights office a separate entity.
Stay tuned as MHAM works to create meaningful legislative changes to the Mental Health Code so that the rights of those that the public mental health system is intended to serve are preserved and protected in a meaningful way. Everyone loves to talk about consumer empowerment. We will continue to hammer away at this and call out those who want the unacceptable status quo.
You can help MHAM by making a donation. You could also become a Corporate Sponsor. Box No. The Mental Health Association in Michigan is the only statewide, non-governmental agency concerned with the broad spectrum of mental illness across all age groups. These rights include various freedoms, protection against interference with enjoyment of life and property, civil rights enjoyed by citizens such as voting and access to the courts, natural rights accepted by civilized societies, human rights to protect people throughout the world from terror, torture, barbaric practices and deprivation of civil rights and profit from their labor, and such American constitutionals guarantees as the right to freedoms of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition.
Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network staff and contractors will not take action against you if you use the Office of Recipient Rights. You do not need permission from anyone to use the Office of Recipient Rights or to take other action s about a concern. You may do so at any time. These rights will also be explained to you when you start services and then once again every year. You Have Rights - Poster.
Your rights include:.
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