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Board backs local control of public behavioral‑health plan, opposes state move to competitively bid PIHP
Summary
The Eaton County Board adopted a resolution June 18 urging the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to preserve locally run prepaid inpatient health plan functions, after testimony from local CMH leaders about services for vulnerable residents.
The Eaton County Board of Commissioners on June 18 approved a resolution opposing a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services plan to competitively bid the region's prepaid inpatient health plan (PIHP) functions and urged that local management of behavioral‑health services be preserved.
Sarah Lurie, chief executive officer of the Community Mental Health Authority of Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties, told commissioners the change would remove local control. "They've created requirements that will only allow nonprofit…
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