Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital

The Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration is located within the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH). The administration carries out responsibilities specified in the Michigan Mental Health Code, the Michigan Public Health Code and administers Medicaid Waivers for people with developmental disabilities, mental illness, serious emotional disturbance and substance disorders. Mental Health and Developmental Disability services in Michigan are delivered through a county-based community mental health services programs (CMHSPs). MDCH, along with 46 regional Community Mental Health Services Programs (CMHSPs), contracts public funds for mental health, and developmental disability services. Medicaid funds, which are paid on a per Medicaid- eligible capitated basis, are contracted with CMHSPs, or affiliations of CMHSPs, as Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHPs).