Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 330. Mental Health Code § 330.1141a

Sec. 141a. (1) On or before January 1, 2015, the department shall develop a standard release form for exchanging confidential mental health and substance use disorder information for use by all public and private agencies, departments, corporations, or individuals that are involved with treatment of an individual experiencing serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, developmental disability, or substance use disorder. All parties described in this subsection shall honor and accept the standard release form created by the department under this section for the purpose for which it was created unless the party is subject to a federal law or regulation that provides more stringent requirements, as defined under 45 CFR 160.202, for the protection of individually identifiable health information.

(2) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall create a workgroup to implement the provisions of this section.

(3) The workgroup created in subsection (2) shall meet periodically, as the department considers necessary, but not less than once a year.

(4) In developing the standard release form under subsection (1), the department shall comply with all federal and state laws relating to the protection of individually identifiable health information and shall consider all of the following:

(5) The standard release form shall be available in both electronic and paper form.

(6) Any transmission of a standard release form via electronic media may be accepted as an original by the party receiving the standard release form.