(1) Subject to subsection (2), if a department-designated community mental health entity under this chapter maintains a waiting list for services, the department-designated community mental health entity shall place a parent whose child has been removed from the home under the child protection laws of this state or is in danger of being removed from the home under the child protection laws of this state because of the parent’s substance use disorder in a priority position on the waiting list above all other applicants with substantially similar clinical conditions.

    (2) If a department-designated community mental health entity receives federal substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant funds, the priority position of the parent on the waiting list granted under subsection (1) will come after a priority position on the waiting list granted under the conditions of the federal block grant. If the parent qualifies for priority status on the waiting list under the conditions of the federal block grant, the department-designated community mental health entity shall place the parent in that priority position on the waiting list.