Title 400, SOCIAL SERVICES

Sec. 5. The office of services to the aging is created within the department of management and budget. The office shall exercise its powers and functions, including the functions of budgeting and procurement and management-related functions, as an autonomous entity, independent o…

Sec. 6. The office of services to the aging shall do all of the following: (a) Serve as a visible and effective advocate for aging and older persons. (b) Function as the single state agency within this state to supervise and administer the state plan required by the older America…

Sec. 6a. (1) There is established an older persons' shared housing program to be administered by the office. The office may contract with private or public nonprofit agencies or local governmental agencies to establish shared housing for the older persons in local areas. (2) In a…

Sec. 6b. (1) Within 2 years after the effective date of this section, the office shall report to the house and senate committees having jurisdiction over legislation relating to older persons. The report shall include all of the following: (a) A summary of the proposed model livi…

Sec. 6c. (1) The office may establish a program in 1 or more counties under which an older person, or a person of any age who is a member of an organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 U.S.C. 501, may volunteer his or her …

Sec. 6g. (1) Job qualifications for the state long-term care ombudsman established pursuant to section 6(2)(aa) shall include, but not be limited to, experience in all of the following: (i) The field of aging. (ii) Health care. (iii) Working with community programs. (iv) Long-ter…

Sec. 6h. The local or regional long-term care ombudsman programs established pursuant to section 6(2)(aa) shall do all of the following: (a) Accept, investigate, verify, and work to resolve complaints, whether reported to or initiated by an ombudsman, relating to any action which…

Sec. 6i. (1) The state long-term care ombudsman, the local or regional long-term care ombudsmen, and their trained volunteers must be granted access to any long-term care facility for the purpose of carrying out section 6h. (2) If a restriction is placed on the ability to visit a…

Sec. 6j. (1) A person who retaliates or discriminates against any of the following individuals due to that individual's registration of a complaint or assistance in the investigation of a complaint is guilty of a misdemeanor: (a) An officer, employee, resident, or visitor to a lo…

Sec. 6k. (1) There is established in the state treasury an older persons' abuse prevention fund, to be administered by the office. The fund shall consist of contributions of money from individuals, corporations, or other associations, and any money appropriated to the fund. No st…

Sec. 6l. (1) Beginning October 1, 2020, each area agency on aging must conduct or cause to be conducted a criminal background check that reveals information similar or substantially similar to information found on an internet criminal history access tool (ICHAT) check and a natio…

Sec. 7. The office shall develop interagency agreements with departments or agencies providing services to older persons. The agreements shall specify methods of interagency planning and coordination of services. The agreements shall be renewed annually.

Sec. 7a. The state advisory council on mental health and aging is jointly established in, and shall be administered and operated jointly by, the office of services to the aging and the department of mental health. The membership, duties, and operation of the state advisory counci…

Sec. 8. (1) The business which the commission created pursuant to this act may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Law…

Sec. 9. (1) An agency designated by the commission as an area agency on aging may be any of the following: (a) An established office on aging located within the region to be served by an area agency on aging. (b) An office or agency of a unit of local government that is designate…

Sec. 9a. (1) The senior care respite fund is created in the department of treasury. The fund shall be administered by the office and shall be expended only as provided in section 9b. (2) The state treasurer shall credit to the fund all of the following: (a) Money that descends to…

Sec. 9b. (1) The office shall annually distribute the money in the senior care respite fund to the area agencies on aging. Each area agency on aging shall receive a minimum of $25,000.00, or a proportionate part of that amount if sufficient money is not available, with all remain…

Sec. 10. A proposed state program concerned with providing services to older persons shall be submitted to, and coordinated with, the office, and an allotment of funds for that purpose shall not be recommended to the state administrative board without the review and approval of t…

Sec. 11. The office, in consultation with, and with the approval of, the commission, shall promulgate rules pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for the implementation and administration of …

Sec. 12. A thorough review of the functions, responsibilities, and performance of the office and commission shall be completed every 5 years after the effective date of this act.

Sec. 13. The equipment, records, and supplies of the commission and office which are repealed pursuant to section 14 are transferred to the commission and office created by sections 3 and 5, respectively.

Sec. 14. Act No. 146 of the Public Acts of 1975, as amended, being sections 400.541 to 400.553 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.