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Michigan Statutes, Title 400

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Title 400, SOCIAL SERVICES

52 chapters · 577 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 400577 Ch 280-of-1939, THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT262 Ch 218-of-1979, ADULT FOSTER CARE FACILITY LICENSING ACT44 Ch 180-of-1981, OLDER MICHIGANIANS ACT26 Ch 169-of-1975, CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND SOLICIT…24 Ch 387-of-1984, STATE FOOD STAMP DISTRIBUTION ACT19 Ch 34-of-1984, MICHIGAN LOW INCOME HEATING ASSISTAN…18 Ch 72-of-1977, THE MEDICAID FALSE CLAIM ACT18 Ch 174-of-1971, OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ACT16 Ch 225-of-2011, YOUNG ADULT VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE ACT16 Ch 35-of-1984, PUBLIC ASSISTANCE HOME REPAIR, WEATH…15 Ch 220-of-1935, MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE13 Ch 202-of-2024, BUREAU OF COMMUNITY ACTION AND ECONO…11 Ch 389-of-1978, DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE11 Ch 181-of-1962, BOARD OF COUNTY INSTITUTIONS9

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.57p Counting certain months toward cumulative total of 60 months; exclusion.
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Sec. 57p. Any month in which a recipient has been exempted from the PATH program under section 57f(3) or (4)(b) is not counted toward the cumulative total of 60 months in a lifetime for family independence program assistance. Any month in which a recipient has been exempted from …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.57q Earned income disregard.
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Sec. 57q. (1) Beginning October 1, 2011, upon the initial application for benefits for family independence program assistance, the department shall disregard $200.00 plus 20% of the family independence program assistance group's earned income for purposes of determining if the ap…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.57r Family independence program assistance; limitation.
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Sec. 57r. Beginning October 1, 2007, family independence program assistance must be paid to an individual for not longer than a cumulative total of 48 months during that individual's lifetime. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, family …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.57u Reports.
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Sec. 57u. (1) The department shall provide a report of exemptions under section 57f by district office and by criteria. (2) The department shall provide a report by district office on the number of sanctions issued, the number of compliance exceptions granted, and the success rat…

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.57v Automatic teller machines located in casinos, casino enterprises, liquor stores, or adult entertainment establishments; blocking access to cash benefits from Michigan bridge cards; definitions.

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Sec. 57v. (1) The department shall work with providers of automated teller machine services to create and implement a program or method of blocking access to cash benefits from Michigan bridge cards through point of sale devices and automated teller machines located in casinos, c…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.57y Suspicion-based substance abuse screening and testing; pilot program; use of empirically validated substance abuse screening tool; requirement that applicant or recipient take substance abuse test; refusal; cost of administering test.

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Sec. 57y. (1) The department shall establish and administer a program of suspicion-based substance abuse screening and testing for family independence program applicants and recipients as described in this section and section 57z. (2) Subject to state appropriation, the departmen…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.57z First positive test for use of controlled substance; referral to department-designated community mental health entity; second or subsequent positive test for use of controlled substance; applicant or recipient ineligible for assistance; time period for pilot program; report; age of applicant or recipient; definitions.

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Sec. 57z. (1) If an applicant or recipient tests positive for use of a controlled substance and it is the first time that he or she tested positive for use of a controlled substance under the pilot program described in this section and section 57y, the department shall refer the …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.58 County medical care facility; program of care and treatment; medical treatment and nursing care; special treatment; building; review of proposals and plans; inspection; enforcement.

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Sec. 58. (1) A county board may, with the approval of the county board of commissioners, supervise and be responsible for the operation of a county medical care facility in, auxiliary to, or independent of the county infirmary. If a county has a board of county institutions, a co…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.58a County medical care facility; admittance.

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Sec. 58a. Only those persons may be admitted to the county medical care facility who require the individualized medical care, treatment and supervision provided by the facility and who do not require major surgery, treatment for psychosis, treatment for tuberculosis, contagious d…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.58b County medical care facility; eligibility for care; state aid recipient; admission of patients; state and federal aid for capital expenditures; special tax.

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Sec. 58b. The state department in accordance with its rules and regulations may pay for medical care that a recipient of aid to the blind, aid to disabled, aid to dependent children, or old age assistance, receives in the county medical care facility. Other persons admitted to ca…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.58c County medical care facility; patients with contagious disease, isolation.

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Sec. 58c. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, patients suffering from contagious diseases may be admitted to any county medical care facility where the facility is constructed or operated with the approval of the state department of social welfare and is able to prov…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.59 Applications for aid, relief or assistance; forms, ascertainment of settlement, charge to county of domicile; temporary relief to persons with no settlement.

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Sec. 59. All applications for aid, relief or assistance provided under this act shall be made to the county department of social welfare in such manner and upon such forms as may be prescribed by the state department. When any person applies for or requires public aid as a poor p…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.59a Return of person to county of residence; deportation to another nation; expense; reimbursement from county of residence.

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Sec. 59a. The county or city department of social welfare, as part of its general relief program, may provide funds and necessary attendants for the return of a person to his place of residence as authorized in section 55, or to a new place of residence under the conditions of se…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.59b Notification of county of residence; denial of settlement, notice.

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Sec. 59b. Counties receiving notices shall acknowledge their receipt and within 60 calendar days thereafter shall make an investigation of the case and acknowledge that settlement lies in Michigan and domicile within the county or present to the county department granting relief …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.59c Domicile and legal settlement cases; appeal, determination by state department.

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Sec. 59c. Upon receiving an appeal, the director shall set a time and place for a hearing and designate an employee of the state department to serve as referee at the hearing. If the appealing county waives its right to a personal appearance at the hearing, the notice to the deny…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.59d Domicile and legal settlement cases; appeal; insufficient evidence.

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Sec. 59d. The decision of the director may be in favor of either of the contending counties or that domicile lies in neither of the counties or that settlement does not lie in this state or that there is insufficient evidence on which to make a finding of settlement. The decision…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.59e Domicile and legal settlement cases; notices, evidence, bills for aid; rules and regulations.

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Sec. 59e. The state department shall make suitable rules and regulations governing the sending and form of notices and evidence in domicile and legal settlement cases, and the sending of bills for aid granted as provided in section 68a of this act, to insure prompt and economical…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.59f Joint plan for economic rehabilitation of aid recipient; removal from county of settlement.

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Sec. 59f. The county department of the county of domicile or the county department granting aid may request joint planning with another county department if it appears to the requesting county that the person receiving aid should remove to or remain in the other county. The joint…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.59g Joint plan for economic rehabilitation of aid recipient; disagreement, appeal to director.

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Sec. 59g. (1) If the 2 counties concerned find themselves unable to agree on a joint plan, either may appeal to the director of the state department to make a determination of which plan is most in the public interest in the case. The director shall have the same power and shall …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.5a Adverse action against child placing agency prohibited; basis.

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Sec. 5a. In accordance with section 23g of chapter X of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 710.23g, and sections 14e and 14f of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.124e and 722.124f, the department shall not take an adverse action against a child placing agency on the basis that the chi…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.6 Rules, regulations, and policies; appointment and duties of bipartisan task force of legislators; applicability of subsection (2) to enrolled medicaid providers.

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Sec. 6. (1) The family independence agency may promulgate all rules necessary or desirable for the administration of programs under this act. Rules shall be promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.60 Fraudulent device to obtain relief; liability; misdemeanor; penalty; information to be provided by recipients.

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Sec. 60. (1) Any person who by means of willful false statement or representation, by impersonation or other fraudulent device, or by using an access device obtains or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain or attempt to obtain, (a) assistance or relief to whic…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.60a Program of computer data matching; development and implementation; report.

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Sec. 60a. (1) The department shall develop and implement a program of computer data matching by which the department shall compare its computer records concerning applicants for, and recipients of, assistance under this act with the computer records of financial institutions, to …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.61 Violations; penalties; cessation of payments during imprisonment.

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Sec. 61. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a person who violates this act for which a penalty is not specifically provided is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced as provided in the laws of this state. If a person receiving aid, relief…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.62 Relief or assistance; effect of amendment or repeal; no claim for compensation.

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Sec. 62. All aid and relief granted under this act shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act that may hereafter be passed, and no recipient thereof shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.63 Aid, relief, or assistance; nonassignability; breach of lease agreement; conveyance of amount to judgment creditor; federal waiver; processing fee; biennial report; “recipient” defined.

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Sec. 63. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), all aid, relief, or assistance given under this act is absolutely inalienable by any assignment, sale, garnishment, execution, or otherwise, and in the event of bankruptcy, shall not pass to or through any trustee or other person…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.63a Contract awards to specific organizations.

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Sec. 63a. The family independence agency shall not award contracts to specific organizations that have not been competitively bid unless the award is permissible under state contracting procedures.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.64 Applications and records considered public records; inspection; public access; restriction; uttering, publishing, or using names, addresses, or other information; confidentiality; alphabetical index file; inquiry as to name or amount of assistance; making available certain information to public utility or municipality; disclosure of information; violation; penalty; notice of assistance to deserted or abandoned child; documents, reports, or records from another agency or organization.

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Sec. 64. (1) Notwithstanding sections 2(6), 35, 45(6), and 46(6), applications and records concerning an applicant for or recipient of assistance under the terms of this act, except medical assistance, are public records and are open to inspection by persons authorized by the fed…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.65 Hearings within county department; rules for procedure; review by board.

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Sec. 65. The board shall prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of hearings within the county department, and provide adequate procedure for a fair hearing of appeals and complaints by any applicant for or recipient of aid, relief, or assistance under the jurisdiction of…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66 Finality of decision as to relief or medical care; investigation by department.

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Sec. 66. As to those forms of relief which are in no part financed by state or federal funds, the decision of the county or district department of social services as to the denial, granting, form, and amount of that relief shall be final, except as provided in section 66i. In a c…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66a Hospitalization for recipient; rules of financial eligibility; reimbursement; “hospitalization” defined; filing agreement, statement, or schedule of charges; report of treatment; statement of expenses; charges for special nurses; expenses after discharge.

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Sec. 66a. The county social welfare boards shall make provision for hospitalization which is necessary and not more advantageously provided to the recipient under other law or provided under other sections of this act for every person found in their respective counties under rule…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66b Hospitalization; application; emergency care, intercounty payments; arbitration of payment disputes.

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Sec. 66b. The county social welfare board shall require the county department to act promptly on all applications for hospitalization and shall provide for retroactive authorizations for emergency care in accordance with rules which the board shall establish including one definin…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66c Hospitalization; reimbursement of county expense.

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Sec. 66c. The county department shall enter into an agreement signed by the patient or a legally responsible relative or guardian for reimbursement of the net cost to the county in furnishing such hospitalization: Provided, That such an agreement between the patient and the count…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66d Finality of determination of ineligibility for hospitalization.

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Sec. 66d. The determination that a person is ineligible for hospitalization under section 66a or 66j made by the county responsible for care shall be final.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66e Receipt of authorized patients by university hospital; duties of admitting officer; treatment; compensation; insurance; affidavit of expenses; report on condition of patient and expense incurred.

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Sec. 66e. The admitting officer of the university hospital, upon receiving a patient with an authorization issued by a county department of social services under this act, may provide a bed in the hospital and designate the clinic of the hospital to which such person shall be ass…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66g Expenses of medical or surgical treatment and hospital care of child; reimbursement of health care provider.

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Sec. 66g. The expenses of the medical or surgical treatment and hospital care of any child born in the hospital of any woman sent to a hospital under this act, as long as it is considered necessary and proper in the judgment of the hospital physicians to keep the child in the hos…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66h Hospitalization; consent to surgical operation, medical treatment; first aid.

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Sec. 66h. Nothing in this act shall be construed as empowering any physician or surgeon, or any officer or representative of the state or county departments of social welfare, in carrying out the provisions of this act, to compel any person, either child or adult, to undergo a su…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66i Reimbursement of hospital and state; reimbursement principles; eligibility information as basis of reimbursement; county reimbursement rate; annual adjustment; nonresidents; rules of financial eligibility.

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Sec. 66i. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), the state department, on behalf of a county, shall reimburse the hospital in accordance with established hospital reimbursement principles under title XIX of the social security act, 42 U.S.C. 1396 to 1396d, 1396f to 1396s. Howe…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66j Patient care management system; establishment; certification; procedures; recertification; rates of reimbursement and length of hospital stay; contracts; report; system.

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Sec. 66j. (1) As an alternative to sections 55(k), 66a, and 66i, a county other than a county described in subsection (2) may establish a patient care management system as described in this section and sections 66k to 66p. (2) If a county intending to establish a patient care man…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66k Office; creation; purpose; duties; powers; appeals procedure.

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Sec. 66k. (1) A county that establishes a patient care management system shall establish an office to which inquiries may be directed by health care providers under the system concerning the eligibility of patients and past admissions. (2) An office created pursuant to subsection…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66l Guidelines for referrals to substance abuse prevention services or substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services.

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Sec. 66l. (1) A county that operates a patient care management system shall develop guidelines for referring to appropriate substance abuse prevention services or substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services an individual whose need for medical care, in whole or in part,…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66m Invoices for reimbursement.

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Sec. 66m. In a county operating a patient care management system, health care providers shall submit invoices for reimbursement to the office established by the county under section 66k in a manner prescribed by the office. An invoice that is approved for payment by an office sha…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66n Appropriations.

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Sec. 66n. (1) If a patient care management system is established in a county in which the total payments to hospitals in the county for the county's resident county hospitalization program exceeded $10,000,000.00 during the county's full fiscal year immediately before the effecti…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.67 Relief financed by federal funds; denial or revocation of application, appeal, hearing, investigation; decision.

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Sec. 67. If any application for aid financed in whole or in part by federal funds is not acted upon by the county department of social welfare within a reasonable time after the filing of the application, or is denied or revoked, in whole or in part, the applicant may appeal to t…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.68 Application by county board for state and federal moneys.

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Sec. 68. The county board shall apply to the state department of social welfare at such time, on such forms, and in such manner, as the state department shall prescribe for the allocation and distribution under section 18 of this act of state or federal moneys available for the s…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.68a County of settlement; itemized statement of relief expense; items of undetermined value.

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Sec. 68a. The county department furnishing general relief, including medical care, hospitalization or infirmary care to any poor person at the expense of another county in this state, shall present to the department of social welfare of the county liable for the aid and infirmary…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.69 Estimate of funds for social welfare; accounting as to receipts and expenditures; district department of social welfare.

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Sec. 69. The county social welfare board shall prepare and submit to the county board of supervisors, at the annual meeting of said board of supervisors or at such other time as the said board of supervisors shall request, an estimate of the funds necessary to carry out the provi…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.7 Rules and regulations; publication, seal, certified copies as evidence; body corporate, powers.

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Sec. 7. The commission may devise a seal, and the rules and regulations of the commission may be published over the seal of the commission. Copies of all records and papers in the office of the state department, certified by a duly authorized agent of the commission and authentic…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.70 Appropriation for expenses by county board of supervisors.

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Sec. 70. The county board of supervisors shall, within its discretion, make such appropriations as are necessary to maintain the various welfare services within the county, as provided in this act, and to defray the cost of administration of these services. In the case of a distr…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.71 Distinction between township, city, and county poor; abolition.

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Sec. 71. Except in respect to a city maintaining a separate department of social welfare under section 48 of this act, the distinction between township, city and county poor is abolished.