Title 400, SOCIAL SERVICES

Sec. 12. If weatherization or home repairs are performed on a dwelling in which an assisted household resides and which is owned by the assisted household, a member of the assisted household, or a relative within the first degree of consanguinity of a member of the assisted house…

Sec. 13. A legislative oversight committee is created. The committee shall consist of 3 members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and 3 members of the senate appointed by the majority leader of the senate. The committee shall…

Sec. 14. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Sec. 15. This act shall not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 82nd Legislature are enacted into law: (a) House Bill No. 4970. (b) House Bill No. 4971. (c) House Bill No. 4974. (d) House Bill No. 4975. (e) House Bill No. 4976.

Sec. 1. It is a valid public purpose to provide services to older persons.

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Governing body" means board, council, or body in which the legislative powers of a local unit of government are vested. (b) "Local unit of government" means a county, township, city, or village. (c) "Activities or services" means identifiable act…

Sec. 3. A local unit of government may appropriate funds to public or private nonprofit corporations or organizations for the purposes of planning, coordinating, evaluating, and providing services to older persons.

Sec. 4. (1) The appropriations of funds for services to an older person shall be approved by the majority of the members of the governing body of the local unit of government. The terms of the appropriation shall be a matter of public record and shall be entered into the journal …

Sec. 5. The terms of the appropriation authorized by this act shall specify: (a) Name, address, and general purpose of the organization. (b) A description of the functions and responsibilities to be performed by the recipient of the appropriation. (c) The effective date and lengt…

Sec. 6. A governing body of a local unit of government may submit a millage proposition to the electorate to levy up to 1 mill for services to older citizens. This proposition may be submitted at any election held by the local unit of government, but shall not be submitted at a s…

Sec. 7. Act No. 9 of the Public Acts of 1972, being section 46.261 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Association" means an association as defined in former section 108 of the savings and loan act of 1980, former 1980 PA 307. (b) "Department" means the department of human services. (c) "Food stamps" means the coupons issued pursuant to the food s…

Sec. 2. An association, institution or credit union may handle or process food stamps upon request of the director of the department.

Sec. 3. The department may promulgate rules in accordance with and subject to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to implement this act.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the medicaid false claim act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Benefit" means the receipt of money, goods, or anything of pecuniary value. (b) "Claim" means any attempt to cause the department of community health to pay out sums of money under the social welfare act. (c) "Deceptive" means making a claim or c…

Sec. 3. (1) A person shall not knowingly make or cause to be made a false statement or false representation of a material fact in an application for medicaid benefits. (2) A person shall not knowingly make or cause to be made a false statement or false representation of a materia…

Sec. 4. A person who solicits, offers, or receives a kickback or bribe in connection with the furnishing of goods or services for which payment is or may be made in whole or in part pursuant to a program established under Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, who ma…

Sec. 5. (1) A person shall not knowingly and wilfully make, or induce or seek to induce the making of, a false statement or false representation of a material fact with respect to the conditions or operation of an institution or facility in order that the institution or facility …

Sec. 6. (1) A person shall not enter into an agreement, combination, or conspiracy to defraud the state by obtaining or aiding another to obtain the payment or allowance of a false claim under the social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, being secti…

Sec. 7. (1) A person shall not make or present or cause to be made or presented to an employee or officer of this state a claim under the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, upon or against the state, knowing the claim to be false. (2) A person shall not make …

Sec. 8. (1) In a prosecution under this act, it shall not be necessary to show that the person had knowledge of similar acts having been performed in the past by a person acting on his or her behalf, nor to show that the person had actual notice that the acts by the persons actin…

Sec. 9. (1) A person who is convicted 3 or more times for an offense under this act and who is subsequently convicted of another offense under this act may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years. To be subject to punishment under this section, it is not…

Sec. 10. (1) The attorney general or an assistant attorney general on behalf of the attorney general may conduct an investigation of an alleged violation of this act. (2) For purposes of enforcing this act, the attorney general may appoint investigators who shall be peace officer…

Sec. 10a. (1) Any person may bring a civil action in the name of this state under this section to recover losses that this state suffers from a violation of this act. A suit filed under this section shall not be dismissed unless the attorney general has been notified and had an o…

Sec. 10b. (1) The attorney general may recover all costs this state incurs in the litigation and recovery of medicaid restitution under this act, including the cost of investigation and attorney fees. The attorney general shall retain the amount received for activities under this…

Sec. 10c. (1) An employer shall not discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner, discriminate against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment because the employee engaged in lawful acts, including initiating, assisting in, or participating i…

Sec. 11. (1) An action brought by the attorney general under this act may be filed in Ingham county and may be prosecuted to final judgment in satisfaction there. (2) A person may bring a civil action under section 10a in any county in which venue is proper. If the attorney gener…

Sec. 12. (1) A person who receives a benefit that the person is not entitled to receive by reason of fraud or making a fraudulent statement or knowingly concealing a material fact, or who engages in any conduct prohibited by this statute, shall forfeit and pay to the state the fu…

Sec. 13. (1) As a means of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of patients in a residential health care facility, including hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutions reimbursed for resident or patient care by the medical assistance program established by Act No. 280…

Sec. 14. (1) A person shall not bring a civil action under section 10a after the later of the following: (a) More than 6 years after the date on which the violation described in section 10a was committed. (b) More than 3 years after the date when facts material to the right of ac…

Sec. 15. A person bringing a civil action under this act is required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.

Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "home help caregiver council act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Activities of daily living" includes eating, toileting, bathing, grooming, dressing, mobility, and transferring. (b) "Agency provider" means any of the following: (i) A current Medicare certified home health agency. (ii) An entity, other than the…

Sec. 3. (1) The home help caregiver council is created within the department. The council possesses the powers, duties, and jurisdictions vested in the council under this act and other laws. (2) The council is directed and governed by a board of directors consisting of the follow…

Sec. 4. (1) Solely for the purposes of collective bargaining, and as expressly limited under this section, individual home help caregivers are considered, by virtue of this section, public employees of the director of the department of health and human services or the director’s …

Sec. 5. The department shall make any deductions from the wages of individual home help caregivers that are authorized under section 7 of 1978 PA 390, MCL 408.477, or otherwise authorized by law. Those deductions include, but are not limited to, deductions of the dues of a bargai…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "charitable organizations and solicitations act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Charitable organization" means a benevolent, educational, philanthropic, humane, patriotic, or eleemosynary organization of persons that solicits or obtains contributions solicited from the public for charitable purposes. The term includes a chap…

Sec. 3. (1) Before a solicitation, unless the charitable organization is exempt from registration and reporting under section 13, a charitable organization that solicits or intends to solicit or receives or intends to receive contributions from persons by any means shall register…

Sec. 4. (1) True and correct copies of the contracts of professional fund raisers shall be kept on file in the offices of the charitable organization and the professional fund raiser during the term of employment and for 6 years subsequent to the date the solicitation of contribu…

Sec. 5. (1) The attorney general shall examine the registration statement of a charitable organization that is submitted in proper form and is supported by material information required under this act. If the registration statement and supporting information conforms to the requi…

Sec. 6. A charitable organization shall notify the attorney general within 30 days of any change in the information required to be furnished under section 3. A report shall be filed and signed by the president or other authorized officer and the chief fiscal officer of the organi…

Sec. 7. The registration of a charitable organization shall expire 1 year and 7 months after the end date of the financial statement provided under section 3(2). To renew a registration, a charitable organization shall file with the attorney general a renewal registration stateme…

Sec. 8. Documents required to be filed with the attorney general shall be open to public inspection. Persons subject to this act shall maintain accurate and detailed books and records at the office of the resident agent or the principal office which shall be open to inspection at…

Sec. 9. If a local, county, or area division of a charitable organization is directly supervised and controlled by a superior or parent organization, which is incorporated, qualified to do business or doing business within this state, the local, county, or area division is not re…