Title 400, SOCIAL SERVICES

Sec. 77. The county department of social welfare is hereby authorized and empowered to collect and receive funds to reimburse the county for expenditures made on behalf of recipients of any form of aid or relief, or hospital care provided at county expense, from such recipients, …

Sec. 77a. Under such rules and regulations as the state department of social welfare shall promulgate, inconsequential earnings shall not affect the determination of any amount of assistance to be paid by the state for old age assistance, aid to dependent children or matched by t…

Sec. 78. The county board may receive on behalf of the county any grant, devise, bequest, donation, gift or assignment of money, bonds or choses in action, or of any property, real or personal, and accept the same, so that the right and title to the same shall pass to the board. …

Sec. 79. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of each county to give his counsel and advice to the board or director whenever the board or director may deem it necessary for the proper discharge of the duties imposed upon them in this act.

Sec. 8. Any member of the commission or the director may issue a subpoena requiring any person to appear and be examined with reference to any matter within the jurisdiction of the commission and within the scope of the inquiry or investigation being conducted by the said commiss…

Sec. 80. It shall be the duty of the county social welfare board to report to the state department monthly, and in such form as the state department shall furnish and prescribe, the activities of the county department. The board shall also make such other and additional reports a…

Sec. 81. The board may devise a seal, and the rules and regulations of the board may be published over the seal of the board. Copies of all records and papers in the office of the county department, certified by a duly authorized agent of the board shall be evidence in all cases …

Sec. 82. Any member of the board, the director, or supervisor may issue a subpoena requiring any person to appear before the board, director, or supervisor as the case may be, and be examined with reference to any matter within the scope of the inquiry or investigation being cond…

Sec. 83. (1) The director of the state department of social services or the director of any county department of social services may demand and receive from any financial institution, the Michigan department of treasury, the Michigan employment security commission, employer, or f…

Sec. 84. In respect to matters in which a district department of social welfare differs from a county department of social welfare, the state department shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations relating to organization, operation and procedure affecting such distr…

Sec. 85. The powers and duties now vested by law in the county superintendents of the poor, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c) of section 55 of this act, are hereby transferred to and vested in the several county departments of social welfare herein created. Whenever…

Sec. 86. All of the powers and duties prescribed in any law of this state incidental of the transfer of the powers and duties herein provided for shall be transferred to and be vested in the several county departments of social welfare.

Sec. 87. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to repeal or supersede the provisions of Act No. 214 of the Public Acts of 1899, as amended, being sections 35.21 to 35.27 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

Sec. 89. As used in this section and section 89a: (a) "Community health worker" means an individual who meets all of the following conditions: (i) Is a frontline public health worker. (ii) Is a trusted member of the community and has an unusually close understanding of the commun…

Sec. 89a. (1) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall provide coverage under the medical assistance program for an eligible individual who was referred by a health professional to receive community violence prevention se…

Sec. 9. (1) Pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the director shall promulgate rules for the conduct of hearings within the state department. The r…

Sec. 90. No member of the state commission or of any county social welfare board and no executive official or employe of the state or any county welfare department shall participate in any form of political activity other than may be appropriate to the exercise of the individual'…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "foster child identification theft protection act".

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Caseworker" means an individual employed by the department or a child placing agency for the purpose of placing children in homes for foster care or investigating and certifying individuals or homes for foster care. (b) "Child placing agency" mea…

Sec. 5. (1) For a child 14 years or older but less than 18 years of age who is placed under the department's care or supervision for foster care, the department shall annually request from at least 1 consumer reporting agency a credit report on each child. (2) If a credit report …

Sec. 7. The department shall maintain an electronic record to comply with the provisions of this act.

Sec. 9. (1) The department shall keep documentation of all requests and correspondence regarding the foster child's credit report and a copy of any credit report received regarding the foster child in the foster child's case record. (2) The caseworker shall periodically discuss t…

Sec. 1. The board of control of the state public school is hereby authorized to sell a certain tract of land now owned by the said school, devised to it by one Truman Cobb, and described as follows: That part of the west half of the northwest quarter of section 23 in town 5 south…

Sec. 2. The said board of control is hereby authorized to hold the net proceeds derived from such sale or sales in a fund, apart from the other moneys belonging to said school, to be known as the Truman Cobb fund, to be kept invested in first class securities, to be approved by s…

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Departments" means the department of community health, the department of human services, and the department of education. (b) "Evidence-based program" means a home visitation program described in section 3. (c) "Home visitation" means a voluntary…

Sec. 2. (1) The departments shall only support home visitation programs that include periodic home visits to improve the health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of parents and their children. (2) Home visitation programs supported under this act shall provide face-to-face visits…

Sec. 3. The departments shall only support home visitation programs that are either of the following: (a) Evidence-based programs that are based on a clear, consistent program or model that are or do all of the following: (i) Research-based and grounded in relevant, empirically b…

Sec. 4. This act does not apply to either of the following: (a) A program that provides early intervention services under part C of the individuals with disabilities education act, 20 USC 1431 to 1444. (b) A program that provides a 1-time home visit or infrequent home visits, suc…

Sec. 5. The departments shall develop internal processes that provide for a greater ability to collaborate and share relevant home visiting data and information. The processes may include a uniform format for the collection of data relevant to each home visiting model and the dev…

Sec. 6. Each state agency that authorizes funds through payments, contracts, or grants that are used for home visitation shall include language regarding home visitation in its contract or funding agreement that is consistent with the provisions of this act.

Sec. 7. The departments may promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, as necessary to implement this act.

Sec. 8. Not later than December 1, 2013 and December 1 of each fiscal year after that, the departments shall provide a collaborative report on home visitation to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department of community health, state school aid, and the dep…

Sec. 1. Any agency of the state or county or municipality, or any commission, clinic, or board administering relief, social security, health insurance or health service under the laws of the state of Michigan shall accept the services of optometrists registered in the state in ac…

Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state food stamp distribution act". (2) This act applies to the distribution of food stamps through the issuance of paper coupons. It does not apply to distribution by means of an electronic benefit transfer system, exc…

Sec. 2. For purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 and 4 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Sec. 3. (1) "Applicant" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or political subdivision of this state that submits a bid for a contract. (2) "Contract" means a written agreement between a distributor and the department of management and budget, under which th…

Sec. 4. (1) "Distribution site" means the establishment or portion of an establishment at which a distributor issues coupons to recipients. (2) "Distributor" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association that is awarded a contract; or a nonprofit organization, loc…

Sec. 5. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) or section 8(2), an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or political subdivision of this state shall not issue coupons to recipients without being awarded a contract under this act. (2) As determined by the departmen…

Sec. 6. The department of management and budget shall develop standards and criteria for awarding contracts. The standards and criteria shall be consistent with this act and the food stamp program.

Sec. 7. (1) For each distribution area in this state, the department of management and budget shall issue requests for quotations, bid forms, and other printed information necessary for gathering bids and supporting information. The forms and printed information shall explain cle…

Sec. 8. (1) After evaluating the qualifications of all applicants for a distributorship, the department of management and budget shall determine, for each distribution area, which applicant meets the standards and criteria established by the department, demonstrates the ability t…

Sec. 9. A contract shall require a distributor to do or comply with not less than all of the following: (a) Require fidelity bonds of those employees of the distributor who, according to standards established by the department of management and budget, are involved with the distr…

Sec. 10. (1) The contract shall provide that the department of management and budget, on giving not less than 30 days' notice, may cancel a contract if the distributor fails to meet any requirement prescribed in section 9, except that any failure to comply with section 9(a) and (…

Sec. 11. (1) Beginning April 1, 1985, in each county in which at least 1 private sector distributor distributes coupons, the first 2 Saturdays of each month shall be considered eligibility days for recipients, except that a Saturday that is a state or national holiday shall not b…

Sec. 12. The family independence agency may require a distributor to relocate its distribution site to another location within a distribution area, but the family independence agency shall pay the cost of the relocation.

Sec. 13. The family independence agency, within 15 days after the end of each month or receipt of the billing statement from the distributor, whichever is later, shall pay compensation to a distributor for coupons distributed during the month. The family independence agency may s…