COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
MCL ch. 400, subtit. Act 280 of 1939, div. 400.45.D10
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section400.45. Creation, powers, duties, and composition of county family independence agency; powers and duties of family independence agency board; offices; salary and expenses; prohibition; appointment and oath of board members; appointment and qualifications of directors, employees, and assistants; evaluation of county director; availability of writings to public.section400.46. County social services board; administration of powers and duties; appointment and terms of members; oath; vacancies; conducting business at public meeting; notice; quorum; meetings; chairperson; effect of failure to attend meetings; compensation and expenses; availability of writings to public.section400.47. Organization of district department of social welfare and medical relief; powers and duties vested in district social welfare board and medical advisory council; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; applicability of references; chairperson; conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of writings to public.section400.48. Organization of counties into single administrative unit; appointment of director.section400.49. Director of county or district board; employment; duties; assistants; requirements; compensation and expenses; supplementary salary.section400.50. County employee; unauthorized transfer of public relief recipient, misdemeanor.section400.51. County board; executive heads of institutions and assistants, appointment, compensation and expenses.section400.52. County department; rules and regulations; review, copies, filing; audit of case records; withholding fund.section400.53. County board; cooperation with state department.section400.54. County board; prevention of social disabilities, restoration of individuals to self support.section400.55. Administration of public welfare program by county department.section400.55a. General assistance; eligibility of applicant; determination; failure of employable person to participate in approved project or to accept employment.section400.56i. Individuals having history of domestic violence; establishment and enforcement of standards and procedures; certification by governor; collection and compilation of data; annual report.section400.57. Definitions.section400.57a. Family independence program; establishment and administration; purpose; establishment of certain requirements by department; assistance to certain program groups prohibited; determination of financial eligibility.section400.57b. Family independence program assistance; eligibility requirements generally; requirements applicable to minor parent and minor parent's child; recipient applying for supplemental security income and seeking exemption from PATH program; evaluation and assessment process; contracts; audit; member of family independence program assistance group not meeting attendance requirements of MCL 380.1561; implementation of policy.section400.57c. Application for assistance by minor parent; duties of department.section400.57d. Conduct of weekly orientation sessions; development of family self-sufficiency plan; compliance required; penalties; reassessment of recipient's eligibility.section400.57e. Family self-sufficiency plan; execution; development; contents; identification of goals; monitoring compliance with plan.section400.57f. Agreement with Michigan economic development corporation or successor entity; administration of PATH program; eligibility; exemptions; temporary exemption; disabled individual; rules; subsection (6) inapplicable after December 31, 2013; "PATH" program defined.section400.57g. Failure to comply with plan; penalties; "noncompliance" defined; notice; good cause; period of time recipient ineligible; denial or termination of benefits; "good cause" defined.section400.57i. Rent vendoring program; certification by landlord that requirements met; violation of housing code; termination of participation; eviction prohibited; delinquency or nonpayment of property taxes.section400.57l. Feasibility of substance abuse testing program; report.section400.57p. Counting certain months toward cumulative total of 60 months; exclusion.section400.57q. Earned income disregard.section400.57r. Family independence program assistance; limitation.section400.57u. Reports.section400.57v. Automatic teller machines located in casinos, casino enterprises, liquor stores, or adult entertainment establishments; blocking access to cash benefits from Michigan bridge cards; definitions.section400.57y. 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.section400.57z. 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.section400.58. County medical care facility; program of care and treatment; medical treatment and nursing care; special treatment; building; review of proposals and plans; inspection; enforcement.section400.58a. County medical care facility; admittance.section400.58b. County medical care facility; eligibility for care; state aid recipient; admission of patients; state and federal aid for capital expenditures; special tax.section400.58c. County medical care facility; patients with contagious disease, isolation.section400.59. Applications for aid, relief or assistance; forms, ascertainment of settlement, charge to county of domicile; temporary relief to persons with no settlement.section400.59a. Return of person to county of residence; deportation to another nation; expense; reimbursement from county of residence.section400.59b. Notification of county of residence; denial of settlement, notice.section400.59c. Domicile and legal settlement cases; appeal, determination by state department.section400.59d. Domicile and legal settlement cases; appeal; insufficient evidence.section400.59e. Domicile and legal settlement cases; notices, evidence, bills for aid; rules and regulations.section400.59f. Joint plan for economic rehabilitation of aid recipient; removal from county of settlement.section400.59g. Joint plan for economic rehabilitation of aid recipient; disagreement, appeal to director.section400.60. Fraudulent device to obtain relief; liability; misdemeanor; penalty; information to be provided by recipients.section400.60a. Program of computer data matching; development and implementation; report.section400.61. Violations; penalties; cessation of payments during imprisonment.section400.62. Relief or assistance; effect of amendment or repeal; no claim for compensation.section400.63. Aid, relief, or assistance; nonassignability; breach of lease agreement; conveyance of amount to judgment creditor; federal waiver; processing fee; biennial report; “recipient” defined.section400.63a. Contract awards to specific organizations.section400.64. 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.section400.65. Hearings within county department; rules for procedure; review by board.section400.66. Finality of decision as to relief or medical care; investigation by department.section400.66a. 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.section400.66b. Hospitalization; application; emergency care, intercounty payments; arbitration of payment disputes.section400.66c. Hospitalization; reimbursement of county expense.section400.66d. Finality of determination of ineligibility for hospitalization.section400.66e. 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.section400.66g. Expenses of medical or surgical treatment and hospital care of child; reimbursement of health care provider.section400.66h. Hospitalization; consent to surgical operation, medical treatment; first aid.section400.66i. Reimbursement of hospital and state; reimbursement principles; eligibility information as basis of reimbursement; county reimbursement rate; annual adjustment; nonresidents; rules of financial eligibility.section400.66j. Patient care management system; establishment; certification; procedures; recertification; rates of reimbursement and length of hospital stay; contracts; report; system.section400.66k. Office; creation; purpose; duties; powers; appeals procedure.section400.66l. Guidelines for referrals to substance abuse prevention services or substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services.section400.66m. Invoices for reimbursement.section400.66n. Appropriations.section400.67. Relief financed by federal funds; denial or revocation of application, appeal, hearing, investigation; decision.section400.68. Application by county board for state and federal moneys.section400.68a. County of settlement; itemized statement of relief expense; items of undetermined value.section400.69. Estimate of funds for social welfare; accounting as to receipts and expenditures; district department of social welfare.section400.70. Appropriation for expenses by county board of supervisors.section400.71. Distinction between township, city, and county poor; abolition.section400.73a. County treasurer as custodian of moneys; creation of social welfare fund; deposits; requirements; financial practices.section400.74. Child care and social welfare funds; disbursement; bond; purchases made locally.section400.75. County board of auditors; authority.section400.76. Liability of relatives for support; action for reimbursement of county granting aid; duties of prosecuting attorney; reciprocal enforcement.section400.77. Reimbursement of county for welfare relief; relatives or estate; agreements; hospital care, exception; county employees; collection by counties.section400.77a. Old age assistance, aid to dependent children, welfare relief; inconsequential earnings.section400.78. Grants and gifts; acceptance by county board; use of funds; duty of prosecuting attorney.section400.79. Prosecuting attorney; duty to give counsel to board or director.section400.80. County social welfare board; reports to state department.section400.81. County board; seal; publication of rules and regulations; records and papers as evidence; body corporate, powers.section400.82. County board; case examinations, witnesses, attendance and testimony; circuit court enforcement.section400.83. Obtaining information from financial institution, department of treasury, employment security commission, employer, or former employer; demand or subpoena; definition; computer data matching system; confidentiality.section400.84. State department; jurisdiction over district and county departments, rules and regulations.section400.85. County superintendents of poor; transfer of powers and duties to county department of social welfare.section400.86. County departments; powers and duties transferred.section400.87. Veterans' relief act not repealed.section400.89. Definitions; community violence prevention services.section400.89a. Community violence prevention services; eligibility; allocation of funds.section400.90. Political activity or use of position by officers and employes prohibited; penalty.section400.100. Retirement system service credits; continuation by employees of city or county department when transferred to state department.section400.101. Distribution of general relief funds; effective date; state civil service system, membership.section400.102. Nonduty disability retirement allowance or death benefits; eligibility, conditions.section400.103. Agreements as to eligibility for supplementary benefits and medical assistance.section400.105. Program for medical assistance for medically indigent; establishment; administration; responsibility for determination of eligibility; delegation of authority; definitions.section400.105a. Written information setting forth eligibility requirements for participation in program of medical assistance; updating; copies.section400.105b. Medical assistance recipients who practice positive health behaviors; creation of incentives; creation of pay-for-performance incentives for contracted Medicaid health maintenance organizations; establishment of preferred product and service formulary program for durable medical equipment; financial support for electronic health records; conflict with federal statute or regulation prohibited.section400.105d. Medical assistance program; approval; acceptance of Medicare rates by hospital as payments in full; enrollment plan; pharmaceutical benefit; financial incentives; performance bonus incentive pool; distribution of funds from performance bonus incentive pool; substance abuse disorders; availability of data to vendor; definitions.section400.105e. Appropriations.section400.105g. Remote patient monitoring services; definition.section400.105h. Telemedicine; location; eligibility; prohibited conduct; definitions.section400.105i. Medicaid managed care organization; pharmacy benefit managers; contract requirements; implementation date.section400.105j. Pharmacy benefit manager; reimbursement; reporting requirements; confidentiality.section400.106. Medically indigent individual; definitions; notice of legal action; requirements; violation; civil fine; recovery of expenses by the department or contracted health plan; priority against proceeds; release of claims; subrogation of interests.section400.106a. "Michigan freedom to work for individuals with disabilities law" as short title of section; medical assistance to individuals with earned income; establishment of program; limitation; permitted acts; premium; basis; sliding fee scale; revenue; limitation; waiver; definitions.section400.106b. Suspension of medical assistance; conditions; inmate residing in public institution; redetermination of eligibility; reinstatement; limitation; applicability; defintions.section400.107. Medically indigent; financial eligibility; income.section400.108. Medical or dental services to which medically indigent entitled; certification; services to eligible children.section400.108a. Definitions; complex rehabilitation technology products and services.section400.108b. Complex rehabilitation technology products and services; policies and rules.section400.109. Medical services provided under act; notice and approval of proposed change in method or level of reimbursement; definitions.section400.109a. Abortion as service provided with public funds to welfare recipient; prohibition; exception; policy.section400.109b. Modification of formula for indigent care volume price adjustor.section400.109c. Home- or community-based services; eligibility; safeguards; written plan of care; available services; per capita expenditure; waiver; rules; report; changing plan of care; hearing; appeal; expansion of program; implementation of program by department of community health and office of services to the aging.section400.109d. Services relating to performing abortions; prohibitions.section400.109e. Definitions; reimbursement for performance of abortion; prohibition; violation; penalty; enforcement; scope of section.section400.109f. Medicaid-covered specialty services and supports; management and delivery; specialty prepaid health plans.section400.109g. Specialty services panel; creation; purpose; membership; qualifications; terms; vacancy; conflict of interest; advisory capacity; meetings.section400.109h. Prior authorization for certain prescription drugs not required; drugs under contract between department and health maintenance organization; contracts with managed care organizations; definitions.section400.109i. Locally or regionally based single point of entry agencies for long-term care.section400.109j. Designation of single point of entry agencies; limitation.section400.109k. Compliance of certain community mental health services programs with MCL 330.1204 and 330.1205.section400.109l. Process for maximum allowable cost pricing reconsiderations; use by department of community health and contracted health plans; completion; notification to pharmacy.section400.109m. Individual as victim of human trafficking violation; medical assistance benefits; "human trafficking violation" defined.section400.109n. Behavioral health treatment services: autism spectrum disorder; re-evaluation and eligibility requirements.section400.109o. Medical assistance coverage; blood pressure monitor.section400.109p. Ground emergency medical transportation reimbursement program; limitations; provider requirement; calculation of supplemental reimbursements; documentation; definitions.section400.109t. Coverage for group prenatal care services.section400.110. Medical services for residents absent from state.section400.110a. Funding; rural hospital access pool; limitations; definitions.section400.111. Responsibility for proper handling of medical case; actions authorized to meet medical needs of recipient.section400.111a. Policy and procedures for implementation and enforcement of state and federal laws; consultation; guidelines; forms and instructions; “prudent buyer” defined; criteria for selection of providers; notice of change in policy, procedure, form, or instruction; power of director; informal conference; imposition of specific conditions and controls; notice; hearings; examination of claims; imposition of claims review process; books and records of provider; confidentiality; immunity from liability; prohibited payments or recovery for payments; making payments and collecting overpayments; development of specifications; estimated cost and charge information; notice to provider of incorrect payment.section400.111b. Requirements as condition of participation by provider.section400.111c. Duties of director in carrying out authority conferred by MCL 400.111a(7)(d).section400.111d. Participation as provider subject to denial, suspension, termination, or probation; actions of director; claims precluded; exceptions; consultations; hearing.section400.111e. Grounds for action by director.section400.111f. Emergency action; order; circumstances; extension of emergency action; “most recent 12-month period” defined; consultation with peer review advisory committees, professionals, or experts; order for summary suspension of payments; hearings; decision; meeting not required.section400.111g. Prosecution not collaterally estopped or barred by decision or order; hearing; decision.section400.111h. Applicability of MCL 400.111a to 400.111g.section400.111i. Timely claims processing and payment procedure; external review; report; definitions.section400.111j. Prior authorization for medical services or equipment; request by provider; approval or rejection; request for additional information; time period limitations; exception; certain claims not subject to prior authorization; rules; reimbursement system; automated payment system; vendor payments; waiver of requirement for prior authorization; automated records; limitation of authorization; definitions.section400.111k. Lead screening on children enrolled in medicaid.section400.111l. Children participants in WIC program; lead testing required.section400.111m. Audit of Medicaid cost reports filed by nursing facility; on-site audit; customer satisfaction survey; availability of documentation; auditor education; annual report.section400.111n. Effective date of policy changes affecting Medicaid cost reports.section400.112. Medical services; contract with private agencies as fiscal agents.section400.112a. Liability for medicaid services; referral to department of treasury as state debt; claims against tax refund as secondary to claims for child support; “medicaid” defined.section400.112b. Definitions.section400.112c. Michigan long-term care partnership program; establishment; purpose; eligibility; reciprocal agreements; consideration of assets; receipt of asset disregard; single point of entry agencies; notice of policy provisions; posting certain information.section400.112e. Rules.section400.112e[1]. Payments not required; amounts constituting payment in full.section400.112g. Michigan medicaid estate recovery program; establishment and operation by department of community health; development of voluntary estate preservation program; report; establishment of estate recovery program; waivers and approvals; duties of department; lien.section400.112h. "Estate" and "property" defined.section400.112i. Use of revenue collected through Michigan Medicaid estate recovery activities; treatment of remaining balances.section400.112j. Rules; report.section400.112k. Applicability of program to certain medical assistance recipients.section400.113. “Executive director” and “office” defined.section400.114. Office of children and youth services; creation as single purpose entity; duties of office; appointment, duties, and compensation of executive director; rules.section400.115. Services to children and youth.section400.115a. Office of children and youth services; duties generally.section400.115b. Responsibility for children committed by juvenile division of probate court or court of general criminal jurisdiction; children and youth services and programs; services, actions, and rules as to neglect, exploitation, abuse, cruelty to, or abandonment of children; adoption of nonresident children; investigation; parent fees; policy regarding investigations and foster care service; foster care maintenance payments.section400.115c. Placement of children in family homes; approval or disapproval; information; supervision.section400.115d. Plan for establishment, maintenance, and operation of regional facilities to detain children.section400.115e. Detention home; assumption of administration, operation, and facilities; agreement; state classified service.section400.115f. Definitions.section400.115g. Support subsidy; payment; requirements; determination of amount; maximum amount; form to be signed by adoptive parent; presentment of first offer by adoptive parent; acceptance or counteroffer by department; completion of certification process.section400.115h. Medical subsidy; payment; requirements; prohibited payment; determination of amount; third party payments; waiver of subsection (3); time of request; payment for treatment of mental or emotional condition.section400.115i. Adoption assistance agreement; redetermined adoption assistance agreement; medical subsidy agreement; copy; modification or discontinuance; legal status, rights, and responsibilities not affected; report.section400.115j. Adoption assistance, medical subsidy, or redetermined adoption assistance; extension; continuation.section400.115k. Appeal of determination; notice of rights of appeal.section400.115l. Child with special needs; agreement for payment of nonrecurring adoption expenses; limitation; signature; filing claims; notice to potential claimants.section400.115m. Information describing adoption process and adoption assistance and medical subsidy programs; preparation; distribution; contents.section400.115n. Escape of juvenile from facility or residence; notification; definitions.section400.115o. Residential care bed space for juveniles; “appropriate juvenile residential care provider” defined.section400.115p. Local elected official or employee as advisor to juvenile facility; “elected official” and “juvenile facility” defined.section400.115q. Field investigation or home visit; training program; documentation of safety risk; completion with another department employee or law enforcement officer.section400.115r. Interstate compact on adoption and medical assistance; citation of MCL 400.115r and 400.115s.section400.115s. Interstate compacts; authorization; force and effect; contents.section400.115t. Redetermined adoption assistance; request; requirements; hearing; effect of original agreement; determination; basis; adoption assistance agreement in place before January 1, 2015; limitation on number of requests; adoptee adopted from foster care between ages of 0 and 18 and finalized after January 1, 2015.section400.116. Duties of department with respect to juvenile court probation staff; consultation and assistance services; plan for voluntary transfer of county juvenile court probation staff to department.section400.117a. Definitions; juvenile justice funding system; rules; distribution of money for cost of juvenile justice services; request for payment; offset, chargeback, or reimbursement liability; guidelines; reports; reporting system; county duties; rules; performance measures.section400.117b. Office of children and youth services; powers generally.section400.117c. County treasurer as custodian of money; creation and maintenance of child care fund; deposits in fund; use of fund; separate account for fund; subaccounts; plan and budget for funding foster care services; records of juvenile justice services and expenditures; child care fund reimbursable claims; evidence of compliance with parameters; applicability of section to county juvenile agency.section400.117e. Annual basic grant of state money; eligibility; use of basic grant; criteria and conditions for basic grant; money for early intervention to treat problems of delinquency and neglect.section400.117f. Joint program for providing juvenile justice services.section400.117g. County block grant; calculation; adjustment; deduction.section400.117h. Appeal.section400.117k. Juvenile justice residential per diem rate; adjustment.section400.118. Youth advisory commission; creation; appointment, qualifications, terms, and compensation of members.section400.119. Youth advisory commission; duties.section400.119a. Departments and agencies of executive branch of government; duties.section400.119b. Report by office to governor and legislature; contents; review of effectiveness of office; report and recommendations.
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