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Act 280 of 1939
- THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT (400.1 - 400.122)***** 400.57f(6) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2013 *****
Section 400.1 ‑ Family independence agency; creation; powers and duties; director, assistants, and employees; rules; successor to juvenile institute commission; other references.
Section 400.1b ‑ Annual appropriation act as time-limited addendum; inclusion of program not as entitlement.
Section 400.1c ‑ Compensation of certain employees injured during course of employment as result of assault by recipient of social services.
Section 400.2 ‑ Michigan social welfare commission; powers and duties; appointment, terms, and qualifications of members; governor as ex officio member; oath; removal; vacancies; conducting business at public meeting; notice; quorum; meetings; failure to attend meetings; designation of chairperson and vice-chairperson; compensation and expenses; availability of writings to public.
Section 400.3 ‑ Family independence agency; director; appointment; salary; expenses; intent as to references.
Section 400.3a ‑ Advisory committee; establishment; appointment of members; recommendations from county social services boards and county social services association; advising on statutes and policies.
Section 400.4 ‑ Executive heads of state institutions; appointment; employees, salaries and expenses.
Section 400.5 ‑ Divisions within state department of social welfare; creation, abolition.
Section 400.6 ‑ Rules, regulations, and policies; appointment and duties of bipartisan task force of legislators; applicability of subsection (2) to enrolled medicaid providers.
Section 400.7 ‑ Rules and regulations; publication, seal, certified copies as evidence; body corporate, powers.
Section 400.8 ‑ Witnesses; compelled attendance, oaths; jurisdiction of courts.
Section 400.9 ‑ Rules for conduct of hearings; procedure; hearing authority; powers and duties; review; representation of department; compliance with Open Meetings Act.
Section 400.10 ‑ Administration of social security act and food stamp act; cooperation with federal, state, and local governments; reports; welfare and relief problems; plan for distribution and allotment of federal moneys; rules; agreements; assuring federal approval.
Section 400.10a ‑ Disclosure of certain recipients to law enforcement agency; federal approval; definitions.
Section 400.10b ‑ Individual subject to felony charge; eligibility for public assistance; federal approval; review by department.
Section 400.10c ‑ Automated program; development and implementation; comparison of list of individuals receiving public assistance with information regarding outstanding felony or extradition warrants; access to address information; report; "extradition warrant" defined.
Section 400.10d ‑ Determination of financial eligibility for family independence program or food assistance program; application of asset test.
Section 400.10e ‑ Determination of financial eligibility for family independence program and food assistance program; inclusion of money received from lottery or gambling winnings.
Section 400.10e[1] ‑ Bridge card; eligibility; incarceration match; issuance prohibited; termination of access.
Section 400.11a ‑ Reporting abuse, neglect, or exploitation of adult; oral report; contents of written report; reporting criminal activity; construction of section.
Section 400.11b ‑ Investigation; purpose; basis; providing licensee with substance of allegations; response to allegations; cooperation of local law enforcement officers; investigation not to be in place of investigation of suspected criminal conduct; scope of investigation; in-person interview; search warrant; availability of protective services; collaboration with other agencies; petition for finding of incapacity and appointment of guardian or temporary guardian; petition for appointment of conservator; report; providing copy of report to state department and prosecuting attorney.
Section 400.11c ‑ Confidentiality of identity of person making report; immunity from civil liability; presumption; extent of immunity; abrogation of privileged communication; exception.
Section 400.11d ‑ Availability of writing to public; correction of inaccurate statements; identification of unsubstantiated statements.
Section 400.11f ‑ Certain actions and investigations prohibited; report; interdepartmental agreements; coordinating investigations; agreement establishing criteria.
Section 400.13 ‑ Reciprocal agreements with other states; authorization, exception.
Section 400.14 ‑ Additional powers and duties of department; powers and duties of county social services boards as to general public relief transferred to department; changing eligibility standards and coverages for medical care.
Section 400.14b ‑ Family planning services; notice of availability, contents; referral, drugs and appliances, rules and regulations.
Section 400.14c ‑ Minimum housing standards; establishment, annual review; use of relief grants.
Section 400.14f ‑ Administration of program or performance of duty; contract with private individual or agency.
Section 400.14h ‑ Electronic benefit transfer system; use for food stamp distribution; rescission of rules.
Section 400.14j ‑ Issuance of food assistance benefits; number of times per month.
Section 400.15 ‑ Gifts; acceptance by commission; duties of attorney general.
Section 400.16 ‑ Budget; preparation by commission, submission to governor.
Section 400.17 ‑ Report of program goals and biennial report to governor and legislature; recommendations.
Section 400.18 ‑ Appropriations for general public relief; distribution of moneys to county and district departments; assumption of program costs by state; exclusions; county expenditures and costs; reimbursement of county payments; difference between county's shared revenue and county's costs; supplemental security income and aid to dependent children; general public relief payments.
Section 400.18a ‑ Friend of the court incentive payment program; establishment; activities; subsection (1) inapplicable to certain judicial circuits; annual appropriation.
Section 400.18c ‑ Foster care of children; use of licensed child caring institutions or placement agencies; supervision by county department; standards of care and service; placement of child at least 16 but less than 21 years of age or at least 18 but less than 21 years of age.
Section 400.18d ‑ Foster care of children; county emergency receiving facility for temporary care, standards.
Section 400.18e ‑ State plan for foster care; focus groups; establishment; funds.
Section 400.19 ‑ Powers and duties as to Michigan employment institution for blind; transfer to state department.
Section 400.20 ‑ Powers and duties as to social welfare; transfer to state department.
Section 400.21 ‑ Refusal of access or information to social welfare commission; misdemeanor.
Section 400.24 ‑ Rules; printing of blanks and books of record; eligibility and financial standards for general relief and burial.
Section 400.25 ‑ Application for assistance; form, oath; third party; political or religious affiliations.
Section 400.28 ‑ Old age assistance; amount; aid by persons not responsible for support, effect.
Section 400.32 ‑ Continuation of assistance if person moves or is taken to another county; transfer of records; “resident of state” defined; continued absence from state as abandonment of residence; inapplicability of certain rules; requirements applicable to medical assistance eligibility; residence of husband and wife living separate and apart.
Section 400.36 ‑ County department; compliance with state requirements as to payment of assistance.
Section 400.37 ‑ Application for assistance; investigation, hearing, appeal.
Section 400.38 ‑ Assistance; determination of amount; authorizations; warrants, delivery.
Section 400.39 ‑ Payment of assistance to applicant or recipient; cancellation of assistance checks.
Section 400.41 ‑ Report by recipient on acquisition of property; recommendations of county department.
Section 400.43 ‑ Assistance; periodical review, power to alter or revoke, appeal.
Section 400.43a ‑ Definitions; recovery of overpayments; overpayment as result of criminal act; waiver; report of cost effectiveness.
Section 400.43b ‑ Office of inspector general; establishment as criminal justice agency; duties.
Section 400.44 ‑ Fee for obtaining certain benefits; condition; amount; definitions.
Section 400.45 ‑ 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.
Section 400.46 ‑ 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.
Section 400.47 ‑ 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.
Section 400.48 ‑ Organization of counties into single administrative unit; appointment of director.
Section 400.49 ‑ Director of county or district board; employment; duties; assistants; requirements; compensation and expenses; supplementary salary.
Section 400.50 ‑ County employee; unauthorized transfer of public relief recipient, misdemeanor.
Section 400.51 ‑ County board; executive heads of institutions and assistants, appointment, compensation and expenses.
Section 400.52 ‑ County department; rules and regulations; review, copies, filing; audit of case records; withholding fund.
Section 400.54 ‑ County board; prevention of social disabilities, restoration of individuals to self support.
Section 400.55 ‑ Administration of public welfare program by county department.
Section 400.55a ‑ General assistance; eligibility of applicant; determination; failure of employable person to participate in approved project or to accept employment.
Section 400.56i ‑ Individuals having history of domestic violence; establishment and enforcement of standards and procedures; certification by governor; collection and compilation of data; annual report.
Section 400.57a ‑ Family independence program; establishment and administration; purpose; establishment of certain requirements by department; assistance to certain program groups prohibited.
Section 400.57b ‑ 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 JET program; evaluation and assessment process; contracts; audit.
Section 400.57c ‑ Application for assistance by minor parent; duties of department.
Section 400.57d ‑ Conduct of weekly orientation sessions; development of family self-sufficiency plan; compliance required; penalties; reassessment of recipient's eligibility.
Section 400.57e ‑ Family self-sufficiency plan; execution; development; contents; identification of goals; monitoring compliance with plan.
Section 400.57f ‑ Agreement with Michigan economic development corporation or successor agency; administration of JET program; eligibility; exemptions; temporary exemptions; disabled individual; rules; subsection inapplicable after December 31, 2013.
Section 400.57g ‑ Failure to comply with plan; penalties; “noncompliance” defined; notice; good cause defined; termination of benefits; rules.
Section 400.57i ‑ Rent vendoring program; certification by landlord that requirements met; violation of housing code; termination of participation; eviction prohibited; delinquency or nonpayment of property taxes.
Section 400.57p ‑ Counting certain months toward cumulative total of 48 months; exclusion.
Section 400.57s ‑ Payment of $10.00 per month for 6 months to certain individuals.
Section 400.57v ‑ Automatic teller machines located in casinos; blocking access to cash benefits from Michigan bridge cards.
Section 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.
Section 400.58b ‑ County medical care facility; eligibility for care; state aid recipient; admission of patients; state and federal aid for capital expenditures; special tax.
Section 400.58c ‑ County medical care facility; patients with contagious disease, isolation.
Section 400.59 ‑ Applications for aid, relief or assistance; forms, ascertainment of settlement, charge to county of domicile; temporary relief to persons with no settlement.
Section 400.59a ‑ Return of person to county of residence; deportation to another nation; expense; reimbursement from county of residence.
Section 400.59b ‑ Notification of county of residence; denial of settlement, notice.
Section 400.59c ‑ Domicile and legal settlement cases; appeal, determination by state department.
Section 400.59d ‑ Domicile and legal settlement cases; appeal; insufficient evidence.
Section 400.59e ‑ Domicile and legal settlement cases; notices, evidence, bills for aid; rules and regulations.
Section 400.59f ‑ Joint plan for economic rehabilitation of aid recipient; removal from county of settlement.
Section 400.59g ‑ Joint plan for economic rehabilitation of aid recipient; disagreement, appeal to director.
Section 400.60 ‑ Fraudulent device to obtain relief; liability; misdemeanor; penalty; information to be provided by recipients.
Section 400.60a ‑ Program of computer data matching; development and implementation; report.
Section 400.61 ‑ Violations; penalties; cessation of payments during imprisonment.
Section 400.62 ‑ Relief or assistance; effect of amendment or repeal; no claim for compensation.
Section 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.
Section 400.64 ‑ Application and records considered public records; inspection; public access; 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 aid to deserted or abandoned child.
Section 400.65 ‑ Hearings within county department; rules for procedure; review by board.
Section 400.66 ‑ Finality of decision as to relief or medical care; investigation by department.
Section 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.
Section 400.66b ‑ Hospitalization; application; emergency care, intercounty payments; arbitration of payment disputes.
Section 400.66d ‑ Finality of determination of ineligibility for hospitalization.
Section 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.
Section 400.66g ‑ Expenses of medical or surgical treatment and hospital care of child; reimbursement of health care provider.
Section 400.66h ‑ Hospitalization; consent to surgical operation, medical treatment; first aid.
Section 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.
Section 400.66j ‑ Patient care management system; establishment; certification; procedures; recertification; rates of reimbursement and length of hospital stay; contracts; report; system.
Section 400.66k ‑ Office; creation; purpose; duties; powers; appeals procedure.
Section 400.66l ‑ Guidelines for referrals to substance abuse prevention services or substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services.
Section 400.67 ‑ Relief financed by federal funds; denial or revocation of application, appeal, hearing, investigation; decision.
Section 400.68 ‑ Application by county board for state and federal moneys.
Section 400.68a ‑ County of settlement; itemized statement of relief expense; items of undetermined value.
Section 400.69 ‑ Estimate of funds for social welfare; accounting as to receipts and expenditures; district department of social welfare.
Section 400.70 ‑ Appropriation for expenses by county board of supervisors.
Section 400.71 ‑ Distinction between township, city, and county poor; abolition.
Section 400.73a ‑ County treasurer as custodian of moneys; creation of social welfare fund; deposits; requirements; financial practices.
Section 400.74 ‑ Child care and social welfare funds; disbursement; bond; purchases made locally.
Section 400.76 ‑ Liability of relatives for support; action for reimbursement of county granting aid; duties of prosecuting attorney; reciprocal enforcement.
Section 400.77 ‑ Reimbursement of county for welfare relief; relatives or estate; agreements; hospital care, exception; county employees; collection by counties.
Section 400.77a ‑ Old age assistance, aid to dependent children, welfare relief; inconsequential earnings.
Section 400.78 ‑ Grants and gifts; acceptance by county board; use of funds; duty of prosecuting attorney.
Section 400.79 ‑ Prosecuting attorney; duty to give counsel to board or director.
Section 400.80 ‑ County social welfare board; reports to state department.
Section 400.81 ‑ County board; seal; publication of rules and regulations; records and papers as evidence; body corporate, powers.
Section 400.82 ‑ County board; case examinations, witnesses, attendance and testimony; circuit court enforcement.
Section 400.83 ‑ Obtaining information from financial institution, department of treasury, employment security commission, employer, or former employer; demand or subpoena; definition; computer data matching system; confidentiality.
Section 400.84 ‑ State department; jurisdiction over district and county departments, rules and regulations.
Section 400.85 ‑ County superintendents of poor; transfer of powers and duties to county department of social welfare.
Section 400.90 ‑ Political activity or use of position by officers and employes prohibited; penalty.
Section 400.100 ‑ Retirement system service credits; continuation by employees of city or county department when transferred to state department.
Section 400.101 ‑ Distribution of general relief funds; effective date; state civil service system, membership.
Section 400.102 ‑ Nonduty disability retirement allowance or death benefits; eligibility, conditions.
Section 400.103 ‑ Agreements as to eligibility for supplementary benefits and medical assistance.
Section 400.105 ‑ Program for medical assistance for medically indigent; establishment; administration; responsibility for determination of eligibility; delegation of authority; definitions.
Section 400.105a ‑ Written information setting forth eligibility requirements for participation in program of medical assistance and describing separation of assets and income policy; updating; contents; copies.
Section 400.105b ‑ 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; federal waiver request; conflict with federal statute or regulation prohibited.
Section 400.106 ‑ "Medically indigent individual," "Medicaid contracted health plan," "medical institution," and "Title XVI" defined; notice of legal action; recovery of expenses by state department or medicaid contracted health plan; priority against proceeds.
Section 400.106a ‑ Short title of section; medical assistance to individuals with earned income; establishment of program; limitation; permitted acts; premium; basis; sliding fee scale; waiver; definitions.
Section 400.108 ‑ Medical and dental services to which medically indigent entitled; certification; medicaid.
Section 400.109 ‑ Medical services provided under act; notice and approval of proposed change in method or level of reimbursement; definitions.
Section 400.109a ‑ Abortion as service provided with public funds to welfare recipient; prohibition; exception; policy.
Section 400.109b ‑ Modification of formula for indigent care volume price adjustor.
Section 400.109c ‑ 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 state department and office of services to the aging.
Section 400.109e ‑ Definitions; reimbursement for performance of abortion; prohibition; violation; penalty; enforcement; scope of section.
Section 400.109f ‑ Medicaid-covered specialty services and supports; management and delivery; specialty prepaid health plans.
Section 400.109g ‑ Specialty services panel; creation; purpose; membership; qualifications; terms; vacancy; conflict of interest; advisory capacity; meetings.
Section 400.109h ‑ Prior authorization for certain prescription drugs not required; drugs under contract between department and health maintenance organization; definitions.
Section 400.109i ‑ Locally or regionally based single point of entry agencies for long-term care.
Section 400.109k ‑ Compliance of certain community mental health services programs with MCL 330.1204 and 330.1205.
Section 400.111 ‑ Responsibility for proper handling of medical case; actions authorized to meet medical needs of recipient.
Section 400.111a ‑ 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.
Section 400.111c ‑ Duties of director in carrying out authority conferred by MCL 400.111a(7)(d).
Section 400.111d ‑ Participation as provider subject to denial, suspension, termination, or probation; actions of director; claims precluded; exceptions; consultations; hearing.
Section 400.111f ‑ 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.
Section 400.111g ‑ Prosecution not collaterally estopped or barred by decision or order; hearing; decision.
Section 400.111i ‑ Timely claims processing and payment procedure; external review; report; definitions.
Section 400.111j ‑ 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.
Section 400.112 ‑ Medical services; contract with private agencies as fiscal agents.
Section 400.112a ‑ 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.
Section 400.112c ‑ 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.
Section 400.112g ‑ 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.
Section 400.112i ‑ Use of revenue collected through Michigan Medicaid estate recovery activities; treatment of remaining balances.
Section 400.112k ‑ Applicability of program to certain medical assistance recipients.
Section 400.114 ‑ Office of children and youth services; creation as single purpose entity; duties of office; appointment, duties, and compensation of executive director; rules.
Section 400.115b ‑ 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.
Section 400.115c ‑ Placement of children in family homes; approval or disapproval; information; supervision.
Section 400.115d ‑ Plan for establishment, maintenance, and operation of regional facilities to detain children.
Section 400.115e ‑ Detention home; assumption of administration, operation, and facilities; agreement; state classified service.
Section 400.115g ‑ Support subsidy; payment; requirements; determination of amount; maximum amount; completion of certification process.
Section 400.115h ‑ Medical subsidy; payment; requirements; determination of amount; third party payment; waiver of subsection (2); time of request; payment for treatment of mental or emotional condition.
Section 400.115i ‑ Adoption assistance agreement; medical subsidy agreement; copies; modification or discontinuance; legal status, rights, and responsibilities not affected; report.
Section 400.115j ‑ Adoption assistance; medical subsidy; extension; adoption support subsidy agreements; duration.
Section 400.115l ‑ Child with special needs; agreement for payment of nonrecurring adoption expenses; limitation; signature; filing claims; notice to potential claimants.
Section 400.115m ‑ Pamphlet describing adoption process and adoption assistance and medical subsidy programs; preparation; distribution; contents.
Section 400.115n ‑ Escape of juvenile from facility or residence; notification; definitions.
Section 400.115o ‑ Residential care bed space for juveniles; “appropriate juvenile residential care provider” defined.
Section 400.115p ‑ Local elected official or employee as advisor to juvenile facility; “elected official” and “juvenile facility” defined.
Section 400.115q ‑ Field investigation or home visit; training program; documentation of safety risk; completion with another department employee or law enforcement officer.
Section 400.115r ‑ Interstate compact on adoption and medical assistance; citation of MCL 400.115r and 400.115s.
Section 400.115s ‑ Interstate compacts; authorization; force and effect; contents.
Section 400.116 ‑ 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.
Section 400.117a ‑ Definitions; juvenile justice funding system; rules; distribution of money for cost of juvenile justice services; guidelines; reports; reporting system for reimbursement.
Section 400.117c ‑ 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; applicability of section to county juvenile agency.
Section 400.117d ‑ Allocation of funds to county juvenile justice services program; considerations.
Section 400.117e ‑ 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.
Section 400.118 ‑ Youth advisory commission; creation; appointment, qualifications, terms, and compensation of members.
Section 400.119a ‑ Departments and agencies of executive branch of government; duties.
Section 400.119b ‑ Report by office to governor and legislature; contents; review of effectiveness of office; report and recommendations.
