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Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66k — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.66k
Office; creation; purpose; duties; powers; appeals procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 66k.

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.

An office created pursuant to subsection (1) shall be notified by health care providers of a patient's status and shall give or deny authorization for treatment on a timely basis. The office also shall review or provide for the review of utilization of services by patients and by health care providers under the patient care management system. An office may contract for the performance of its duties, subject to supervision of the contractor by the office.

An office created pursuant to subsection (1) may do any of the following:

Deny reimbursement to a health care provider for services determined by the office to be medically unnecessary for the treatment of a patient.

Establish and publish medical protocols that permit either or both of the following:

The denial of reimbursement to a health care provider if the services needed by an individual may be provided at another facility under the patient care management system at a lower cost and the patient is physically able to be transferred to that facility.

Reimbursement of the health care provider for the services rendered at the rate of reimbursement for that service at a facility which provides that service at a lower cost.

An office created pursuant to subsection (1) shall implement an appeals procedure for providers of health care who are denied reimbursement, or who receive a lower rate of reimbursement, pursuant to subsection (3).

An office created pursuant to subsection (1) shall develop and implement an appeals procedure for recipients of medical services under a patient care management system, by which a person can appeal the denial to him or her of any or all medical services provided under a patient care management system.

History: Add. 1987, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article II § 1 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article II § 1
Qualifications of electors; residence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 21 years, who has resided in this state six months, and who meets the requirements of local residence provided by law, shall be an elector and qualified to vote in any election except as otherwise provided in this constitution. The legislature shall define residence for voting purposes.

History: Const. 1963, Art. II, § 1, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3406m — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3406m
Access by insured to obstetrician-gynecologist.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3406m.

(1) An insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in this state a health insurance policy that requires an insured to designate a participating primary care provider and provides for annual well-woman examinations and routine obstetrical and gynecologic services shall permit a female insured to access an obstetrician-gynecologist for annual well-woman examinations and routine obstetrical and gynecologic services.

(2) An insurer shall not require prior authorization or referral for access under subsection (1) to an obstetrician-gynecologist who is participating with the insurer. An insurer may require prior authorization or referral for access to a nonparticipating obstetrician-gynecologist.

(3) An insurer shall include a description of the coverage required under this section in a communication sent to the insured or group purchaser of coverage.

History: Add. 1998, Act 402, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.101 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.101
Distribution of general relief funds; effective date; state civil service system, membership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 101.

The distribution of state funds provided in section 18 shall be effective October 1, 1965 and the director and all employees and assistants in counties and cities in which section 23a is not applicable shall become members of the state civil service system on or before July 1, 1967.

History: Add. 1965, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.912 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-218-of-1984 / Section 550.912
Application for certificate of authority; form, verification, and contents; filing notice of modification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

An application for a certificate of authority to operate as a TPA shall be in a form prescribed by the commissioner, shall be verified by an officer or authorized representative of the TPA, and shall include all of the following:

All basic organizational documents of the TPA, such as the articles of incorporation, bylaws, articles of association, trade name certificate, and other similar documents and all amendments to those documents.

The names, addresses, official positions, and professional qualifications of the individuals who are responsible for the conduct of the affairs of the TPA, including all administrative services managers, members of the board of directors, board of trustees, executive committee, or other governing board or committee; the officers and shareholders owning stock representing 10% or more of the voting shares of the TPA in the case of a corporation; and the partners or members in the case of a partnership or association.

A description of the TPA, its services, facilities, and personnel.

A power of attorney duly executed by the TPA if not domiciled in this state, appointing the commissioner, the commissioner's successors in office, and the commissioner's duly authorized deputies as the attorney of the TPA in and for this state, upon whom process in any legal action or proceeding against the TPA on a cause of action arising in this state may be served. The fee for such service shall be $5.00, payable at the time of service.

Recent financial statements showing the third party administrator's assets, liabilities, and sources of financial support sufficient in the opinion of the commissioner, upon the advice of the board, to show financial viability of the third party administrator. If the third party administrator's financial affairs are prepared by independent public accountants, a copy of the most recent regular financial statement shall satisfy this requirement unless the commissioner determines that additional or more recent financial information is required for the proper administration of this act.

Such other information as the commissioner may reasonably require. The commissioner may not demand trade secret information from a TPA.

Within 30 days following any significant modification of information submitted with the application for a certificate of authority, a third party administrator shall file a notice of the modification with the commissioner.

History: 1984, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.16 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-156-of-1851 / Section 46.16
Establishment of new township; designating name, first annual meeting, and electors; powers and duties of electors; conducting business at public meeting; notice and location of first township meetings; rights and terms of township officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

If a county board of commissioners establishes a new township in the county, other than by consolidation as provided in sections 16a to 16j, the board shall designate the name of the township, the time and place of holding the first annual township meeting in the township, and 3 electors of the township, whose duty it shall be to preside at the meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at a township meeting. If 1 of the 3 electors refuses or neglects to serve, the electors of the township present at the meeting may substitute any other elector of the township for each elector who neglects or refuses to serve.

The business that the electors may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting signed by the chairperson or clerk of the county board of commissioners shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976 in 4 of the most public places in the new township, by the persons designated to preside at the meeting or by some person appointed by the county board of commissioners for that purpose, and in each of the townships whose boundaries may have been altered by the erection of the new township, at least 14 days before holding the meeting. The county board of commissioners shall fix the place for holding the first township meetings in the town or towns from which the new township shall be taken.

Nothing in this act shall affect the rights, or abridge or enlarge the term of office, of a township officer in the township. A township officer who resides within the limits of the new township shall continue to be an officer of the new township, until the expiration of the time for which the officer was elected, in the manner as if originally elected in the new township. The terms of office of each township officer elected at the first township meeting shall expire on the first Monday of April after the meeting or as soon as a successor is elected and qualified.

History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851; CL 1857, 350; CL 1871, 482; Am. 1881, Act 27, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881; How. 488; CL 1897, 2489; CL 1915, 2279; CL 1929, 1138; CL 1948, 46.16; Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979; Am. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.60108 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.60108
Michigan geological survey; receipt of money and assets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60108.

The Michigan geological survey may receive money or other assets to implement this part from any of the following:

(a) Funds appropriated by the legislature.

(b) Federal, state, municipal, or private grants.

(c) Any other source approved by the governing institution.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2011, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1545 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-427-of-1984 / Section 38.1545
Annual meeting; selection of members to retirement board; transaction of business; notice of meeting; certification of delegates; conduct of election; nominating procedures; referendum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 45.

The retirement board shall call an annual meeting of the retirement system for the purpose of selecting members of the retirement board and the transaction of such other business as the retirement board determines. Notice of the annual meeting shall be sent to each participating municipality and participating court, by registered mail, at least 30 days before the date of the meeting. Notice of the annual meeting shall be sent to each retiree at least 30 days before the date of the meeting.

The governing body of each participating municipality shall certify the names of 2 delegates to the annual meeting. One delegate shall be a member who is an officer of the participating municipality, selected by the governing body of the participating municipality. The other delegate shall be a member who is not an officer of the participating municipality, elected by the member employees of the participating municipality. The election shall be by secret ballot and shall be conducted by an officer of the participating municipality. The election shall be conducted in a manner that affords each member employee an opportunity to vote.

The chief judge of each participating court shall certify the names of 2 delegates to the annual meeting. One delegate shall be a member who is an officer of the participating court, selected by the chief judge of the participating court. The other delegate shall be a member who is not an officer of the participating court, elected by the member employees of the participating court. The election shall be by secret ballot and shall be conducted by an officer of the participating court. The election shall be conducted in a manner that affords each member employee an opportunity to vote.

The nomination of candidates for election to the retirement board shall be made pursuant to procedures established by the retirement board and adopted by the delegates to an annual meeting of the retirement system. A nomination for the position of officer board member shall be made by a member who is an officer of a participating municipality or of a participating court. A nomination for the position of employee board member shall be made by a member who is not an officer of a participating municipality or of a participating court.

The retirement board shall hold a referendum of the assembled delegates to elect members of the retirement board. The referendum shall be conducted pursuant to procedures established by the retirement board and adopted by the delegates to an annual meeting of the retirement system. An individual elected to the retirement board shall become a member of the retirement board on the January 1 immediately following the referendum.

History: 1984, Act 427, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1985; Am. 1988, Act 500, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988; Am. 1996, Act 220, Eff. Aug. 15, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.41502 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.41502
Saginaw bay; trespassers; prosecution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41502.

A person who has located upon or occupied or in the future locates upon or occupies any part of the lands described in this subpart, except as provided in this subpart, is a trespasser and may be prosecuted as a trespasser upon the public lands in the manner provided by law.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.1009 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-6-of-2022 / Section 565.1009
Financial institution duties and responsibilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) A financial institution is not required to do any of the following:

(a) Designate an account as a first-time home buyer savings account, or designate the qualified beneficiaries of an account, in the financial institution's account contracts or systems or in any other way.

(b) Track the use of money withdrawn from a first-time home buyer savings account.

(c) Allocate funds in a first-time home buyer savings account among joint account holders or multiple qualified beneficiaries.

(d) Report any information to the department that is not otherwise required by law.

(2) A financial institution is not responsible or liable for any of the following:

(a) Determining or ensuring that an account satisfies the requirements to be a first-time home buyer savings account.

(b) Determining or ensuring that funds in a first-time home buyer savings account are used for eligible cost.

(c) Reporting or remitting taxes or penalties related to the use of a first-time home buyer savings account.

(3) Upon being furnished proof of the death of the account holder and any other information required by the contract governing the first-time home buyer savings account, a financial institution shall distribute the principal and accumulated interest or other income in the account in accordance with the terms of the contract governing the account.

History: 2022, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Feb. 9, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5555 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5555
Definitions; L to S.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5555.

(1) "Licensee" means any of the following:

(a) A physician who is licensed or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of medicine under part 170 and who specializes in eye care.

(b) A physician who is licensed or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery under part 175 and who specializes in eye care.

(c) An optometrist who is licensed or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of optometry under part 174.

(2) "Spectacles" means an optical instrument or device worn or used by an individual that has 1 or more lenses designed to correct or enhance vision to address the visual needs of the individual wearer and commonly known as glasses, including spectacles that may be adjusted by the wearer to achieve different types or levels of visual correction or enhancement.

History: Add. 2014, Act 269, Eff. Sept. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.437 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-59-of-1864-Ex-Sess- / Section 570.437
Appeal to supreme court; transcript of record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

Upon such appeal being perfected, it shall be the duty of the clerk to prepare a transcript of the pleadings, and the judgment or decree of the court below, and send up the same with any original depositions taken in the case, within 20 days thereafter.

History: 1864, Ex. Sess., Act 59, Eff. May 7, 1864; CL 1871, 6682; How. 8271; CL 1897, 10824; CL 1915, 14927; CL 1929, 13173; CL 1948, 570.437
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.51306 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.51306
List of qualified foresters; preparation; maintenance; registration; removal; publication on department's website.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51306.

(1) The department shall prepare and maintain a list of qualified foresters in the state.

(2) An individual who wishes to be included on the list of qualified foresters shall submit a registration to the department on a form prepared by the department. The registration form shall include all of the following:

(a) The category of qualified forester for which the individual meets the necessary requirements.

(b) The continuing education required for the individual to maintain his or her status as a qualified forester, including the date on which the continuing education is required to be completed.

(c) A place for an individual to certify with his or her signature that he or she meets the requirements of a qualified forester and is current with any continuing education that is required.

(d) A place to designate whether the individual is submitting a new registration or a renewal of registration.

(3) An individual may update his or her registration at any time by submitting a renewal of registration.

(4) An individual who no longer meets the requirements to be considered a qualified forester shall notify the department in writing, and the department shall remove the individual from the list of qualified foresters.

(5) The department shall publish the list of qualified foresters on the department's website.

History: Add. 2013, Act 45, Imd. Eff. June 6, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.627e — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-238-of-1975 / Section 722.627e
Release of information by director; prohibitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7e.

(1) The director shall not deny a request for specified information under section 7d based upon a desire to shield a lack of or an inappropriate performance by the department.

(2) Regardless of the director's determination that specified information may be released under section 7d, the director shall not release the specified information if 1 or more of the following are true:

(a) The request for release does not include information sufficient to identify the specific case to which the request relates.

(b) An investigation of the report of child abuse or child neglect to which the specified information relates is in progress and the report has not been confirmed or not confirmed.

(c) A hearing is pending under section 7j(6).

(d) There is an ongoing criminal investigation and, as determined by the local prosecuting attorney, release would interfere with the criminal investigation.

(e) The individual who submits the request is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a state, county, or federal correctional facility in this state or in another state.

(f) The child to whom the report or record relates is 18 years of age or older.

History: Add. 1998, Act 428, Eff. Apr. 1, 1999; Am. 2022, Act 66, Eff. Nov. 1, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12195 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12195
Alternative waste disposal systems.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12195.

This article shall not limit the exploration of alternative waste disposal systems in a manner consistent with state and federal law.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1307 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.1307
Trainee license; conditions; transfer; revocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1307.

The department may grant a trainee license to an applicant working for and under the direct supervision of a licensed dealer on the following conditions:

The trainee license shall be valid for a 12-month period. A new trainee license may be issued by the board upon the filing of an application.

The trainee license shall provide that the individual to whom it was issued shall work for and under the direction and supervision of a named licensed hearing aid dealer.

The department may transfer a license of a trainee upon the filing of an application for a transfer.

A trainee license is subject to revocation for the same reasons and in a similar manner as a regular license.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 1988, Act 463, Eff. Sept. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.145 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-121-of-1985 / Section 129.145
Written contract required; uniformity and contents of contract; filing and approval of proposed uniform contract; filing copies of and amendments to uniform contract.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Until the participating county treasurer and the treasurer or other chief fiscal officer of a local unit enter into a written contract regarding the deposit of money in the investment pool, that local unit shall not deposit money in, and the county treasurer shall not accept money from that local unit for deposit in, the investment pool.

The contract shall be as uniform as practicable for all participants in that county. The contract shall include provisions for at least all of the following:

The minimum amount of money which a local unit shall transfer to the investment pool and the minimum period of time for which that money shall remain in the investment pool.

The maximum amount which a participant may withdraw without notice and the minimum notice period required for withdrawals above that amount.

The period for interest earning computations and interest payments.

The procedure for the deposit and withdrawal of money.

The method of distribution to the participants of earnings. The distribution shall be made in a manner that equitably reflects the differing amount of the deposits of each local unit and the differing periods of time for which the amounts were deposited in the investment pool.

The requirements for the county treasurer to furnish each participant periodic statements which specify the deposits, earnings, and withdrawals of the participant.

The terms for termination of the contract.

A county shall file a proposed uniform contract with the department of treasury. A uniform contract shall be approved by the department of treasury. If the department of treasury fails to act within 10 days after the date the proposed uniform contract is filed, the contract shall be considered approved.

A copy of each executed contract and any amendment to the uniform contract shall be filed with the department of treasury.

History: 1985, Act 121, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1985