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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.57v - Automatic Teller Machines Located in Casinos, Casino Enterprises, Liquor Stores, or Adult Entertainment Establishments; Blocking Access to Cash Benefits From Michigan Bridge Cards; Definitions.

400.57v Automatic teller machines located in casinos, casino enterprises, liquor stores, or adult entertainment establishments; blocking access to cash benefits from Michigan bridge cards; definitions.
Sec. 57v.
(1) The department shall work with providers of automated teller machine services to create and implement a program or method of blocking access to cash benefits from Michigan bridge cards through point of sale devices and automated teller machines located in casinos, casino enterprises, liquor stores, or adult entertainment establishments.
(2) If the department requires a federal waiver to implement the provisions of this section, the department shall apply immediately upon enactment of this section for that federal waiver.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Adult entertainment establishment" means any of the following:
(i) An on-premises licensee that holds a topless activity permit described in section 916(3) of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1916.
(ii) Any other retail establishment that provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment.
(b) "Alcoholic liquor" means that term as defined in section 105 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1105.
(c) Subject to subsection (4), "casino" and "casino enterprise" mean those terms as defined in section 2 of the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.202.
(d) "Gaming" means that term as defined in section 2 of the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.202.
(e) "Liquor store" means a retailer as that term is defined in section 111 of the Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58, MCL 436.1111, that is exclusively or primarily engaged in the sale of alcoholic liquor. For the purpose of this section only, a retailer does not include a retail food store.
(f) "Retail food store" means that term as defined in 7 USC 2012.
(4) As used in this section, the terms casino and casino enterprise do not include any of the following:
(a) A grocery store that sells groceries, including staple foods, and is located in a casino or a casino enterprise.
(b) Any other business establishment that offers gaming that is incidental to the principal purpose of that establishment.
History:
Add. 2012, Act 197, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2012 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 194, Eff. Feb. 1, 2014
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.57y - 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.

400.57y 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.
Sec. 57y.
(1) The department shall establish and administer a program of suspicion-based substance abuse screening and testing for family independence program applicants and recipients as described in this section and section 57z.
(2) Subject to state appropriation, the department shall, in accordance with section 14g, administer a suspicion-based substance abuse screening and testing pilot program for family independence program applicants and recipients in 3 or more counties in this state. The department shall determine which 3 or more counties shall begin the initial administration of the suspicion-based substance abuse screening and testing required in this subsection.
(3) Upon initial application and at annual redetermination, the department shall screen family independence program applicants and recipients for suspicion of substance abuse using an empirically validated substance abuse screening tool.
(4) If the results of the substance abuse screening gives the department a reasonable suspicion to believe that the applicant or recipient has engaged in the use of a controlled substance, the applicant or recipient is required to take a substance abuse test.
(5) If the applicant or recipient refuses to take a substance abuse test, he or she is ineligible for family independence program assistance, but may reapply after 6 months. If the applicant or recipient reapplies for family independence program assistance, he or she must test negative for use of a controlled substance.
(6) If the applicant or recipient tests negative for use of a controlled substance, the cost of administering the substance abuse test to him or her shall be paid for by the department.
History:
Add. 2014, Act 394, Eff. Mar. 31, 2015
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.58a - County Medical Care Facility; Admittance.

400.58a County medical care facility; admittance.
Sec. 58a.
Only those persons may be admitted to the county medical care facility who require the individualized medical care, treatment and supervision provided by the facility and who do not require major surgery, treatment for psychosis, treatment for tuberculosis, contagious disease or other specialized hospital care. The facility is designed to care especially for persons, otherwise eligible for admission, who are 65 years of age or older, including persons who evidence the general manifestations of senility without the presence of a psychosis and the need of treatment therefor; or who, being of lesser age, are blind, chronically ill or disabled: Provided, That the provisions of this amendatory act with respect to special medical or surgical treatment shall not apply to those counties where such medical or surgical treatment is being provided on the effective date of this act.
History:
Add. 1954, Act 125, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.58c - County Medical Care Facility; Patients With Contagious Disease, Isolation.

400.58c County medical care facility; patients with contagious disease, isolation.
Sec. 58c.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, patients suffering from contagious diseases may be admitted to any county medical care facility where the facility is constructed or operated with the approval of the state department of social welfare and is able to provide an isolated area for such care approved by the state health commissioner.
History:
Add. 1961, Act 176, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › 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.

400.59 Applications for aid, relief or assistance; forms, ascertainment of settlement, charge to county of domicile; temporary relief to persons with no settlement.
Sec. 59.
All applications for aid, relief or assistance provided under this act shall be made to the county department of social welfare in such manner and upon such forms as may be prescribed by the state department. When any person applies for or requires public aid as a poor person under this act other than hospitalization or those forms of aid financed in whole or in part by federal funds, the county department shall ascertain the legal settlement and domicile of the person. The county department shall ascertain the settlement and domicile of other persons when requested by the county health department or by the state health commissioner. Except as otherwise provided in this act, general relief granted to persons with a legal settlement in this state may be charged to the county of domicile. The sending of notices, billings and appeals in respect to charges to the county of domicile, shall be made in accordance with regulations of the commission. Wherever in this act a chargeback or return to the county or city of "settlement" or "legal settlement" is authorized a chargeback or return to the county or city of "domicile" shall be deemed to be intended. Hospitals, jails, nursing homes, convalescent homes, homes for the aged and prisons are not places of domicile. General relief and hospitalization granted to persons who, while receiving assistance under this act, move into a county to receive care in a home for the aged, convalescent home or other institution shall be a charge against the county of their domicile just prior to the move regardless of other provisions of this act and even though domicile in the home for the aged or other institutions is intended. Temporary relief granted to persons with no settlement in this state shall be at the expense of the county where found. In the case of persons illegally brought or induced to come into the county, necessary relief shall be a charge against the county where they were living when transported or induced to move.
History:
1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 400.59 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 292, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1965
Popular Name:
Act 280
Admin Rule:
R 400.1 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.59a - Return of Person to County of Residence; Deportation to Another Nation; Expense; Reimbursement From County of Residence.

400.59a Return of person to county of residence; deportation to another nation; expense; reimbursement from county of residence.
Sec. 59a.
The county or city department of social welfare, as part of its general relief program, may provide funds and necessary attendants for the return of a person to his place of residence as authorized in section 55, or to a new place of residence under the conditions of sections 59 or 59f. State or county funds shall not be used for the return of a person to another nation who may be deported under federal law.
If the probable place of legal settlement is in Michigan and the probable place of domicile is in some other county of this state, the county department where application for aid was made, within 60 calendar days following the application, shall give notice and necessary information in writing to the county department of the county of probable domicile on forms prescribed for that purpose by the state department. If it appears that domicile may lie in any 1 of 2 or more counties notices shall be sent to all such counties. If the notice is not given to the county of probable domicile within 60 days following the application for aid, the county granting relief to the applicant shall have no claim whatsoever irrespective of any other provisions of this act, for reimbursement for the relief granted the applicant prior to 60 calendar days preceding the date the notice is given to the county of probable domicile.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 292, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1965
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.59b - Notification of County of Residence; Denial of Settlement, Notice.

400.59b Notification of county of residence; denial of settlement, notice.
Sec. 59b.
Counties receiving notices shall acknowledge their receipt and within 60 calendar days thereafter shall make an investigation of the case and acknowledge that settlement lies in Michigan and domicile within the county or present to the county department granting relief detailed evidence, together with and supporting a denial of the settlement or domicile or both. If the county department receiving a denial is not satisfied with the evidence supporting it, appeal may be made to the director of the state department. If the notice of denial is not given to the county department granting relief within 60 calendar days after the county of probable domicile receives notice, the county department granting relief, irrespective of any other provisions of this act, shall be reimbursed by the county receiving the notice for all relief granted the applicant prior to the date the notice of denial is given. In the case of 2 or more counties having received notices under section 59a and none having acknowledged settlement and domicile, the failure to acknowledge may be treated as a denial for the purpose of an appeal to the director.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 292, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.59c - Domicile and Legal Settlement Cases; Appeal, Determination by State Department.

400.59c Domicile and legal settlement cases; appeal, determination by state department.
Sec. 59c.
Upon receiving an appeal, the director shall set a time and place for a hearing and designate an employee of the state department to serve as referee at the hearing. If the appealing county waives its right to a personal appearance at the hearing, the notice to the denying county shall so state and the denying county shall decide whether or not to do likewise. If it so decides, the designated referee shall advise the director of the department as to his findings in respect to settlement and domicile from written evidence submitted by the contending counties.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 292, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.59d - Domicile and Legal Settlement Cases; Appeal; Insufficient Evidence.

400.59d Domicile and legal settlement cases; appeal; insufficient evidence.
Sec. 59d.
The decision of the director may be in favor of either of the contending counties or that domicile lies in neither of the counties or that settlement does not lie in this state or that there is insufficient evidence on which to make a finding of settlement. The decision of the director shall be final. If the decision is that there is insufficient evidence for a determination, all the proceedings of both counties shall be set aside and the county granting relief may proceed anew as if no notice had been sent under sections 59a and 59b.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 292, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.59e - Domicile and Legal Settlement Cases; Notices, Evidence, Bills for Aid; Rules and Regulations.

400.59e Domicile and legal settlement cases; notices, evidence, bills for aid; rules and regulations.
Sec. 59e.
The state department shall make suitable rules and regulations governing the sending and form of notices and evidence in domicile and legal settlement cases, and the sending of bills for aid granted as provided in section 68a of this act, to insure prompt and economical administration of the accounting for and collection of the aid granted. When settlement is found in this state and the county of domicile is finally determined by the director of the state department to be some county other than the initiating county, the county of domicile shall be charged for all aid granted in accordance with law by the county department where application was made during the 1 year preceding the date of determination.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 292, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.59f - Joint Plan for Economic Rehabilitation of Aid Recipient; Removal From County of Settlement.

400.59f Joint plan for economic rehabilitation of aid recipient; removal from county of settlement.
Sec. 59f.
The county department of the county of domicile or the county department granting aid may request joint planning with another county department if it appears to the requesting county that the person receiving aid should remove to or remain in the other county. The joint plan shall consider the relative possibilities of economic rehabilitation of the person in each of the 2 counties but if these appear approximately equal, the departments shall consult the wishes of the person. If, as the result of the joint planning, the 2 county departments determine that a person should be removed, the plan shall be presented to the person who will be informed that as soon as a suitable living arrangement can be made in the other county, he will be removed. If he declines to accept the plan, aid shall not be continued. He may re-apply for aid after 30 days.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 292, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.59g - Joint Plan for Economic Rehabilitation of Aid Recipient; Disagreement, Appeal to Director.

400.59g Joint plan for economic rehabilitation of aid recipient; disagreement, appeal to director.
Sec. 59g.
(1) If the 2 counties concerned find themselves unable to agree on a joint plan, either may appeal to the director of the state department to make a determination of which plan is most in the public interest in the case. The director shall have the same power and shall proceed to act on such appeals in the same manner as on appeals under sections 59c, 59d and 59e of this act.
(2) If the plan so determined provides that the person shall continue to live in the county granting relief, the relief shall be granted at the expense of that county.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 292, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.60a - Program of Computer Data Matching; Development and Implementation; Report.

400.60a Program of computer data matching; development and implementation; report.
Sec. 60a.
(1) The department shall develop and implement a program of computer data matching by which the department shall compare its computer records concerning applicants for, and recipients of, assistance under this act with the computer records of financial institutions, to determine if the applicants or recipients have assets or income in excess of the eligibility limits established by the state department for assistance under this act.
(2) Not later than May 1, 1986, the state department shall report to the chairpersons of the house and senate committees primarily responsible for legislation concerning social services and the chairpersons of the house and senate appropriations committees. The report shall describe the state department's implementation of this section and shall include a summary of the results of the computer data matching program.
History:
Add. 1985, Act 140, Imd. Eff. Oct. 28, 1985
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.61 - Violations; Penalties; Cessation of Payments During Imprisonment.

400.61 Violations; penalties; cessation of payments during imprisonment.
Sec. 61.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a person who violates this act for which a penalty is not specifically provided is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced as provided in the laws of this state. If a person receiving aid, relief, or assistance is convicted of an offense under this act, or of another crime or offense and punished by imprisonment for 1 month or longer, the county board may direct that payments for aid, relief, or assistance under this act shall cease and shall not be made during the period of that person's imprisonment.
(2) A member of the Michigan social welfare commission, a county social services board, or the parole and review board who intentionally violates section 2(3), 46(2), or 121(2), shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.
(3) If the Michigan social welfare commission, a county department of social services, a county social services board, district department of social welfare, district social welfare board, or the parole and review board arbitrarily and capriciously violates section 2(6), 45(6), 46(6), or 64(3) the commission, department, or board shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976.
History:
1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 400.61 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1978
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.62 - Relief or Assistance; Effect of Amendment or Repeal; No Claim for Compensation.

400.62 Relief or assistance; effect of amendment or repeal; no claim for compensation.
Sec. 62.
All aid and relief granted under this act shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act that may hereafter be passed, and no recipient thereof shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his aid or relief being affected in any way by any amending or repealing act.
History:
1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 400.62
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › 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.

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.
Sec. 63.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), all aid, relief, or assistance given under this act is absolutely inalienable by any assignment, sale, garnishment, execution, or otherwise, and in the event of bankruptcy, shall not pass to or through any trustee or other person acting on behalf of creditors.
(2) To the extent allowed by law, if a judgment is entered against a recipient for damages arising from the recipient's breach of an oral or written lease agreement for rental housing and the judgment creditor submits a certified copy of the judgment to the department, the department shall deduct up to 10% of each cash grant for which the department determines the recipient is eligible and convey that amount to the judgment creditor until the judgment is satisfied. This subsection applies only to a lease agreement for property that has not been found to be in violation of an applicable housing code by a state or local agency authorized to enforce housing laws. This subsection does not create a cause of action against the department for damages caused by a recipient's breach of a lease agreement.
(3) If a federal waiver is necessary to implement subsection (2), the department shall promptly seek the waiver. In the absence of a necessary waiver, the department shall apply this section only to recipients of assistance programs financed entirely by state or local revenues.
(4) The judgment creditor shall pay a $1.00 processing fee to the department for each payment made under subsection (2). The department may deduct the processing fee from each payment made to the judgment creditor.
(5) The department shall include in its biennial report required under section 17 the number of cases and the dollar amounts deducted under subsection (2). The report shall include statewide totals and information broken down by county.
(6) As used in this section, "recipient" means an individual receiving direct cash assistance under this act.
History:
1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 400.63 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 235, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.63a - Contract Awards to Specific Organizations.

400.63a Contract awards to specific organizations.
Sec. 63a.
The family independence agency shall not award contracts to specific organizations that have not been competitively bid unless the award is permissible under state contracting procedures.
History:
Add. 1995, Act 223, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.65 - Hearings Within County Department; Rules for Procedure; Review by Board.

400.65 Hearings within county department; rules for procedure; review by board.
Sec. 65.
The board shall prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of hearings within the county department, and provide adequate procedure for a fair hearing of appeals and complaints by any applicant for or recipient of aid, relief, or assistance under the jurisdiction of the board. Such hearing may be conducted by the director or by any agent designated by him, but shall be subject to a review by the board, upon filing of a request in writing.
History:
1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 400.65 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1965
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.66 - Finality of Decision as to Relief or Medical Care; Investigation by Department.

400.66 Finality of decision as to relief or medical care; investigation by department.
Sec. 66.
As to those forms of relief which are in no part financed by state or federal funds, the decision of the county or district department of social services as to the denial, granting, form, and amount of that relief shall be final, except as provided in section 66i. In a county that establishes a patient care management system under section 66j, the decision of the county as to the denial, granting, form, and amount of medical care shall be final. This section does not prevent the state department from making investigations, collecting statistics, and otherwise gaining information concerning the administration of welfare in any county or district as the state department considers advisable.
History:
1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 400.66 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 195, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1962 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1965 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 237, Eff. Dec. 1, 1975 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 216, Eff. Oct. 1, 1980 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › 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.

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.
Sec. 66a.
The county social welfare boards shall make provision for hospitalization which is necessary and not more advantageously provided to the recipient under other law or provided under other sections of this act for every person found in their respective counties under rules of financial eligibility established by the boards and shall be reimbursed 100% by the state for the monthly net cost of the hospitalization for nonresidents of the state. The county department, in its discretion, may direct that the patient be conveyed to the university hospital at Ann Arbor or any other hospital for hospitalization. As used in this act, "hospitalization" means medical, surgical, or obstetrical care in the university hospital or in a hospital licensed under article 17 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, being sections 333.20101 to 333.22190 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, together with necessary drugs, x-rays, physical therapy, prosthesis, transportation, and nursing care incidental to the medical, surgical, or obstetrical care, but shall not include medical care as defined in section 55. Before a patient shall be admitted except in an emergency, to any hospital other than the university hospital, a definite agreement, statement, or schedule of charges, expenses, and fees to be received by the hospital and physicians or surgeons performing necessary services under this act shall be filed with the county department of the county in which the hospital is located and approved by the county department, except as provided for in section 66i. The hospital shall, at the conclusion of the treatment, make a report of the treatment and an itemized statement of the expenses of the treatment to the county department which issued the order, but charges for special nurses shall not be made without the consent of the county social welfare director. The expenses for sending the patient home or to other institutions after being discharged from the hospital may be paid by the hospital and charged in the regular bill for maintenance unless different instructions have been received from the county department which issued the order for admission.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1957 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 321, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 216, Eff. Oct. 1, 1980
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.66b - Hospitalization; Application; Emergency Care, Intercounty Payments; Arbitration of Payment Disputes.

400.66b Hospitalization; application; emergency care, intercounty payments; arbitration of payment disputes.
Sec. 66b.
The county social welfare board shall require the county department to act promptly on all applications for hospitalization and shall provide for retroactive authorizations for emergency care in accordance with rules which the board shall establish including one defining "emergency". When the person hospitalized in an emergency is found to be eligible for hospitalization at public expense under section 66a of this act and is found to be a transient in the county with a domicile elsewhere in the state, the county in which his domicile is located shall be responsible for the cost of hospitalization to the county department which has authorized the care. When a patient is taken without authorization in an emergency across a county line to a hospital in a county other than the county of domicile of the patient, the county department in which the emergency occurred shall be responsible, in accordance with its own rules governing emergency care, to the hospital for the expense of the emergency care subject to reimbursement by the county of domicile as provided by this section. The state department shall provide rules governing intercounty payments and shall arbitrate and decide disputes arising thereunder.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1957
Popular Name:
Act 280
Admin Rule:
R 400.1 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.66c - Hospitalization; Reimbursement of County Expense.

400.66c Hospitalization; reimbursement of county expense.
Sec. 66c.
The county department shall enter into an agreement signed by the patient or a legally responsible relative or guardian for reimbursement of the net cost to the county in furnishing such hospitalization: Provided, That such an agreement between the patient and the county department shall be deemed to be in existence in respect to an emergency hospitalization. The spouse, parent and adult child or any such patient being of sufficient ability shall be jointly and severally liable to the county department for the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the county in furnishing such hospitalization to the extent that such expenses are not reimbursed from another source. Such liability may be enforced in an action at law.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1957
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.66d - Finality of Determination of Ineligibility for Hospitalization.

400.66d Finality of determination of ineligibility for hospitalization.
Sec. 66d.
The determination that a person is ineligible for hospitalization under section 66a or 66j made by the county responsible for care shall be final.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1957 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 321, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › 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.

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.
Sec. 66e.
The admitting officer of the university hospital, upon receiving a patient with an authorization issued by a county department of social services under this act, may provide a bed in the hospital and designate the clinic of the hospital to which such person shall be assigned for treatment. The physician or surgeon in charge of the patient shall proceed with proper care to perform such operation and bestow such treatment upon the patient as in his judgment shall be necessary. No compensation shall be charged or received by the admitting officer, or by the medical faculty or by the physician, surgeon or nurses of the university hospital who shall treat and care for the patients, other than the salaries received by them provided by the board of regents of the university. If any such patient has medical or surgical insurance coverage the university hospital may then charge for the service of its medical and surgical staff in amounts not to exceed the amounts available from such insurance coverage. The superintendent shall make and file with the county board of social services an affidavit containing so far as possible an itemized statement of all expenses of hospitalization incurred at said hospital in care of patients admitted under this act in accordance with the usual rates therefor fixed by the regents of the university. He shall also make reports at suitable intervals to the county department which issued the order, stating the condition of the patient and the expense incurred. No county shall be liable for expenses incurred after the expiration date of the order of the county department unless a new order is obtained.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1957 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 146, Imd. Eff. Nov. 12, 1971
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.66f - Repealed. 1971, Act 146, Imd. Eff. Nov. 12, 1971.

400.66f Repealed. 1971, Act 146, Imd. Eff. Nov. 12, 1971.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to payments for county patients.
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.66g - Expenses of Medical or Surgical Treatment and Hospital Care of Child; Reimbursement of Health Care Provider.

400.66g Expenses of medical or surgical treatment and hospital care of child; reimbursement of health care provider.
Sec. 66g.
The expenses of the medical or surgical treatment and hospital care of any child born in the hospital of any woman sent to a hospital under this act, as long as it is considered necessary and proper in the judgment of the hospital physicians to keep the child in the hospital, shall be included in the expense as provided in this act, unless the child is eligible for hospitalization under this act or some other law of this state. A health care provider shall not be granted reimbursement for hospitalization or continued hospitalization of a person under this act unless in the judgment of the admitting or attendant physician there is a reasonable probability of the person being benefited by such hospitalization. This section does not prevent reimbursement from being denied or reduced as provided in section 66k.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1957 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 321, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.66h - Hospitalization; Consent to Surgical Operation, Medical Treatment; First Aid.

400.66h Hospitalization; consent to surgical operation, medical treatment; first aid.
Sec. 66h.
Nothing in this act shall be construed as empowering any physician or surgeon, or any officer or representative of the state or county departments of social welfare, in carrying out the provisions of this act, to compel any person, either child or adult, to undergo a surgical operation, or to accept any form of medical treatment contrary to the wishes of said person. If the person for whom surgical or medical treatment is recommended is not of sound mind, or is not in a condition to make decisions for himself, the written consent of such person's nearest relative, or legally appointed guardian, or person standing in loco parentis, shall be secured before such medical or surgical treatment is given. This provision is not intended to prevent temporary first aid from being given in case of an accident or sudden acute illness where the consent of those concerned cannot be immediately obtained.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1957
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.66k - Office; Creation; Purpose; Duties; Powers; Appeals Procedure.

400.66k Office; creation; purpose; duties; powers; appeals procedure.
Sec. 66k.
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) An office created pursuant to subsection (1) may do any of the following:
(a) Deny reimbursement to a health care provider for services determined by the office to be medically unnecessary for the treatment of a patient.
(b) Establish and publish medical protocols that permit either or both of the following:
(i) 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.
(ii) 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.
(4) 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).
(5) 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
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.66l - Guidelines for Referrals to Substance Abuse Prevention Services or Substance Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Services.

400.66l Guidelines for referrals to substance abuse prevention services or substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services.
Sec. 66l.
(1) A county that operates a patient care management system shall develop guidelines for referring to appropriate substance abuse prevention services or substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services an individual whose need for medical care, in whole or in part, is caused by substance abuse.
(2) As used in this section, "substance abuse", "substance abuse prevention services", and "substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services" mean those terms as defined in section 6107 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.6107 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
Add. 1987, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.66m - Invoices for Reimbursement.

400.66m Invoices for reimbursement.
Sec. 66m.
In a county operating a patient care management system, health care providers shall submit invoices for reimbursement to the office established by the county under section 66k in a manner prescribed by the office. An invoice that is approved for payment by an office shall be paid not later than 60 days after the invoice is received by the office, unless a different time period is established by contract between a health care provider and the county as part of a patient care management system.
History:
Add. 1987, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Popular Name:
Act 280
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122) › 280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - County Department of Social Services (400.45...400.122) › Section 400.67 - Relief Financed by Federal Funds; Denial or Revocation of Application, Appeal, Hearing, Investigation; Decision.

400.67 Relief financed by federal funds; denial or revocation of application, appeal, hearing, investigation; decision.
Sec. 67.
If any application for aid financed in whole or in part by federal funds is not acted upon by the county department of social welfare within a reasonable time after the filing of the application, or is denied or revoked, in whole or in part, the applicant may appeal to the state department in the manner and form prescribed by the state department and an opportunity for a fair hearing shall be granted by said department as provided in section 9. The state department may also, upon its own motion, review any decision of a county department of social welfare, and may consider any such application upon which a decision has not been made by the county department of social welfare within a reasonable time. The state department may make such additional investigation as it may deem necessary, and shall make such decision as to the granting of aid financed in whole or in part by federal funds and the amount thereof to be granted the applicant as in its opinion is justified and in conformity with the laws of this state. In such cases the decisions of the state department shall be binding upon the county department of social welfare involved and shall be complied with by such county department.
History:
1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 400.67 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 95, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1965
Popular Name:
Act 280
Admin Rule:
R 400.1 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.