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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 181 of 1962 - Board of County Institutions (400.151 - 400.158) › Section 400.155 - Board of Trustees of Tuberculosis Hospital; Transfer of Powers to Board of County Institutions.

400.155 Board of trustees of tuberculosis hospital; transfer of powers to board of county institutions.
Sec. 5.
The powers and duties now vested in the board of trustees of the tuberculosis hospital are hereby transferred to and vested in the board of county institutions of those counties in which the county board of supervisors appoints such a board of county institutions.
History:
1962, Act 181, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 181 of 1962 - Board of County Institutions (400.151 - 400.158) › Section 400.156 - Social Welfare Board; Transfer of Powers as to County Medical Facility to Board of County Institutions.

400.156 Social welfare board; transfer of powers as to county medical facility to board of county institutions.
Sec. 6.
The powers and duties now vested in the social welfare board pertaining to the direction and administration of a county medical facility or county home are hereby transferred to and vested in the board of county institutions of those counties in which the county board of supervisors appoints a board of county institutions.
History:
1962, Act 181, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 181 of 1962 - Board of County Institutions (400.151 - 400.158) › Section 400.157 - Board of County Institutions; Responsibility to Board of Supervisors; Budgets.

400.157 Board of county institutions; responsibility to board of supervisors; budgets.
Sec. 7.
The board of county institutions will be responsible to the board of supervisors for the administration and management of different county institutions placed under the responsibility of the board.
The board of county institutions may not be required, if it operates as a single institution to prepare separate budgets for each hospital or institution, but may prepare 1 budget for the operation of the single institution.
History:
1962, Act 181, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 149, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1968
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 181 of 1962 - Board of County Institutions (400.151 - 400.158) › Section 400.158 - Board of County Institutions; Financial Assistance.

400.158 Board of county institutions; financial assistance.
Sec. 8.
The county board of institutions, if eligible, shall qualify for any grants-in-aid, subsidy or other financial assistance granted by the state or the United States.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 149, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1968
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 43 of 1973 - Food Stamps (400.171 - 400.173) › Section 400.171 - Definitions.

400.171 Definitions.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) "Association" means an association as defined in former section 108 of the savings and loan act of 1980, former 1980 PA 307.
(b) "Department" means the department of human services.
(c) "Food stamps" means the coupons issued pursuant to the food stamp program established under the food stamp act of 1977, 7 USC 2011 to 2036a.
(d) "Institution" means an institution as defined in section 1202 of the banking code of 1999, 1999 PA 276, MCL 487.11202.
(e) "Credit union" means a domestic credit union as that term is defined in section 102 of the credit union act, 2003 PA 215, MCL 490.101 to 490.601.
History:
1973, Act 43, Imd. Eff. July 4, 1973 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 2003 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 450, Eff. Dec. 31, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 43 of 1973 - Food Stamps (400.171 - 400.173) › Section 400.172 - Food Stamps; Handling or Processing by Association, Institution, or Credit Union.

400.172 Food stamps; handling or processing by association, institution, or credit union.
Sec. 2.
An association, institution or credit union may handle or process food stamps upon request of the director of the department.
History:
1973, Act 43, Imd. Eff. July 4, 1973
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 43 of 1973 - Food Stamps (400.171 - 400.173) › Section 400.173 - Rules.

400.173 Rules.
Sec. 3.
The department may promulgate rules in accordance with and subject to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to implement this act.
History:
1973, Act 43, Imd. Eff. July 4, 1973
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 14 of 1959 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution (400.181 - 400.186) › Section 400.181 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution; Transfer of Powers and Duties to Department of Social Welfare.

400.181 Commodities surplus food distribution; transfer of powers and duties to department of social welfare.
Sec. 1.
All powers and duties now vested by law with the department of administration with reference to the commodities surplus food distribution section are hereby transferred to and vested in the state department of social welfare. The commodities food surplus distribution section within the department of administration is hereby abolished and the state department of social welfare shall be vested with full authority, and shall be required to exercise such powers and perform such duties with reference to the commodities surplus food distribution section as have heretofore been vested in, and required to be performed by, the department of administration.
History:
1959, Act 14, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 14 of 1959 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution (400.181 - 400.186) › Section 400.182 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution; Transfer of Staff, Records, Files and Property.

400.182 Commodities surplus food distribution; transfer of staff, records, files and property.
Sec. 2.
All of the staff, records, files and other property including property held in trust belonging to the commodities surplus food distribution section within the department of administration shall be transferred to the department of social welfare and shall be continued as part of the staff, records, files and property of the department of social welfare.
History:
1959, Act 14, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 14 of 1959 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution (400.181 - 400.186) › Section 400.183 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution; Transfer of Hearings and Proceedings; Orders, Rules and Regulations, Continuation.

400.183 Commodities surplus food distribution; transfer of hearings and proceedings; orders, rules and regulations, continuation.
Sec. 3.
All hearings and proceedings of whatever nature now pending before the department of administration with respect to the commodities surplus food distribution section shall not be abated, but shall be transferred to the state department of social welfare, without notice to interested parties, and shall be conducted in the same manner and determined in accordance with the provisions of law concerning such hearings and proceedings. All orders, rules and regulations of the commodities surplus food distribution section shall continue in effect as though the transfer were not made and, to the extent applicable, they shall be binding upon the department of social welfare.
History:
1959, Act 14, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 14 of 1959 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution (400.181 - 400.186) › Section 400.184 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution; Transfer of Appropriations.

400.184 Commodities surplus food distribution; transfer of appropriations.
Sec. 4.
All appropriations and all other funds necessary to carry out the duties, functions and responsibilities of the commodities surplus food distribution section shall be transferred to the state department of social welfare.
History:
1959, Act 14, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 14 of 1959 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution (400.181 - 400.186) › Section 400.185 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution; Services and Functions, Continuation.

400.185 Commodities surplus food distribution; services and functions, continuation.
Sec. 5.
The department of administration and the state department of social welfare shall make all other arrangements as are necessary to provide for the uninterrupted conduct of the services and functions of government as prescribed by this act.
History:
1959, Act 14, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 14 of 1959 - Commodities Surplus Food Distribution (400.181 - 400.186) › Section 400.186 - Effective Date of Act.

400.186 Effective date of act.
Sec. 6.
This act shall take effect on January 1, 1960.
History:
1959, Act 14, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 287 of 1913 - Truman Cobb Fund (400.191 - 400.192) › Section 400.191 - Sale of Certain Land by State Public School; Tract, Description.

400.191 Sale of certain land by state public school; tract, description.
Sec. 1.
The board of control of the state public school is hereby authorized to sell a certain tract of land now owned by the said school, devised to it by one Truman Cobb, and described as follows:
That part of the west half of the northwest quarter of section 23 in town 5 south of range 7 west, Branch county, Michigan, lying north of the Coldwater river, containing 50 acres more or less, subject, however, to rights of flowage; said board of control being authorized to sell said lands either as a whole or subdivided into smaller tracts, whichever, in the judgment of said board, may be most advantageous, and to give a warranty deed or deeds for said tract or tracts.
History:
1913, Act 287, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 1531 ;-- CL 1929, 7955 ;-- CL 1948, 400.191
Compiler's Notes:
The state public school was abolished and replaced by the Michigan children's institute by Act 220 of 1935, being MCL 400.201 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 287 of 1913 - Truman Cobb Fund (400.191 - 400.192) › Section 400.192 - Sale of Certain Land by State Public School; Truman Cobb Fund, Establishment.

400.192 Sale of certain land by state public school; Truman Cobb fund, establishment.
Sec. 2.
The said board of control is hereby authorized to hold the net proceeds derived from such sale or sales in a fund, apart from the other moneys belonging to said school, to be known as the Truman Cobb fund, to be kept invested in first class securities, to be approved by said board of control, and the income to be used by said board of control for the benefit of the wards of said school.
History:
1913, Act 287, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 1532 ;-- CL 1929, 7956 ;-- CL 1948, 400.192
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.201 - Michigan Children's Institute; Creation; Transfer of Records and Property From State Public School.

400.201 Michigan children's institute; creation; transfer of records and property from state public school.
Sec. 1.
That in order the state may more effectively exercise the duty and obligation which it owes to unfortunate children, there is hereby created and established the Michigan children's institute. Such records, papers, equipment and appurtenances as needed from the state public school shall be transferred to the said institute and whenever the name "state public school" appears in any statute of this state it shall be taken and deemed to mean the Michigan children's institute.
History:
1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 400.201
Former Law:
See Act 143 of 1903 and Act 164 of 1931.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.202 - Children's Institute; Control by Social Welfare Commission; Superintendent, Officers and Employees.

400.202 Children's institute; control by social welfare commission; superintendent, officers and employees.
Sec. 2.
The said Michigan children's institute shall be under the control and management of the Michigan social welfare commission, hereinafter referred to as "the commission", whose appointment and duties are provided in Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, being sections 400.1 to 400.90, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and as further expressly provided for in this act. The commission shall appoint the superintendent, and such other officers and employees as it shall deem necessary, who shall severally hold their offices and positions during the pleasure of the commission.
History:
1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1944 ;-- CL 1948, 400.202 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.204 - Michigan Children's Institute; Commitment Order; Transportation; Expense; Communication With Child's Attorney.

400.204 Michigan children's institute; commitment order; transportation; expense; communication with child's attorney.
Sec. 4.
(1) Within 30 days after an order is made committing a child to the superintendent of the Michigan children's institute, the court shall send to the superintendent a certified copy of the petition, the order of disposition in the case, and the report of the physician who examined the child. Upon receipt of the order the superintendent of the Michigan children's institute shall notify the court of the child's placement so that the court may cause the child to be transported to that placement. The expense of the child's transportation shall be audited by the auditor general or a certified public accountant appointed by the auditor general and paid from the general fund in the same manner as the expense of conveying children to other institutions of the state.
(2) During the time a child is committed to the superintendent of the Michigan children's institute, the superintendent and the child's attorney may communicate with each other regarding issues of commitment, placement, and permanency planning; and if the child's attorney has an objection or concern regarding such an issue, the superintendent and the child's attorney shall consult with each other regarding that issue.
History:
1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- Am. 1943, Act 207, Eff. July 30, 1943 ;-- CL 1948, 400.204 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 171, Eff. Mar. 31, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.205 - Committed Children; Placement in Private Home, Investigation, Court Order.

400.205 Committed children; placement in private home, investigation, court order.
Sec. 5.
In case a child has been committed to said institute, and a person in the same county has been found who is willing to take said child into his home under the same conditions as children placed out on agreement, or for adoption from the said institute, the court, county agent, probation officer or any other person representing the court or state in the placement of children may notify the superintendent of said institute, giving the name and the address of the party interested in taking the child into his home; whereupon the superintendent shall order an investigation be made, and if it appears that the home is a suitable one for said child, the child shall be placed and the order of the court entered on the records of the said institute. Upon entering the order of the court on the records of the said institute, the child shall be considered a ward of said institute and may be supervised, or adopted as are other wards of the said institute: Provided, In case the investigation indicates that the child is not eligible for admission to the said institute because of some mental or physical defect, or should not be offered for adoption because of a mental defect in its forbears, or being of unknown parentage and too young to determine its mental and physical development, the superintendent shall so notify the court with reasons thereof and further disposition shall be made by said court.
History:
1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 400.205
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.206 - Committed Children; Temporary Residential Facilities.

400.206 Committed children; temporary residential facilities.
Sec. 6.
The commission shall maintain at Ann Arbor and at such other places as may be made available to the commission, temporary residential facilities for the reception of children sent to the institute under sections 3 or 4 of this act, or for their care between placements in family homes, or for other temporary purposes. Such facilities may include office space for employees of the commission engaged in the maintenance of the facilities or who work in their vicinity.
History:
Add. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
Former Law:
See section 6 of Act 220 of 1935, which was repealed by Act 207 of 1943.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.208 - Committed Children; Return to Home County.

400.208 Committed children; return to home county.
Sec. 8.
The said commission is authorized to return to the counties from which they were sent, the following classes of children:
First, those who have become 16 years of age and who, for any reason, cannot be placed or retained in family homes.
Second, those who by reason of vicious habits or incorrigibility, cannot be placed in or retained in family homes.
Third, those who are of unsound mind or body, or have some physical disability, which prevents their being placed in family homes. Whenever a child shall be ordered by said commission to be returned to a county, as herein provided, the guardianship of the said commission shall cease, and the child thereupon becomes a charge on the county from which it was sent, and the superintendent shall report to the court the reasons thereof, and any other information which may assist the court in a further disposition of the child.
History:
1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 400.208
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.209 - Committed Children; Adoption, Marriage, Guardianship, or Emancipation; Consent by Superintendent; Authorization to Allow Child to Hunt Game; Preliminary Consent Denial Review Process.

400.209 Committed children; adoption, marriage, guardianship, or emancipation; consent by superintendent; authorization to allow child to hunt game; preliminary consent denial review process.
Sec. 9.
(1) The superintendent of the institute or his or her designee is authorized to consent to the adoption, marriage, guardianship, or emancipation of any child who may have been committed to the institute, according to the laws for the adoption, marriage, guardianship as provided in section 19c of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.19c, or emancipation of minors. On such adoption, marriage, guardianship, or emancipation, the child so adopted, married, or emancipated or who has had a guardian appointed under section 19c of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.19c, shall cease to be a ward of the state.
(2) The superintendent of the institute or his or her designee is authorized to allow a child who has been committed to the institute to hunt game as provided in sections 43517 and 43520 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.43517 and 324.43520.
(3) The department shall discontinue the Michigan children's institute preliminary consent denial review process.
History:
1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1944 ;-- CL 1948, 400.209 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 470, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2004 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 30, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2011 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 250, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.210 - Committed Children; Application for Removal From Institute, Procedure; Visitation to Homes.

400.210 Committed children; application for removal from institute, procedure; visitation to homes.
Sec. 10.
Any person desiring to take a child from said institute by agreement or adoption shall apply for that purpose in writing, on such form as said commission shall prescribe, to the superintendent or to the judge of probate of the county in which the applicant resides. The superintendent of said institute shall require an investigation of the home of the applicant upon such forms as the commission shall prescribe. Said commission shall procure 1 or more reports, at least 4 times each year, for each child placed in a home for adoption or on an agreement, either from the county agent, officer of the institute or the person with whom the child is placed, and at such times as the superintendent of said institute may direct.
It shall be the duty of county agents or child welfare workers of the state department of social welfare in their respective counties, to visit the wards of the said institute at such times as they are requested to do so, by said superintendent, and to report on said homes and children to said institute.
History:
1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1944 ;-- CL 1948, 400.210
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.211 - Preservation of Records; Confidentiality.

400.211 Preservation of records; confidentiality.
Sec. 11.
The commission shall preserve in said institute all legal and other papers of importance including reports of investigation of parentage, of family conditions of the children committed to said institute, and also a brief history of each child, showing its name, age, county, former residence, occupations, habits and character, so far as can be ascertained, and the name and residence and occupation of the person who has taken the child by agreement, or for adoption. In any report of any officer of the institute, or any agent of the state department of social welfare or any state or county officer, no names of such children, wards of the state, shall be published. Act No. 142 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, and Act No. 115 of the Public Acts of 1925, being sections 6733 to 6736, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1929 shall not apply to said institute. All records pertaining to any child committed to said institute shall be filed as confidential and shall not be made public thereafter, excepting as the said commission shall authorize, when deemed necessary for the best interest of the child.
History:
1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1944 ;-- CL 1948, 400.211
Compiler's Notes:
Act 142 of 1909, referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 138 of 1958. For provisions of Act 115 of 1925, referred to in this section, see MCL 328.101 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.212 - Repealed. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955.

400.212 Repealed. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section conveyed land for use of Michigan children's village, gave state hospital commission jurisdiction over village, and regulated admissions.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.213 - Construction of Act; Severing Clause.

400.213 Construction of act; severing clause.
Sec. 13.
This bill being remedial in its nature and purposes shall be liberally construed in order to accomplish the beneficial purposes herein sought. Should any clause, paragraph, or section of this bill be declared unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the remainder thereof.
History:
1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 400.213
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.214 - Aiding Child to Escape; Penalty.

400.214 Aiding child to escape; penalty.
Sec. 14.
Any person who shall aid or assist, or entice a child under the control of the said institute to escape from a home in which said child has been placed, or shall aid, entice or assist any such child to leave the state, or shall marry any such child without the consent of the said commission, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 100 dollars and costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in a county jail, or any of the state prisons for a term not exceeding a year, or by both such fine and imprisonment according to the discretion of the court.
History:
1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 400.214
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 220 of 1935 - Michigan Children's Institute (400.201 - 400.216) › Section 400.215, 400.216 - Repealed. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955.

400.215, 400.216 Repealed. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections regulated location of Michigan children's institute, limited acquisition and construction costs, repealed inconsistent acts, abolished name “state public school”, and saved pending proceedings.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › E.R.O. No. 1996-4 - Executive Reorganization Order (400.223 - 400.223) › Section 400.223 - Transfer of Powers and Duties of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (Wic) and Related Management Support Functions to Community Public Health Agency by Type II Transfer; Rescission of Section VII of e.r.o. No. 1996-1.

400.223 Transfer of powers and duties of the special supplemental food program for women, infants and children (WIC) and related management support functions to community public health agency by type II transfer; rescission of section VII of E.R.O. No. 1996-1.
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 1, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 vests the executive power in the Governor; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 empowers the Governor to make changes in the organization of the Executive Branch or in the assignment of functions among its units which he considers necessary for efficient administration; and
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 8, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 provides that each principal department shall be under the supervision of the Governor, unless otherwise provided by the Constitution; and
WHEREAS, Section VII of Executive Order 1996-1 transferred all the authority, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC program) from the Department of Public Health to the Director of the Department of Social Services (now Family Independence Agency), as were all the authority, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the management support functions in the Bureau of Finance and Administrative Services and the Office of Management Support Services for the WIC program; and
WHEREAS, the United States Secretary of Agriculture has notified the state that the federal government has determined that the WIC program can only be administered by a state's public health department.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, John Engler, Governor of the State of Michigan, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 and the laws of the State of Michigan, do hereby order the following:
1. Section VII of Executive Order 1996-1 is hereby rescinded in its entirety.
2. All the authority, powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC program) and of the management support functions for the WIC program in the Bureau of Finance and Administrative Services and the Office of Management Support Services, are hereby transferred to the Community Public Health Agency by a Type II transfer as defined by Section 3 of Act No. 380 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being Section 16.103 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
In fulfillment of the requirement of Article V, Section 2, of the Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963, the provisions of this Executive Order shall become effective 60 days from the filing of this order.
History:
1996, E.R.O. No. 1996-4, Eff. June 3, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Repealed - E.R.O. No. 2004-3 - Executive Reorganization Order (400.225 - 400.225)

EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER
E.R.O. No. 2004-3
400.225 Rescinded. 2004, E.O. No. 2004-37, Eff. Mar. 13, 2005.
Compiler's Notes:
Executive Reorganization Order No. 2004-3 was promulgated Dec. 9, 2004, as Executive Order No. 2004-35, Eff. Mar. 13, 2005. This Executive Reorganization Order was rescinded by Executive Order No. 2004-37, Eff. Mar. 13, 2005.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › E.R.O. No. 2004-4 - Executive Reorganization Order (400.226 - 400.226) › Section 400.226 - Family Independence Agency Renamed to Department of Human Services.

400.226 Family independence agency renamed to department of human services.
WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article V of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 vests the executive power of the State of Michigan in the Governor;
WHEREAS, Section 2 of Article V of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 empowers the Governor to make changes in the organization of the Executive Branch or in the assignment of functions among its units that the Governor considers necessary for efficient administration;
WHEREAS, the Department of Social Services was created as a principal department of state government by Section 450 of the Executive Organization Act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.550;
WHEREAS, the Department of Social Services was renamed the Family Independence Agency by 1995 PA 223, MCL 400.1;
WHEREAS, the Family Independence Agency is the state's public assistance, child, and family welfare agency focused on protecting children and vulnerable adults, delivering juvenile justice services, and providing support to strengthen families and individuals;
WHEREAS, renaming the Family Independence Agency will more effectively communicate its status as a principal department and its mission focused on the provision of social services for families, children, and other Michigan residents in need;
WHEREAS, it is necessary in the interests of efficient administration and effective government to make changes in the organization of the Executive Branch of state government;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan, by virtue of the power and authority vested in the Governor by the Michigan Constitution of 1963 and Michigan law, order:
A. The Family Independence Agency is renamed the Department of Human Services.
B. Any and all statutory references to the Family Independence Agency or the Department of Social Services shall be deemed references to the Department of Human Services.
History:
2004, E.R.O. No. 2004-4, Eff. Mar. 15, 2005
Compiler's Notes:
For creation of department of health and human services and abolishment of department of human services, see E.R.O. No. 2015-1, compiled at MCL 400.227.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 174 of 1971 - Office of Child Support Act (400.231 - 400.240) › Section 400.231a - Short Title.

400.231a Short title.
Sec. 1a.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "office of child support act".
History:
Add. 1985, Act 209, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 174 of 1971 - Office of Child Support Act (400.231 - 400.240) › Section 400.232 - Office of Child Support; Establishment.

400.232 Office of child support; establishment.
Sec. 2.
The office of child support is established in the department.
History:
1971, Act 174, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 1971 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 209, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 112, Eff. June 30, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 174 of 1971 - Office of Child Support Act (400.231 - 400.240) › Section 400.233a - Offset Proceedings Against Tax Refunds; Initiation; Notice; Opportunity to Contest; Reimbursement.

400.233a Offset proceedings against tax refunds; initiation; notice; opportunity to contest; reimbursement.
Sec. 3a.
(1) Upon receipt of a request from the office of the friend of the court under section 24 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.624, or as required by federal regulations adopted under title IV-D, the office of child support shall initiate offset proceedings against the state tax refunds and federal income tax refunds of a parent who is obligated to support a child and who owes past due support.
(2) The office shall send to a parent who is the subject of a request under subsection (1) advance written notice of the proposed offset. The notice shall inform the parent of the opportunity to contest the offset of his or her state income tax refund on the grounds that the offset is not proper because of a mistake of fact concerning the amount of overdue support or the identity of the parent.
(3) The office shall provide for the prompt reimbursement of an amount withheld in error or an amount found to exceed the amount of overdue support.
History:
Add. 1985, Act 209, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1986 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 3, Eff. June 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 112, Eff. June 30, 1998 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 174 of 1971 - Office of Child Support Act (400.231 - 400.240) › Section 400.233b - Child Support Arrearage Amnesty Period; Designation; Terms and Conditions; Administration; Notification.

400.233b Child support arrearage amnesty period; designation; terms and conditions; administration; notification.
Sec. 3b.
(1) The director of the department shall direct the office to designate a period of not less than 90 days that ends not more than 7 months after the effective date of this section as a child support arrearage amnesty period. Under the terms and conditions set forth in subsection (2), the director, or the director's designee, shall grant a payer amnesty, waiving all criminal and civil penalties provided by law for the payer's failure or refusal to pay past due child support. Amnesty granted under this section waives criminal and civil penalties for failure or refusal to pay child support only in regard to the child support arrearage that the payer pays in total to qualify for amnesty.
(2) To qualify for amnesty under this section, a payer shall pay his or her child support arrearage amount either in total with the submission of the written amnesty request or by paying not less than 50% of the total amount with the submission of the written amnesty request and the balance before the amnesty period ends. A payer's amnesty is effective on the date the director, or the director's designee, receives the payer's written amnesty request with the payment of not less than 50% of the total child support arrearage amount. If a payer pays less than 100% of the total child support arrearage amount with the amnesty request, the payer's amnesty terminates at the end of the amnesty period unless the balance is paid before the amnesty period ends.
(3) A payer is not eligible to qualify for amnesty under this section if, before the payer submits the written request for amnesty and a payment as required by subsection (2), 1 or more of the following occur:
(a) Prosecution is initiated against the payer under section 161, 165, or 167(1)(a) or (2) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.161, 750.165, and 750.167.
(b) The payer is arrested on a criminal warrant or bench warrant related to the payer's failure or refusal to pay past due child support.
(4) The office shall administer the amnesty program established by this section. As part of its administrative duties, at least 60 days before the start of the amnesty period, the office shall notify payers who may be eligible for amnesty under this section because they owe a child support arrearage. A description of the amnesty program included in scheduled notices and posted on the department's website is sufficient compliance with this notification requirement.
History:
Add. 2004, Act 564, Eff. June 1, 2005
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 174 of 1971 - Office of Child Support Act (400.231 - 400.240) › Section 400.234b - Obligation or Liability Incurred by Financial Institution.

400.234b Obligation or liability incurred by financial institution.
Sec. 4b.
(1) A financial institution incurs no obligation or liability to a depositor, account holder, or other person or entity arising from the furnishing of a report or information to the office, to an office agent or representative, or to the federal government or its designee under this act or from the failure to disclose to a depositor, account holder, or other person that the name of a person was included in the report or information provided.
(2) A financial institution incurs no obligation or liability to the office or another person or entity for an error or omission made in good faith compliance with this act.
(3) A financial institution incurs no obligation or liability for blocking, freezing, placing a hold upon, surrendering, or otherwise dealing with a person's or entity's financial assets in response to a lien imposed or information provided pursuant to this act.
(4) A financial institution is not obligated to block, freeze, place a hold upon, surrender, or otherwise deal with a person's or entity's financial assets until served with and having a reasonable opportunity to act upon a subpoena, summons, warrant, court order, administrative order, lien, or levy served upon the financial institution in accordance with the laws of this state. A financial institution that surrenders financial assets to the friend of the court in response to a lien imposed under state law is discharged from any obligation or liability to the depositor, account holder, or other person or entity related to the financial assets that are surrendered to the friend of the court.
(5) A financial institution that surrenders financial assets to the friend of the court may assess the account holder a service charge not to exceed 10% of the amount surrendered to the friend of the court. The service charge shall be in addition to any other fee or charge authorized by this act or otherwise not prohibited by law.
History:
Add. 1998, Act 112, Eff. June 30, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 174 of 1971 - Office of Child Support Act (400.231 - 400.240) › Section 400.234c - Conduct by Financial Institution.

400.234c Conduct by financial institution.
Sec. 4c.
This act does not prohibit a financial institution from doing any of the following:
(a) Assessing and collecting fees and other charges from an account holder or depositor including, but not limited to, fees and charges for the maintenance and activities on an account.
(b) Charging back or recouping a deposit to an account.
(c) Setting off a debt owed to the financial institution from an account held by the financial institution.
(d) Exercising a banker's lien on an account held by the financial institution for a debt owed to the financial institution.
(e) Disclosing information received from the office to an employee, agent, or representative of the financial institution or an affiliate of the financial institution for the purpose of complying with this act and otherwise dealing with a customer or account holder of the financial institution or an affiliate of the financial institution.
History:
Add. 1998, Act 112, Eff. June 30, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 174 of 1971 - Office of Child Support Act (400.231 - 400.240) › Section 400.235 - Availability and Purposes of Information.

400.235 Availability and purposes of information.
Sec. 5.
(1) The information obtained by the office shall be available to a governmental department, board, commission, bureau, agency, political subdivision of any state, a court of competent jurisdiction, or the federal government for purposes of administering, enforcing, and complying with state and federal laws governing child support and domestic relations matters. Unless otherwise precluded by state or federal law, the information obtained by the office is also available for purposes specified in 45 CFR 303.21. The office shall not release information regarding the use or payment history of an electronic access or debit card. Information pertaining to this type of account, if needed, shall be obtained from the recipient of support or the recipient's financial institution.
(2) The office shall not release information on an address or other information concerning an adult responsible for a child to another adult responsible for the child if the release is prohibited by a court order or if the office has reason to believe that release of information may result in physical or emotional harm to that adult or to the child. The office shall notify the federal government, and courts and agents of courts, about domestic violence or child abuse under part D of title IV of the social security act, 42 USC 651 to 660 and 663 to 669b.
History:
1971, Act 174, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 1971 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 209, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 112, Eff. June 30, 1998 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 548, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 174 of 1971 - Office of Child Support Act (400.231 - 400.240) › Section 400.236 - State Disbursement Unit; Establishment; Processes and Procedures; Collection; Electronic Disbursement.

400.236 State disbursement unit; establishment; processes and procedures; collection; electronic disbursement.
Sec. 6.
(1) The state disbursement unit is established as the direct responsibility of the office. The SDU shall use automated procedures, electronic processes, and computer-driven technology to the maximum extent feasible, efficient, and economical to receive and disburse support and fees.
(2) The SDU is the single location to which a payer or source of income subject to this section shall send a support or fee payment. The SDU shall disburse a support payment to the recipient of support within 2 business days after the SDU receives the support payment. Not less than twice each calendar month, the SDU shall disburse fees that it receives to the appropriate county treasurer or office of the friend of the court.
(3) If a payer or source of income attempts to make a support or fee payment to the SDU and the payment transaction fails due to nonsufficient funds, the SDU may take actions to collect from the payer or source of income the support or fee payment amount, plus an amount for the expense of those actions.
(4) By not later than 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the SDU shall disburse support electronically, in not fewer than 3 counties in this state, to either the recipient of support's account in a financial institution or to a special account that may be accessed by the recipient of support by an electronic access card. By not later than 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the SDU shall disburse support electronically either to the recipient of support's account in a financial institution or to a special account that may be accessed by the recipient of support by an electronic access card. This subsection does not apply under any of the following circumstances:
(a) If electronic transfer is not feasible to meet federal requirements on the disbursement of child support payments.
(b) If the support payment is from a source that is nonrecurring or that is not expected to continue in a 12-month period.
(c) The recipient of support is a person with a mental or physical disability that imposes a hardship in accessing an electronically transferred payment.
(d) The recipient of support is a person with a language or literacy barrier that imposes a hardship in accessing an electronically transferred payment.
(e) The recipient of support's home and work addresses are more than 30 miles from an automated teller machine and more than 30 miles from a financial institution where funds in the recipient's account may be accessed.
History:
Add. 1999, Act 161, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 548, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 174 of 1971 - Office of Child Support Act (400.231 - 400.240) › Section 400.236a - Repealed. 2009, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010

400.236a Repealed. 2009, Act 238, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010
Popular Name:
The repealed section pertained to child support bench warrant enforcement fund.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 400 - Social Services › Act 174 of 1971 - Office of Child Support Act (400.231 - 400.240) › Section 400.237 - Transition Schedule.

400.237 Transition schedule.
Sec. 7.
(1) The department shall develop a schedule for the transition from receipt and disbursement of support and fees by offices of the friend of the court to centralized receipt and disbursement by the state disbursement unit. The schedule may provide for the transition to take place in stages so that, during the transition period, the SDU is responsible for the receipt and disbursement of the support and fee payments of less than all the payers and recipients of support whose cases are administered by a particular office of the friend of the court. In developing the schedule, the department shall consult with other state agencies and with local agencies.
(2) In accordance with section 9 of the friend of the court act, 1982 PA 294, MCL 552.509, and the transition schedule developed under subsection (1), SDU receipt and disbursement applies to the case of a payer or recipient of support starting on the date specified in a notification to the office of the friend of the court, which administers the case, that the SDU is prepared to receive and disburse support and fees for the case or for a class of cases to which the case belongs. As of the date that SDU receipt and disbursement of support and fees applies to a particular support order, a provision in the order directing support and fees to be paid to an office of the friend of the court shall be considered to direct the payments to the SDU.
History:
Add. 1999, Act 161, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999