Michigan Compiled Laws 280-1939-state-department-of-soc State Department Of Social Services (400.1...400.21)

• Section 400.1 Family Independence Agency; Creation; Powers And Duties; Director, Assistants, And Employees; Rules; Successor To Juvenile Institute Commission; Other References.
  (1) A department of state government is created that shall be known and designated as the family independence agency, and that shall possess the...
• Section 400.1a Social Welfare Act; Short Title.
  This act shall be known and may be cited as “The social welfare act”. History: Add. 1943, Act 85, Eff. July 30, 1943 ;--...
• Section 400.1b Annual Appropriation Act As Time-limited Addendum; Inclusion Of Program Not As Entitlement.
  (1) This act shall be read in conjunction with the annual appropriation act appropriating funds for the department for each fiscal year. The annual...
• Section 400.1c Compensation Of Certain Employees Injured During Course Of Employment As Result Of Assault By Recipient Of Social Services.
  (1) A person employed by the department of social services at the W.J. Maxey campus in Whitmore lake or any of its affiliated facilities,...
• Section 400.2 Michigan Social Welfare Commission; Powers And Duties; Appointment, Terms, And Qualifications Of Members; Governor As Ex Officio Member; Oath; Removal; Vacancies; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice; Quorum; Meetings; Failure To Attend Meetings; Designation Of Chairperson And Vice-chairperson; Compensation And Expenses; Availability Of Writings To Public.
  (1) The administration of the powers and duties of the state department shall be vested in a commission of 5 members which commission shall...
• Section 400.3 Family Independence Agency; Director; Appointment; Salary; Expenses; Intent As To References.
  (1) The director of the family independence agency shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall...
• Section 400.3a Advisory Committee; Establishment; Appointment Of Members; Recommendations From County Social Services Boards And County Social Services Association; Advising On Statutes And Policies.
  (1) There is established an advisory committee to the state department consisting of 10 members appointed by the Michigan county social services association in...
• Section 400.4 Executive Heads Of State Institutions; Appointment; Employees, Salaries And Expenses.
  The commission shall appoint the executive heads of all state institutions and facilities under the supervision of the state department, and such assistants and...
• Section 400.5 Divisions Within State Department Of Social Welfare; Creation, Abolition.
  The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to create or abolish divisions within the state department for the economic and efficient administration of the...
• Section 400.5a Adverse Action Against Child Placing Agency Prohibited; Basis.
  In accordance with section 23g of chapter X of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 710.23g, and sections 14e and 14f...
• Section 400.6 Rules, Regulations, And Policies; Appointment And Duties Of Bipartisan Task Force Of Legislators; Applicability Of Subsection (2) To Enrolled Medicaid Providers.
  (1) The family independence agency may promulgate all rules necessary or desirable for the administration of programs under this act. Rules shall be promulgated...
• Section 400.7 Rules And Regulations; Publication, Seal, Certified Copies As Evidence; Body Corporate, Powers.
  The commission may devise a seal, and the rules and regulations of the commission may be published over the seal of the commission. Copies...
• Section 400.8 Witnesses; Compelled Attendance, Oaths; Jurisdiction Of Courts.
  Any member of the commission or the director may issue a subpoena requiring any person to appear and be examined with reference to any...
• Section 400.9 Rules For Conduct Of Hearings; Procedure; Hearing Authority; Powers And Duties; Review; Representation Of Department; Compliance With Open Meetings Act.
  (1) Pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to...
• Section 400.10 Administration Of Social Security Act And Food Stamp Act; Cooperation With Federal, State, And Local Governments; Reports; Welfare And Relief Problems; Plan For Distribution And Allotment Of Federal Moneys; Rules; Agreements; Assuring Federal Approval.
  The family independence agency is designated as the state agency to cooperate with the federal government in the administration of the social security act,...
• Section 400.10a Disclosure Of Certain Recipients To Law Enforcement Agency; Federal Approval; Definitions.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, and subject to subsection (2), the department shall disclose the address of a recipient, applicant, or...
• Section 400.10b Individual Subject To Felony Charge; Eligibility For Public Assistance; Federal Approval; Review By Department.
  (1) Subject to subsection (2) and except as provided in subsection (4), the department shall not grant public assistance under this act to an...
• Section 400.10c Automated Program; Development And Implementation; Comparison Of List Of Individuals Receiving Public Assistance With Information Regarding Outstanding Felony Or Extradition Warrants; Access To Address Information; Report; "Extradition Warrant" Defined.
  (1) The department of technology, management, and budget shall work with the department and the department of state police to develop and implement an...
• Section 400.10d Determination Of Financial Eligibility For Family Independence Program Or Food Assistance Program; Application Of Asset Test.
  For the purposes of determining financial eligibility for the family independence program or the food assistance program administered under this act, the department shall...
• Section 400.10e Determination Of Financial Eligibility For Family Independence Program And Food Assistance Program; Inclusion Of Money Received From Lottery Or Gambling Winnings.
  Money received from lottery winnings or other gambling winnings shall be included when determining financial eligibility for the family independence program and the food...
• Section 400.10e[1] Repealed. 2013, Act 41, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2013.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to performance of incarceration match to determine eligibility for bridge card.Popular Name: Act 280
• Section 400.10f Performance Of Monthly Incarceration Match To Determine Eligibility For Bridge Card; Issuance Prohibited Or Terminated; Performance Of Monthly Match To Determine If Recipient Is Deceased.
  (1) The department shall perform an incarceration match monthly to obtain information to assist in determining eligibility based on incarceration status. (2) If the...
• Section 400.10g. Added Determination Of Financial Eligibility; Money Associated With Designated Beneficiary's Able Savings Account; "Able Savings Account", "Designated Beneficiary", And "Qualified Disability Expenses" Defined.
  400.10g.added Determination of financial eligibility; money associated with designated beneficiary's ABLE savings account; "ABLE savings account", "designated beneficiary", and "qualified disability expenses" defined.Sec. 10g. (1)...
• Section 400.11 Definitions.
  As used in this section and sections 11a to 11f: (a) “Abuse” means harm or threatened harm to an adult's health or welfare caused...
• Section 400.11a Reporting Abuse, Neglect, Or Exploitation Of Adult; Oral Report; Contents Of Written Report; Reporting Criminal Activity; Construction Of Section.
  (1) A person who is employed, licensed, registered, or certified to provide health care, educational, social welfare, mental health, or other human services; an...
• Section 400.11b Investigation; Purpose; Basis; Providing Licensee With Substance Of Allegations; Response To Allegations; Cooperation Of Local Law Enforcement Officers; Investigation Not To Be In Place Of Investigation Of Suspected Criminal Conduct; Scope Of Investigation; In-person Interview; Search Warrant; Availability Of Protective Services; Collaboration With Other Agencies; Petition For Finding Of Incapacity And Appointment Of Guardian Or Temporary Guardian; Petition For Appointment Of Conservator; Report; Providing Copy Of Report To State Department And Prosecuting Attorney.
  (1) Within 24 hours after receiving a report made or information obtained under section 11a, the county department shall commence an investigation to determine...
• Section 400.11c Confidentiality Of Identity Of Person Making Report; Immunity From Civil Liability; Presumption; Extent Of Immunity; Abrogation Of Privileged Communication; Exception.
  (1) The identity of a person making a report under section 11a or 11b shall be confidential, subject only to disclosure with the consent...
• Section 400.11d Availability Of Writing To Public; Correction Of Inaccurate Statements; Identification Of Unsubstantiated Statements.
  (1) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the state department in the performance of its duties under this...
• Section 400.11e Failure To Make Report; Liability; Disposition Of Fine.
  (1) A person required to make a report pursuant to section 11a who fails to do so is liable civilly for the damages proximately...
• Section 400.11f Certain Actions And Investigations Prohibited; Report; Interdepartmental Agreements; Coordinating Investigations; Agreement Establishing Criteria.
  (1) The state department shall not take any action pursuant to sections 11 to 11e in the case of a person who is residing...
• Section 400.12 Transfer Of Funds.
  All funds in the hands of the state treasurer or on deposit to the credit of any of the departments, boards, commissions and offices...
• Section 400.13 Reciprocal Agreements With Other States; Authorization, Exception.
  The commission is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the attorney general, to enter into reciprocal agreements with corresponding state agencies of other...
• Section 400.14 Additional Powers And Duties Of Department; Powers And Duties Of County Social Services Boards As To General Public Relief Transferred To Department; Changing Eligibility Standards And Coverages For Medical Care.
  (1) The state department has all of the following additional powers and duties: (a) To allocate and distribute to the county and district departments...
• Section 400.14a State Department; Camps, Purposes.
  The state department shall be authorized to operate camps for the furnishing of relief and medical care to homeless and unattached persons. History: Add....
• Section 400.14b Family Planning Services; Notice Of Availability, Contents; Referral, Drugs And Appliances, Rules And Regulations.
  The director, and under his supervision, county, city and district departments of social welfare, may provide written or oral notice to recipients of public...
• Section 400.14c Minimum Housing Standards; Establishment, Annual Review; Use Of Relief Grants.
  The state department shall establish minimum housing standards for the maintenance of health and decency which shall be not less than those required by...
• Section 400.14e Federal Food Stamps; Distribution By Mail; Rules.
  The department, within 60 days after the effective date of this section, may establish a system for distribution by mail of federal food stamps...
• Section 400.14f Administration Of Program Or Performance Of Duty; Contract With Private Individual Or Agency.
  Subject to section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963, the family independence agency may contract with a private individual or...
• Section 400.14g Pilot Projects.
  In order to achieve more efficient and effective use of funds for public assistance, to reduce dependency, or to improve the living conditions and...
• Section 400.14h Electronic Benefit Transfer System; Use For Food Stamp Distribution; Rescission Of Rules.
  (1) The family independence agency shall use an electronic benefit transfer system for food stamp distribution. (2) To the extent that rules or parts...
• Section 400.14i Repealed. 2011, Act 240, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 2011.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to applicability of MCL 400.56f(3)(c), (e), and (f) and 400.57g(4), (5), (6), and (7).
• Section 400.14j Issuance Of Food Assistance Benefits; Number Of Times Per Month.
  (1) If the department determines that an individual is eligible for food assistance benefits of $100.00 per month or more, the department shall issue...
• Section 400.14l Replacement Cost Of Electronic Benefits Transfer Card.
  A recipient shall not be charged for the replacement cost of an electronic benefits transfer card the first time the card is replaced. A...
• Section 400.15 Gifts; Acceptance By Commission; Duties Of Attorney General.
  The commission may receive on behalf of the state of Michigan any grant, devise, bequest, donation, gift, or assignment of money, bonds, or choses...
• Section 400.16 Budget; Preparation By Commission, Submission To Governor.
  The commission shall prepare and submit to the governor or budget director the estimated needs and costs to operate the state department, including the...
• Section 400.17 Report Of Program Goals And Biennial Report To Governor And Legislature; Recommendations.
  (1) The family independence agency shall establish program goals consistent with section 57a and shall report these goals to the governor and the legislature...
• Section 400.18 Appropriations For General Public Relief; Distribution Of Moneys To County And District Departments; Assumption Of Program Costs By State; Exclusions; County Expenditures And Costs; Reimbursement Of County Payments; Difference Between County's Shared Revenue And County's Costs; Supplemental Security Income And Aid To Dependent Children; General Public Relief Payments.
  (1) The state department shall provide for the distribution of such moneys as shall be appropriated by the legislature for public welfare grants in...
• Section 400.18a Friend Of The Court Incentive Payment Program; Establishment; Activities; Subsection (1) Inapplicable To Certain Judicial Circuits; Annual Appropriation.
  (1) A friend of the court incentive payment program is established in the state department. Except as provided in subsection (2), the program shall...
• Section 400.18b Repealed. 1975, Act 280, Eff. Jan. 1, 1976.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to distribution of moneys for foster care of children.Popular Name: Act 280
• Section 400.18c Foster Care Of Children; Use Of Licensed Child Caring Institutions Or Placement Agencies; Supervision By County Department; Standards Of Care And Service; Placement Of Child At Least 16 But Less Than 21 Years Of Age Or At Least 18 But Less Than 21 Years Of Age.
  (1) Foster care financed by a county department shall be provided by the use of licensed child caring institutions or placement agencies, in accordance...
• Section 400.18d Foster Care Of Children; County Emergency Receiving Facility For Temporary Care, Standards.
  The county department of social welfare, upon authorization of the county board of supervisors, may operate an emergency receiving facility for the temporary care...
• Section 400.18e State Plan For Foster Care; Focus Groups; Establishment; Funds.
  (1) The family independence agency shall establish and administer a state plan for foster care according to the provisions of part E of title...
• Section 400.19 Powers And Duties As To Michigan Employment Institution For Blind; Transfer To State Department.
  The powers and duties vested by law in the board of corrections and charities and transferred to the state welfare commission, in the state...
• Section 400.20 Powers And Duties As To Social Welfare; Transfer To State Department.
  All of the powers and duties prescribed in any law of this state with respect to any subject matter vested in the state department...
• Section 400.21 Refusal Of Access Or Information To Social Welfare Commission; Misdemeanor.
  Any officer, superintendent or employe of any institution, home, hospital, or other facility subject to inspection under the provisions of this act, who shall...

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