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08/25/2010

Parents or caretakers who are identified as not cooperating with child support enforcement activities for children in their care will be receiving a notice and a form they must fill out to prevent child support enforcement penalties, before DHS activates a new computer interface that is expected to impose penalties in a large number of cases
07/16/2010

DHS no longer requires caseworkers to extend the time for providing verification at least once when the applicant or recipient cannot provide the verification despite a reasonable effort
07/15/2010

Under policy effective July 1, 2010, the Department of Human Services will review eligibility under ALL Medicaid eligibility categories before terminating Medicaid
05/05/2010

Medicaid funded nursing home residents whose doctors certify they are likely to remain in the nursing home six months or less can apply for a “Special Director” or “Olmstead” Exception to permit them to divert income to pay necessary expenses to maintain their home rather than using their income for their patient pay obligation to the nursing home. Directions for caseworkers regarding how and when to adjust beneficiaries’ patient pay amounts after an exception has been granted are now included in BEM 100, p. 9, effective May 1, 2010.
04/28/2010

Effective December 19, 2009, the five year bar for food assistance (FAP), Family Independence Program (FIP), SSI and federal Medicaid (MA) eligibility no longer applies to Iraqi and Afghan citizens who entered the U.S. with Special Immigrant Visas rather than as refugees or asylees.
03/16/2010

Medicaid or Adult Medical Program (AMP) must be opened for any applicant claiming U.S. citizenship
01/12/2010

Child care aides and relative providers will have new training requirements and options. Beginning March 7, 2010, new CDC enrollees must complete a 6 hour Orientation in order to be enrolled. Existing child care aides and relative providers must complete the Orientation by September 19, 2010 or they will no longer qualify for CDC payments. Providers who complete additional, optional training will earn an additional 25 cents per hour, up to a maximum of $585 per year.
01/12/2010

DHS is now recovering overpayments cause by Agency error if the overpayment is $125 or more, and the regular DHS caseworker is responsible for recoupment
01/05/2010

DHS has issued policy allowing most FAP interviews to be done by telephone
01/05/2010

When a child care aide or relative care provider is denied enrollment for CDC, DHS will send the aide/provider a copy of any criminal background check matches on which the denial is based
01/05/2010

Michigan’s Secretary of State has issued policy on granting “good cause” fee waivers for individuals unable to pay the $10 fee for a state personal identification card.
01/05/2010

The Department of Human Services (DHS) policy on proof of identity and citizenship for Medicaid does not comply with federal law, and now has been extended to the Adult Medical Program (AMP)
01/05/2010

The Department of Human Services (DHS) now requires a mid-certification contact with (a) all CDC recipients and (b) FIP recipients with earnings
01/05/2010

DHS policies on assigning, distributing, and counting child support are changed for families that begin receiving FIP after September 30, 2009, as required by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
01/05/2010

DHS has revised its policy and procedures on exemptions (deferrals) from Jobs Education Training (JET) requirements for persons with disabilities; policy still has problems
 
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