DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FIELD
OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION ECONOMIC STABILITY ADMINISTRATION
STATE DISABILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Filed with the secretary of state on
These rules become effective 7 days after filing with the secretary of state.
(By authority conferred on the department of health and human services by section 6 of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.6)
R 400.3155 of the Michigan Administrative Code is amended, as follows:
R 400.3155 Applications for assistance.
Rule 5. (1) Any person, regardless of age, may apply for assistance for
himself or herself. With the group's permission, a person who is more than
18 years of age or older may be authorized to represent, and
apply on behalf of, the group.
(2) An applicant may submit an application in person, by mail, telephone, or electronically. The department must receive the original, signed application before benefits are approved.
(3) A person shall complete a department application form when first applying for assistance benefits and when eligibility is redetermined.
(4) If an application contains the minimum information established by the
department, including the signature of the client or authorized representative,
then the department shall must accept and register the
application as soon as it is filed.
(5) Upon receipt of an incomplete application, department staff shall give or
send a client an appropriate form that identifies the information needed to
render the application complete and shall specify a due date by which the information
must be provided. Eligibility shall must be denied, or an ongoing
assistance case shall must be terminated, if an application
remains incomplete. An incomplete application is valid through the last day of
the month after the month of denial or termination and may be updated during
that period.
(6)
As part of the application and redetermination process, the department may conduct
an official, confidential interview with a client, another responsible
applicant group member, or an authorized representative. An interview shall
must be conducted in a department local office during normal weekday
office hours or by telephone. The department may conduct an interview
in the group’s home if the client is physically unable to come to the office
and if the group has no one else to help or to come to the office on its
behalf.