5 PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

 

 

ORR # 2002-029 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH

POLICY AND LEGAL AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FAMILY SUPPORT SUBSIDY PROGRAM

Filed with the Secretary of State on

These rules take effect 7 days after filing with the Secretary of State

 

(By authority conferred on the department of community health by section 710g of 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.710g and Executive Reorganization Order No. 1996-1, MCL 330.3101)

 

R 330.1601, and R 330.1656 of the Michigan Administrative Code are amended and R 330.1606 of the Code is rescinded as follows:

 

SUBPART 6. FAMILY SUPPORT SUBSIDY PROGRAM

 

R 330.1601 DefinitionS.

(A)   “AUTISTIC IMPAIRED” MEANS AN ELIGIBLE MINOR WHO IS DETERMINED TO HAVE AN  ELIGIBILITY  CATEGORY  OF  AUTISM  PURSUANT  TO  R  340.1715  AND  WHO  IS RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES IN 1 OF THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM AS SPECIFIED IN R 340.1758(1).   PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH SEVERE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AS SPECIFIED IN R 340.1738.

(iii)      PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH SEVERE MULTIPLE IMPAIRMENTS AS SPECIFIED IN R 340.1748.

(B)   “month MONTH of eligibility" means the month the family member, for whom application has been made, meets the requirements for participation in the program, regardless of the month the eligibility is verified by the community mental health program.

(C)        “SEVERELY MENTALLY IMPAIRED” MEANS AN ELIGIBLE MINOR WHO IS DETERMINED TO HAVE AN ELIGIBILITY CATEGORY OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT PURSUANT TO R 340.1705 AND WHO SHOWS DEVELOPMENT AT A RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 4-1/2 OR MORE STANDARD DEVIATIONS BELOW THE MEAN AS DETERMINED THROUGH INTELLECTUAL ASSESSMENT.

(D)        “SEVERELY MULTIPLY IMPAIRED” MEANS AN ELIGIBLE MINOR WHO IS DETERMINED TO HAVE AN ELIGIBILITY CATEGORY OF SEVERE MULTIPLE IMPAIRMENT PURSUANT TO R 340.1714.

 

R 330.1606 Department of education standards and criteria; adoption by reference. RESCINDED

Rule 1606. The standards and criteria contained in

 

 

R 340.1703, R 340.1714, R 340.1715, R 340.1721a, and

R 340.1758(1)(a) are incorporated by reference in the rules of this subpart and the forms required by  these rules.

 

R 330.1606 RESCINDED.

 

R 330.1656 Verification of income eligibility.

Rule 1656. (1) Verification of income eligibility may be accomplished by UTILIZING 1 OF THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:

(A)   Examination of the taxable income line of the family’s PREVIOUS YEAR Michigan income tax return. s or,

(B)   IF if none A MICHIGAN INCOME TAX FORM WAS NOT FILED, the family’s federal or other state’s PREVIOUS YEAR income tax returns CAN BE USED. or,

(C)    IF if neither, THE INFORMATION SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISIONS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SUBRULE IS NOT AVAILABLE, OTHER evidence of current incomes MAY BE USED AS VERIFICATION from which a projection of family income CAN shall be made.

(D)    FOR A NEW APPLICANT, If if the prior PREVIOUS year’s taxable income of the family WOULD made MAKE the family member ineligible, but THE current year’s taxable income would make the family member eligible, verification of income eligibility shall be accomplished by examination of the evidence of current incomes from which a projection of family income shall be made.

(2)   A FAMILY THAT LOSES ELIGIBILITY FOR THE FAMILY SUPPORT SUBSIDY PROGRAM DUE TO A TAXABLE INCOME OF MORE THAN $60,000.00, SHALL NOT REAPPLY UNTIL 1 YEAR AFTER THE TERMINATION OF THE SUBSIDY.

(3)   A FAMILY IN REPAYMENT STATUS WITH THIS PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO REAPPLY UNTIL ITS DEBT HAS BEEN REPAID.