Michigan Laws 330.1158 – Effect of approval of application; contract; report
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(1) If an application for a family support subsidy is approved by the community mental health services program, all of the following apply:
(a) A family support subsidy shall be paid to the parent or legal guardian on behalf of an eligible minor, and shall be considered a benefit to the eligible minor. An approved subsidy shall be payable as of the first of the next month after the community mental health services program receives the written application.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 330.1158
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
(b) A family support subsidy shall be used to meet the special needs of the family. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subsidy is intended to complement but not supplant public assistance or social service benefits based on economic need, available through governmental programs.
(c) Except as provided in section 160(2), a family support subsidy shall be in an amount equivalent to the monthly maximum supplemental security income payment available in Michigan for an adult recipient living in the household of another, as formulated under federal regulations as of July 1, 1984. Increases to this rate shall be determined annually by legislative appropriation. In addition, the parent or legal guardian of an eligible minor who is in an out-of-home placement at the time of application may receive a 1-time, lump-sum advance payment of twice the monthly family subsidy amount for the purpose of meeting the special needs of the family to prepare for in-home care.
(2) A community mental health services program may contract with the department for services that provide for the payment of family support subsidies through the department.
(3) The parent or legal guardian who receives a family support subsidy shall report, in writing, at least the following information to the community mental health services program:
(a) Not less than annually, a statement that the family support subsidy was used to meet the special needs of the family.
(b) Immediately, the occurrence of any event listed in section 159.
(c) Immediately, if the parent or legal guardian requests termination of the family support subsidy.