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BAM 110 16 of 28 APPLICATION FILING AND REGISTRATION BPB 2025-003 1-1-2025

BRIDGES ADMINISTRATIVE MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

• Improperly uses the group's FAP. The disqualification begins 30 days after the client is notified (see below). Exception: The disqualification does not apply to an SATC or AFC home acting as AR. Report such acts by a facility representative to OIG. Send a MDHHS-176, Client Notice, to the group(s) and the AR, specifying: • The proposed action. • The reason for the proposed action. • The group's right to request a hearing. • The name and telephone number of a local office contact person for more information. WHERE TO APPLY/ PROCESS APPLICATIONS FIP, SDA, RCA and CDC A person may request or apply for assistance electronically or in any local office in Michigan. The application must be processed by a local office serving the county or district where the person lives or is institutionalized. Exceptions: • For SDA and RCA only, an application received online or in the local office must be processed by the local office. • A person who lives in a county participating in the Transparent County Line project may apply and have his/her application processed by any county that is also participating in the Transparent County Line project; see Transparent County Line Project in this item. • For MA only, see BAM 120, MDHHS Coordination. • For MA only, see Transfers: Prohibited Transfers and Transfer Guidelines in BAM 305 Assignment, Reassignment and Transfer for exceptions to transferring cases. • For MA, applications from incarcerated individuals should be processed and maintained in the local office in which the individual lived prior to the incarceration.