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

Withdrawals Requested In- Person at the Meaningful Prehearing Conference All Programs At any time during a meaningful prehearing conference the client or AHR may choose to withdraw his/her request for hearing. If the client has an AHR, the AHR must sign the withdrawal request. The client may not withdraw the hearing request without first providing the department with a written, signed and dated notice stating they wish to revoke the AHR’s authorization to represent the client. The authorization to represent must be revoked by the client before the client signs the hearing request withdrawal. When such a request is made, complete a DHS-18M, Hearing Request Withdrawal In- Person, form. The DHS-18M, Hearing Request Withdrawal In-Person, form is only used when the client or AHR attends the meaningful prehearing conference in-person and chooses to withdraw his/her request for hearing while at the local MDDHS office. This form should never be mailed or given to a client to mail back to MDHHS. Do not send the signed DHS-18M form to MOAHR. Once the form has been completed: • Provide a copy to the client and AHR. • Keep the original in the case record in the hearings packet. • Dispose of the request in Bridges. • Notify the hearings coordinator to dispose of the request on the hearings log. • Notify any MDHHS partners of the withdrawal and disposition. • Close out the request for hearing in this matter and take no further action.

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BAM 600 30 of 50 HEARINGS BPB 2026-014 5-1-2026

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

Withdrawals Requested In- Person at the Meaningful Prehearing Conference All Programs At any time during a meaningful prehearing conference the client or AHR may choose to withdraw his/her request for hearing. If the client has an AHR, the AHR must sign the withdrawal request. The client may not withdraw the hearing request without first providing the department with a written, signed and dated notice stating they wish to revoke the AHR’s authorization to represent the client. The authorization to represent must be revoked by the client before the client signs the hearing request withdrawal. When such a request is made, complete a DHS-18M, Hearing Request Withdrawal In- Person, form. The DHS-18M, Hearing Request Withdrawal In-Person, form is only used when the client or AHR attends the meaningful prehearing conference in-person and chooses to withdraw his/her request for hearing while at the local MDDHS office. This form should never be mailed or given to a client to mail back to MDHHS. Do not send the signed DHS-18M form to MOAHR. Once the form has been completed: • Provide a copy to the client and AHR. • Keep the original in the case record in the hearings packet. • Dispose of the request in Bridges. • Notify the hearings coordinator to dispose of the request on the hearings log. • Notify any MDHHS partners of the withdrawal and disposition. • Close out the request for hearing in this matter and take no further action.