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BAM 600 4 of 50 HEARINGS BPB 2026-014 5-1-2026

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

A DHS-1216-AP, Request for Attorney General Representation, must be completed if a client will be represented by an attorney at the hearing. Submit the DHS-1216-AP form to the Bureau of Legal Affairs (BLA) at MDHHS-AGrepresentation-AP@michigan.gov at the earliest of: • The date that the DHS-3050, Hearing Summary, is sent to MOAHR, or • Within 24-hours of learning an attorney will be representing the client, where the DHS-3050 has already been sent to MOAHR. The Bureau of Legal Affairs (BLA) will review the request for appropriateness and completeness, and if approved, BLA will forward the DHS-1216-AP to the Office of the Attorney General for assignment. The Attorney General’s Office requires a two-week notice prior to the date of the hearing. If there is less than two weeks’ notice, make a request for adjournment to M0AHR for the purpose of arranging legal representation; see Request for Adjournment in this item. Make a request for representation even if a hearing date is not received. Adjournment is putting off a scheduled administrative hearing until a later date. Note: Request attorney general representation using the process in this item if it is beneficial to the department to have attorney general representation for example, a complex issue in dispute; client representation by a third-party organization, etc. Communication with Assigned Assistant Attorney General Direct all routine communications to the assigned assistant attorney general (AAG), not to MOAHR. This directive does not pertain to communications that only MOAHR can address. (For example, dismissal of a case when a client requests to withdraw a request subsequent to the meaningful prehearing conference.) Under no circumstances should any local office or policy unit send an email to the AG-HEFS mailbox. That email address is only for the BLA requests for representation and the email notice from the attorney general of the assignment of an AAG. Any other communication to that mailbox will cause confusion and delay in obtaining the representation of the MDHHS by the attorney general’s office. Any communication about a case prior to the