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

System records. Do not reduce an overissuance balance for any of the following reasons: • A court released the person from probation and waived restitution. • A court (probation officer) indicated an amount was worked off (for example, in community service). Exception: For FAP only, reduce an overissuance by the amount the person worked off after a court has ordered and verified the activity. Issue supplemental FAP benefits if the total repaid and worked off exceeds the overissuance. Do not enter an overissuance payment for the amount worked off. Payment Consolidation Changing an overissuance amount or closing an overissuance event will cause Benefit Recovery System to redistribute any pay- ments that were made to the overissuance event. Overissuance Transfer Bridges automatically transfers an overissuance to another case number when a liable individual is currently active for the same pro- gram in which the overissuance occurred. COLLECTIONS ON ACTIVE PROGRAMS Overissuances on active programs are repaid by: • Lump-sum cash payments. • Monthly cash payments such as when court-ordered or processed by AG. • Administrative recoupment (benefit reduction). Note: For FIP, SDA and FAP the client may repay any part of the overissuance with electronic benefit transfer (EBT) benefits. The electronic benefit transfer benefits cannot cross programs. The client may pay on a FIP overissuance with FIP benefits and/or FAP overissuance with FAP benefits. The local office will accept and provide receipt for payment.

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BAM 725 5 of 18 COLLECTION ACTIONS BPB 2026-014 5-1-2026

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

System records. Do not reduce an overissuance balance for any of the following reasons: • A court released the person from probation and waived restitution. • A court (probation officer) indicated an amount was worked off (for example, in community service). Exception: For FAP only, reduce an overissuance by the amount the person worked off after a court has ordered and verified the activity. Issue supplemental FAP benefits if the total repaid and worked off exceeds the overissuance. Do not enter an overissuance payment for the amount worked off. Payment Consolidation Changing an overissuance amount or closing an overissuance event will cause Benefit Recovery System to redistribute any pay- ments that were made to the overissuance event. Overissuance Transfer Bridges automatically transfers an overissuance to another case number when a liable individual is currently active for the same pro- gram in which the overissuance occurred. COLLECTIONS ON ACTIVE PROGRAMS Overissuances on active programs are repaid by: • Lump-sum cash payments. • Monthly cash payments such as when court-ordered or processed by AG. • Administrative recoupment (benefit reduction). Note: For FIP, SDA and FAP the client may repay any part of the overissuance with electronic benefit transfer (EBT) benefits. The electronic benefit transfer benefits cannot cross programs. The client may pay on a FIP overissuance with FIP benefits and/or FAP overissuance with FAP benefits. The local office will accept and provide receipt for payment.