Michigan Votes Forum

Will this include child placing agencies and residential institutions in the realms of foster care? Allow me to answer this one: No. The reason is if foster care contracted entitites are mandated to be transparent, then they will have to be accountable, which means they would be contractually disbarred...

In essence, this is a wonderful and novel resolution. Now, allow me to expound upon this. The Attorney General has been granted and federally funded the Medicaid Fraud Controll Unit. The state has also augmented the statutory provisions of the Mediaid False Claims Act, under much dismay and limited powers...

As this arrangement is to address the notification of eligibilty for child care subsides, focus should be directed to the core of the statute, and that is to the criminal element for Medicaid fraud. Medicaid fraud in child welfare has been allowed to flourish in the state due to absolute ignorance in...

Will "reasonable efforts" be defined within the scope of this legislation or will it mean that the "Reasonable Efforts" box was checked on the court petition. That is normally all that is done child protective proceedings. Beverly Tran An Original Source

After a bit of checking around, the true purpose of this bill is to prevent the public and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from finding out that the entire process and the existence of the Michigan Children's Institute is illegitimate and to cover up the state's Mediciad fraud...

So the Office of Children's Ombudsman is now, "allowed" to provide to the Legislative Child Fatality Examiner copy of "suspected child abuse and neglect", with redatction, FOR THE PURPOSE OF A REVIEW OF A CHILD'S DEATH. Great. So, the Office of Children's Ombudsman is...

Why is that all state licensed child placing agencies and child welfare facilities are not held to the same standard as proposed in this bill. Why will Michigan not come into federal compliance and hold all state licensed child welfare entities accountable through license revocation, contractual debarment...

SENATE ALTERNATIVE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 32.5 A concurrent resolution to memorialize the President, the Congress, and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to enhance provisions of the final version of federal health care reform legislation that would reinstate Medicaid regulations...

As previously stated: First, Section 7(b)1 must be revised to strike " may " and replace with SHALL . A basic review of county activities, particularly Wayne County, will demonstrate the lack of federal compliance, OMB Circular A-87. So, if a county is not mandated to establish and maintain...

First, Section 7(b)1 must be revised to strike " may " and replace with SHALL . A basic review of county activities, particularly Wayne County, will demonstrate the lack of federal compliance, OMB Circular A-87. So, if a county is not mandated to establish and maintain a database of child fatalities...