Section 400.105 - Program for medical assistance for medically indigent; establishment; administration; responsibility for determination of eligibility; delegation of authority; definitions. - Michigan Statutes

THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 280 of 1939

400.105 Program for medical assistance for medically indigent; establishment; administration; responsibility for determination of eligibility; delegation of authority; definitions.

Sec. 105.

(1) The state department shall establish a program for medical assistance for the medically indigent under title XIX. The director of the state department shall administer the program established by the state department and shall be responsible for determining eligibility under this act. Except as otherwise provided in this act, the director may delegate the authority to perform a function necessary or appropriate for the proper administration of the program.

(2) As used in this section and sections 106 to 112, “peer review advisory committee” means an entity comprising professionals and experts who are selected by the director and nominated by an organization or association or organizations or associations representing a class of providers.

(3) As used in sections 106 to 112, “professionally accepted standards” means those standards developed by peer review advisory committees and professionals and experts with whom the director is required to consult.

(4) As used in this section and sections 106 to 112, “provider” means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, corporation, institution, agency, or other legal entity, who has entered into an agreement of enrollment specified by the director pursuant to section 111b(1)(c).

History: Add. 1966, Act 321, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 289, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 321, Imd. Eff. Dec. 12, 1980
Popular Name: Act 280