Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules

611 W. Ottawa Street

Lansing, MI 48909

Phone: 517-335-8658 Fax: 517-335-9512

AGENCY REPORT TO THE

JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)

1. Agency Information

Agency name:

Health and Human Services

Division/Bureau/Office:

Children's Services Agency

Name of person completing this form:

Mary Brennan

Phone number of person completing this form:

517-284-4850

E-mail of person completing this form:

BrennanM@michigan.gov

Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:

Mary Brennan

2. Rule Set Information

MOAHR assigned rule set number:

2019-46 HS

Title of proposed rule set:

Child Care Fund

3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:

Rules have not been updated since 1987. In 2017-20018, legislative changes were made to the

statutory sections addressing the child care fund, specifically, MCL 400.117a through 400.117h. The

rules have been amended to align with statutory changes or rescinded to remove obsolete language.

4. Summary of proposed rules:

The child care fund rules have not been updated since 1987. In 2017-2018, legislative changes were

made to the statutory sections addressing the child care fund, specifically, MCL 400.117a through

400.117h. The rules have been amended to align with statutory changes or rescinded to remove

obsolete language.

5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and

publication dates:

Marquette Mining Journal, December 24, 2019; Oakland Press, December 13, 2019; Battle Creek

Enquirer, December 12, 2019.

MCL 24.242 and 24.245

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6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:

1/15/2020

7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:

1/22/2020 09:00 AM at MDHHS Grand Tower Building-Room 1D , 235 S. Grand Avenue, Lansing,

Michigan 48909

8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit

analysis on its website:

https://dtmb.state.mi.us/ARS_Public/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=51

9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:

Wendy Campau, Director; Theodore Jay, State Administrative Manager 15; Mary E. Brennan,

Regulatory Affairs Officer

10. Persons submitting comments of support:

None

11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:

None

12. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the