Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
AGENCY INFORMATION:  
Agency name:  
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Bureau of Community and Health Systems  
Name of person completing this form:  
Tammy Bagby  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-243-9351  
Email of person completing this form:  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Elizabeth Arasim  
RULE SET INFORMATION:  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2023-67 LR  
Title of the proposed rule set:  
Adult Foster Care Large Group Homes  
1. Purpose of the proposed rules and background:  
The Adult Foster Care Large Group Homes administrative rules provide for the licensing regulation of adult foster care  
large group homes.  
The current rule set will be rescinded and recodified into a single new rule set for licensing Adult Foster Care Facilities  
that will comport with today’s practice standards, harmonize them with current federal law and regulations, and to  
reflect the current organization of state licensing functions.  
2. Summary of the proposed rules:  
These rules are 1 of 6 individual Adult Foster Care (AFC) rule sets that are being rescinded and will be replaced by a  
proposed new rule set (Licensing Adult Foster Care Facilities) that includes rules from all 6 sets (see 2023-71 LR).  
3. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and publication  
dates:  
6/12/25 Marquette Mining Journal  
6/17/25 Grand Rapids Press  
6/19/25 Flint Journal  
4. Date of publication of the proposed rules and notice of public hearing in the Michigan Register:  
7/1/2025  
5. Date, time, and location of the public hearing:  
7/8/2025 01:00 PM at G. Mennen Williams Building , 1st Floor Auditorium, 525 W. Ottawa Street Lansing, MI 48933  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR -Page 2  
6. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit analysis  
on its website:  
7. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the public hearing:  
Jay Calewarts, Division Director, Adult Foster Care Licensing, Bureau of Community and Health Systems  
Tammy Bagby, Manager, Bureau of Community and Health Systems, LARA  
8. Persons submitting comments of support:  
No comments of support submitted.  
9. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
No comments of opposition submitted.  
10. Persons submitting other comments:  
No other comments submitted.  
11. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the public  
comment period:  
None.  
12. Date report completed:  
5/7/2026  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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