Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, MI 48909  
Phone: 517-335-8658 Fax: 517-335-9512  
REQUEST FOR RULEMAKING (RFR)  
1. Department:  
Attorney General  
2. Bureau:  
Public Administration Division  
3. Promulgation type:  
Full Process  
4. Title of proposed rule set:  
Financial Exploitation Prevention Act  
5. Rule numbers or rule set range of numbers:  
R14.21 to 14.41  
6. Estimated time frame:  
12 months  
Name of person filling out RFR:  
Jadranko Tomic Bobas  
E-mail of person filling out RFR:  
TomicBobasJ@michigan.gov  
Phone number of person filling out RFR:  
517-335-0857  
Address of person filling out RFR:  
525 West Ottawa St  
7. Describe the general purpose of these rules, including any problems the changes are intended  
to address.  
The purpose of these rules is to proscribe methods for notifying the county prosecutor of  
suspected or detected covered financial exploitation observed by a financial institution, as  
provided in subsection 5(5) and subsection 5(6) of the Financial Exploitation Prevention Act  
(2020 PA 344).  
8. Please cite the specific promulgation authority for the rules (i.e. department director,  
commission, board, etc.).  
Attorney General.  
A. Please list all applicable statutory references (MCLs, Executive Orders, etc.).  
MCL 487.2081, 487.2083, 487.2085, 487.2087, 487.2089, 487.2091.  
B. Are the rules mandated by any applicable constitutional or statutory provision? If so, please  
explain.  
MCL 487.2081, 487.2083, 487.2085, 487.2087, 487.2089, 487.2091.  
9. Please describe the extent to which the rules conflict with or duplicate similar rules,  
compliance requirements, or other standards adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.  
MCL 24.239  
RFR-Page 2  
The proposed rules are new, and will be promulgated pursuant to authority granted the Department  
of Attorney General under the Financial Exploitation Prevention Act (2020 PA 344), referenced  
above. It is not anticipated that the rules conflict with or duplicate similar rules, compliance  
requirements, or other standards adopted at the state, regional or federal level.  
10. Is the subject matter of the rules currently contained in any guideline, handbook, manual,  
instructional bulletin, form with instructions, or operational memoranda?  
No.  
11. Are the rules listed on the department’s annual regulatory plan as rules to be processed  
for the current year?  
No.  
12. Will the proposed rules be promulgated under Section 44 of the Administrative Procedures  
Act, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.244, or under the full rulemaking process?  
Full Process  
13. Please describe the extent to which the rules exceed similar regulations, compliance  
requirements, or other standards adopted at the state, regional, or federal level.  
Broadly, the purpose of FEPA is to require financial institutions to report financial exploitation of  
their members or customers to APS or law enforcement, which was not previously required under  
Michigan law. The purpose of these specific rules is to provide (1) a method for APS or law  
enforcement to notify county prosecutors that they have received a report of suspected or detected  
covered financial exploitation from the financial institution, and (2) for financial institutions to  
notify county prosecutors directly if they are not receiving a response from APS/law enforcement  
that they should receive under the act.  
14. Do the rules incorporate the recommendations received from the public regarding any  
complaints or comments regarding the rules? If yes, please explain.  
No.  
15. If amending an existing rule set, please provide the date of the last evaluation of the rules  
and the degree, if any, to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed  
the regulatory activity covered by the rules since the last evaluation.  
Not applicable, new rules to be added.  
16. Are there any changes or developments since implementation that demonstrate there is no  
continued need for the rules, or any portion of the rules?  
No.  
17. Is there an applicable decision record (as defined in MCL 24.203(6) and required by MCL  
24.239(2))? If so, please attach the decision record.  
No  
MCL 24.239  
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