Updates About Agency Policy Updates

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has asked for public comment on the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant application. Specifically, this grant provides funding to states to improve the health of mothers, infants and children, including children with special health care needs. Title V state action plans address the priority areas including low-risk cesarean delivery, breastfeeding, infant safe sleep, oral health, lead prevention, mental health, and more. The Title V draft FY 2024 application and FY 2022 annual report are available online. MDHHS welcomes comments on the application by 5 p.m., Friday, June 9. Comments can be submitted to MDHHS-MCHBlockGrant@michigan.gov.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued guidance for Medicaid enrollee redetermination in anticipation of the end of the federal public health emergency (PHE).

During the federal COVID-19 PHE, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act required states to continue health care coverage for all Medicaid enrollees, regardless if their eligibility changes. With the end of the federal PHE nearing, Michigan will begin redetermining beneficiaries beginning in June 2023. Redetermination will continue on a monthly basis through May 2024.

Beneficiaries are encouraged to check their renewal dates here.

On Tuesday, July 26, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2022-7 in an effort to reduce crime and gun violence following the passage of the federal Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act designates funding for local and state governments to combat gun violence. Under the executive directive, state departments are required to designate a representative within 30 days to develop a response to gun violence. The state police will be required to improve their processes for reporting criminal, mental health, and juvenile records, as well as establish the Community Violence Intervention Office, which will coordinate grants for agencies involved in community violence intervention programming.

The directive is effective immediately.