Michigan Compiled Laws — MICHIGAN VETERANS' FACILITY AUTHORITY ACT (Act 560 of 2016)

Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan veterans' facility authority act".

Definitions.

As used in this act: (a) "Authority" means the Michigan veterans' facility authority created under section 3. (b) "Authority board" or "board" means the board of directors of the authority. (c) "Bond" means a bond, note, or other obligation issued by the authority under this act. (d) "Department" means the department o…

Michigan veterans' facility authority; creation; promulgation of rules; exercise of powers and duties; powers as essential governmental function; separate legal entity; operation and staffing.

(1) The Michigan veterans' facility authority is created as a public body corporate and politic within the department. The authority shall be administered under the supervision of the department but shall exercise its prescribed statutory powers, duties, and functions independently of the department as an autonomous en…

(1) The authority shall exercise its duties through a board of directors. (2) The board shall be made up of the following members: (a) Subject to subsection (7), the director of the department. (b) Three members with professional knowledge, skill, or experience in long-term care, health care licensure or finance, or me…

Authority; powers; employees; factors when determining operation and staffing of veterans' facility; duties.

(1) The authority has all of the following powers: (a) To review and revise a system of oversight and governance for Michigan veteran homes, that must include all rules, regulations, and laws necessary for effective management and preserving the health and welfare of veterans and dependents residing at veterans' facili…

Eligibility for admission to veterans' facility; per diem rates; deposit into veterans' facility operation fund; deduction upon death of veteran or dependent; remittance; dismissal for failure to remit payment; definitions.

(1) The following individuals are eligible for admission to a veterans' facility in this state: (a) A veteran eligible for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' health care or financial assistance for long-term nursing or day care. (b) A dependent of a veteran who meets 1 of the following criteria: (i) The…

Appeals board; creation; membership; duties.

(1) An appeals board is created within the authority. The appeals board is responsible for hearing all appeals regarding admissions decisions, involuntary dismissals, and requests for interment at a cemetery maintained and managed by Michigan veteran homes, and any other responsibilities delegated to the appeals board…

Authority; fiduciary oversight; duties related to funds.

(1) The authority shall provide fiduciary oversight, in coordination with the state treasury, for all funds held by Michigan veteran homes on behalf of members residing at each veterans' facility. (2) The authority may receive money held in the post fund and posthumous fund created by former 1905 PA 313, and the vetera…

Determination of public and governmental purpose; exercise of powers as essential governmental function; tax exemption; restrictions on use of bond proceeds.

(1) It is determined that the creation of the authority and the carrying out of its authorized duties is in all respects a public and governmental purpose for the benefit of the people of this state and for the improvement of their health, safety, welfare, comfort, and security, and that these purposes are public purpo…

Issuance of bonds.

(1) The authority shall have power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue bonds in the principal amount or amounts and with the maturities as the authority shall determine to be necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving its authorized purposes. The department of treasury shall provide technical e…

Investment in bonds.

Notwithstanding any restriction contained in any other law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, this state and all political subdivisions of this state, their officers, boards, commissioners, departments or other agencies, governmental pension funds, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, b…

Dissolution of authority; conditions; disposition of property, funds, and assets.

The authority may be dissolved by act of the legislature on condition that the authority has no debts or obligations outstanding or that provision has been made for the payment or retirement of all debts or obligations. Upon any such dissolution of the authority, all property, funds, and assets of the authority shall b…

Construction of act.

This act and all powers granted hereby shall be liberally construed to effectuate its intent and their purposes, without implied limitations on the powers of the authority, the state budget director, and the state treasurer. This act shall constitute full, complete, and additional authority for all things that are cont…

Report; supplemental report; audits.

(1) The authority shall annually file a written report on its activities of the immediately preceding year with the governor, each house of the legislature, and the chairperson of the appropriations subcommittee of each house of the legislature that has jurisdiction over military and veterans' affairs. This report shal…

Quarterly reports.

(1) No later than January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, the Michigan veteran homes on behalf of the authority, or a successor entity, shall submit a quarterly report in writing to the governor, the senate and house committees on veterans affairs, and the senate and house appropriations subcommittees f…