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Benefit Services

Benefit Services

Michigan Office Of Administrative Hearings And Rules:  Benefits Services Division

The Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules (MOAHR) Benefit Services Division (BSD) holds administrative hearings when decisions related to public health and safety, human services, and state employee benefits made by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and various other Michigan agencies are contested. MOAHR-BSD provides hearings related to Medicaid program eligibility, services and providers; food assistance; cash assistance; and state medical disability assistance. MOAHR-BSD also provides hearings involving adoption subsidy services, expunction from the Michigan Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry, licensing of child and adult facilities, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, the Department of Civil Rights, Municipal Employee Retirement System of Michigan, and the Office of Retirement Services. MOAHR-BSD receives over 60,000 hearing requests per year regarding numerous agency programs.

Benefit Services Division (BSD) Hearings

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Public Assistance MDHHS Medicaid Provider and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Vendor MDHHS Expunction from the Michigan Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry Adoption Subsidy, Title IV-E, and Licensing (Adult and Child Facilities and Foster Care) Michigan Department of Civil Rights Department of Technology, Management and Budget Office of Retirement Services Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity – Rehabilitation Services Search for a Public Assistance Case Decision Forms & Frequently Asked Questions

How to Contact Us

Inquiries about the hearings process for all MOAHR-BSD may be made to the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules Benefit Services Division by contacting us in one of two sections based on the state program involved with your request for hearing. 

If your request for hearing involves Medicaid eligibility, any other public assistance or Adoption Subsidy Services, Expunction from the Michigan Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry, Child Welfare Licensing, or Licensing of Child and Adult Facilities:

Please call 517-335-7519 or 800-648-3397. The fax number is 517-763-0155 (the fax machine limit is 25 pages). If you prefer to write, email your documents to MOAHR-BSD-Support@michigan.gov or send them to: 

MICHIGAN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RULES
BENEFIT SERVICES DIVISION
P.O. BOX 30639
LANSING, MI 48909 

If you are already a Medicaid enrollee, PACE enrollee, or Waiver applicant or if your request for hearing involves the denial, reduction or termination of a Medicaid service by MDHHS or a MDHHS managed-care provider or Michigan Rehabilitation Services, the Department of Civil Rights,  Municipal Employees’ Retirement System, or the Office of Retirement Services:

Please call 517-335-2484 or 800-648-3397. The fax number is 517-763-0146. (The fax machine limit is 25 pages). If you prefer to write, email your documents to LARA-MOAHR-DCH@michigan.gov or send them to: 

MICHIGAN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RULES
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
P.O. BOX 30763
LANSING, MI 48909