Sec. 20173b.

(1) An individual who has been disqualified from or denied employment by a health facility or agency that is a nursing home, county medical care facility, hospice, hospital that provides swing bed services, home for the aged, or home health agency or by a psychiatric facility or other facility defined in 42 USC 1396d(d) based on a criminal history check conducted pursuant to section 20173 or 20173a or pursuant to section 134a of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1134a, respectively, may appeal to the department if he or she believes that the criminal history report is inaccurate, and the appeal shall be conducted as a contested case hearing pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969. The individual shall file the appeal with the director of the department within 15 business days after receiving the written report of the criminal history check unless the conviction contained in the criminal history report is one that may be expunged or set aside. If an individual has been disqualified or denied employment based on a conviction that may be expunged or set aside, then he or she shall file the appeal on a form provided by the department within 15 business days after a court order granting or denying his or her application to expunge or set aside that conviction is granted. If the order is granted and the conviction is expunged or set aside, then the individual shall not be disqualified or denied employment based solely on that conviction. The director shall review the appeal and issue a written decision within 30 business days after receiving the appeal. The decision of the director is final.

(2) Beginning February 17, 2007 and each year thereafter for the next 3 years, the department shall provide the legislature with a written report regarding the appeals process implemented under this section for employees subject to criminal history checks. The report shall include, but is not limited to, for the immediately preceding year the number of applications for appeal received, the number of inaccuracies found and appeals granted with regard to the criminal history checks conducted under section 20173a, the average number of days necessary to complete the appeals process for each appeal, and the number of appeals rejected without a hearing and a brief explanation of the denial.

(3) As used in this section, "business day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or any legal holiday.

History: Add. 2006, Act 28, Imd. Eff. Feb. 17, 2006 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 66, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2014 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 28 of 2006 provides:"Enacting section 1. (1) Section 20173 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20173, is repealed effective April 1, 2006."(2) Section 20173a of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20173a, as added by this amendatory act, takes effect April 1, 2006, since the department has secured the necessary federal approval to utilize federal funds to reimburse those facilities for the costs incurred for requesting a national criminal history check to be conducted by the federal bureau of investigation and the department has filed written notice of that approval with the secretary of state. The department shall issue a medicaid policy bulletin regarding the payment and reimbursement for the criminal history checks by April 1, 2006."(3) Section 20173b of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20173b, as added by this amendatory act, takes effect the date this amendatory act is enacted."