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COFR

County of Financial Responsibility (COFR)

The COFR Committee determines the county of financial responsibility for individualized cases in which a consumer lives in one county and is receiving services in another county.
 

CMHAM RESPONSIBILITIES:  COFR DISPUTES
CMH Contact: Each CMHSP shall provide the name of a responsible contact person to the manager of this contract and to CMHA for publication on its website.
Committee: Consists of 3 persons, shall be constituted annually at the beginning of the fiscal year.
Committee:

  • 1 person shall be appointed by DHHS
  • 2 shall be appointed by CMHA
  • The committee shall appoint its chair by consensus
  • 3 alternate appointed by CMHA
  • Vacancies shall be filled with 10 days
Fact Finding:

  • CMHA shall notify each Board involved within 3 business days of notification
  • CMHA shall notify the COFR Committee within 3 business days of notification
  • Each CMHSP shall respond to DHHS, with a copy to the other CMHSP within business days with a written response.
Meeting:

  • The COFR committee will designate a time and place for a resolution meeting
  • The resolution meeting will be held no later than 30 days following submission of the facts
  • Each CMHSP designated contact will attend and make a verbal presentation
  • The CMHSP designated contact must be empowered by its CMHSP to negotiate a settlement of the dispute
No settlement: Should a negotiated settlement NOT be reached at this meeting, the committee will meet, without others present, to arrive at a decisions reaching by majority vote of the COFR committee.
Settlement: The decision shall be reached, and conveyed to the disputing parties, on the day of the meeting.
Record: A record of each proceeding, including documentation of the facts and the decision, shall be kept by DHHS and CMHA for public review.

 

For questions regarding COFR information, contact Robert Sheehan, Chief Executive Officer (517) 237-3142

 

View COFR rulings below.

(517) 374.6848

507 S. Grand Avenue, Lansing, MI  48933

 

 

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