Michigan action guide · Verified July 29, 2026
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Build the developmental-disability record

Organize evidence showing the developmental disability, functional limitations, support needs, risks, and requested outcomes.

Official sources checked 2026-07-29

Start here

2026 PIHP Customer Services Standards

Before you start

  • Developmental history, diagnostic reports, intellectual and adaptive evidence when relevant, functional needs across settings, health and behavioral information, school records, work history, current supports, caregiver limits, risks, and requested outcomes.

Who to contact

Use the official destination above, the CMHSP serving the county, its Customer Services unit, the assigned supports coordinator, or the exact contact on the controlling notice.

Find the CMHSP serving the county

Step by step

  1. Index each evaluation and the functional need it documents.
  2. During intake and assessment, describe needs across home, community, health, employment, communication, and safety.
  3. Ask which eligibility, medical-necessity, priority, funding, or program criterion is being evaluated and preserve the written result.

Expected next

An assessment, records request, eligibility or service decision, or written next step.

Save this proof

Evidence index, records, assessment notes, submissions, requests, and notices.

If this stalls or the answer is no

Ask Customer Services to identify the exact unmet criterion, evidence used, and available review route.

Beyond Childhood planning aid

Build the developmental-disability record checklist

A Beyond Childhood planning aid derived from the cited official sources.

  • Owner and date started
  • Documents supplied
  • Confirmation or notice
  • Current status
  • Next event and date
  • Escalation contact

Derived from CMHSP role and statewide public-system entry, 2026 PIHP Customer Services Standards, Michigan adult behavioral health and developmental disability

Official resources

Limits

Beyond Childhood does not decide whether a person meets Michigan’s developmental-disability, priority-population, Medicaid, medical-necessity, or HSW criteria.

Beyond Childhood’s checklists and prompts are planning aids derived from official sources. They are not official forms, legal advice, eligibility decisions, or guarantees of funding, capacity, quality, or service.

Checked sources

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