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MI SB0932

MI SB0932
Human services: services or financial assistance; family self-sufficiency plan; modify. Amends secs. 57e, 57g, 57p & 57r of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.57e et seq.).

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Introduced
06/13/2024
In Committee
09/25/2024
Crossed Over
06/20/2024
Passed
09/26/2024
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
10/09/2024

Introduced Session

102nd Legislature

Bill Summary

AN ACT to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled ?An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state; to provide general assistance, hospitalization, infirmary and medical care to poor or unfortunate persons; to provide for compliance by this state with the social security act; to provide protection, welfare and services to aged persons, dependent children, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled; to administer programs and services for the prevention and treatment of delinquency, dependency and neglect of children; to create a state department of social services; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department; to provide for the interstate and intercounty transfer of dependents; to create county and district departments of social services; to create within certain county departments, bureaus of social aid and certain divisions and offices thereunder; to prescribe the powers and duties of the departments, bureaus and officers; to provide for appeals in certain cases; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state department with respect to county and district departments; to prescribe certain duties of certain other state departments, officers, and agencies; to make an appropriation; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,? by amending sections 57e, 57g, 57p, and 57r (MCL 400.57e, 400.57g, 400.57p, and 400.57r), sections 57e, 57p, and 57r as amended by 2011 PA 131 and section 57g as amended by 2014 PA 375.

AI Summary

This bill amends sections of the Michigan Social Welfare Act, which governs the state's family independence program (FIP) assistance. The key provisions are: 1. Requires each family receiving FIP assistance to develop a self-sufficiency plan outlining the responsibilities of the family and the focus on achieving self-sufficiency, including participation in employment, training, or other activities. 2. Establishes a schedule of penalties for non-compliance with the self-sufficiency plan, including temporary and permanent ineligibility for FIP assistance. 3. Specifies that months where a recipient is exempt from the PATH program (an employment and training program) do not count towards the 60-month lifetime limit for receiving FIP assistance. 4. Extends the lifetime limit for receiving FIP assistance from 48 months to 60 months. The bill aims to modify the family independence program by strengthening the self-sufficiency requirements and providing more flexibility in the lifetime limit, while also establishing penalties for non-compliance to encourage recipient participation in employment and training activities.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Assigned Pa 0138'24 (on 10/09/2024)

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