Bill Text: MI HB4719 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Human services; food assistance; recipient's photographic image printed on the Michigan bridge card; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14k.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 30-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-14 - Printed Bill Filed 06/10/2011 [HB4719 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB4719-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4719
June 9, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Agema, Meadows, Yonker, Hooker, Pscholka, Shirkey, Somerville, Cotter, Farrington, Callton, Jenkins, Forlini, Lori, McMillin, Genetski, MacGregor, Knollenberg, Johnson, Bumstead, Hughes, Heise, Kowall, Tyler, Damrow, MacMaster, Daley, LaFontaine, Nesbitt, Price, Haines and Horn and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 14k.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 14k. (1) A recipient of food assistance or cash
assistance benefits shall have his or her image and signature
captured or reproduced upon issuance of a Michigan bridge card. The
department shall acquire equipment purchased or leased under this
section under standard purchasing procedures of the department of
technology, management, and budget based on standards and
specifications established by the department. A digital
photographic image and signature captured under this section shall
appear on the recipient's Michigan bridge card. If more than 1
individual is authorized by the department to use the Michigan
bridge card, both individuals' digital photographic image and
signature shall appear on the card.
(2) As used in this section, "Michigan bridge card" means a
debit card issued by the department to deliver food assistance or
cash assistance benefits to the recipient through an electronic
benefits transfer.
