Bill Text: MI HB4723 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Human services; food assistance; issuance of bridge card to inmates; prohibit. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 10e.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 15-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - Assigned Pa 281'12 With Immediate Effect [HB4723 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB4723-Engrossed.html
HB-4723, As Passed House, September 7, 2011
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4723
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 10d.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 10d. (1) The department shall perform an incarceration
match monthly to obtain information to assist in determining
eligibility based on incarceration status.
(2) If the department determines that a recipient is
incarcerated at the time the incarceration match is performed, the
department shall not issue a bridge card to that incarcerated
recipient. If a bridge card has already been issued to the
incarcerated recipient, the department shall terminate that
recipient's bridge card access.