Bill Text: MI SB0712 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Human services; services or financial assistance; determination of financial eligibility for family independence program; include certain lottery and gambling winnings. Amends sec. 10c of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.10c) & adds sec. 10e.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-17 - Assigned Pa 0078'12 With Immediate Effect [SB0712 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0712-Engrossed.html
SB-0712, As Passed Senate, March 1, 2012
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 712
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
by amending section 10c (MCL 400.10c), as added by 2011 PA 198, and
by adding sections 10d and 10e.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
10c. (1) Beginning October 1, 2012, the The department of
technology, management, and budget shall work with the department
and the department of state police to develop and implement an
automated program that does a comparison of the department's list
of public assistance recipients, and of any other list maintained
by the department of individuals receiving assistance under this
act, with the information regarding an outstanding felony warrant
or extradition warrant received by the department of state police.
This comparison shall only include public assistance recipients.
Unless otherwise prohibited by law, this comparison shall include
information regarding outstanding felony warrants or extradition
warrants contained in a nonpublic record. The department of state
police shall take all reasonable and necessary measures using the
available technology to ensure the accuracy of information
regarding outstanding felony warrants before transmitting the
information under this subsection to the department. The department
shall take all reasonable and necessary measures using the
available technology to ensure the accuracy of this comparison
before notifying a local office of an outstanding felony warrant or
extradition warrant. If a comparison discloses that a person on the
department's list of public assistance recipients has an
outstanding felony warrant or extradition warrant or if the
department is otherwise notified by the department of state police
that a person has an outstanding felony warrant or extradition
warrant, the department shall notify the local office handling the
recipient's public assistance case of that outstanding felony
warrant or extradition warrant. The local office shall take
appropriate action regarding cases that local office receives
notification of under this subsection.
(2) The department of technology, management, and budget shall
work with the department and the department of state police to
develop and implement an automated program that allows the
department of state police to access address information of public
assistance applicants or recipients. The department of technology,
management, and budget shall ensure that the department of state
police does not have access to benefit information, only address
information.
(3) Not later than July 1, 2013, the automated program
described in this section shall be implemented by the department.
Upon implementation, the department shall submit a report to the
chairpersons of the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
handling the department budget, and the senate and house policy
offices and fiscal agencies, that the automated program has been
implemented.
(4) As used in this section, "extradition warrant" means an
outstanding warrant for extradition arising from a criminal charge
against the individual in another jurisdiction.
Sec. 10d. For the purposes of determining financial
eligibility for food assistance, the department shall apply an
asset test.
Sec. 10e. Money received from lottery winnings or other
gambling winnings shall be included when determining financial
eligibility for the family independence program under this act and
the food assistance program administered under this act as follows:
(a) If received as a lump-sum payment, lottery winnings and
other gambling winnings shall be counted as assets.
(b) If received in installment payments, lottery winnings and
other gambling winnings shall be counted as unearned income.
