Bill Text: MI SB0944 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Human services; services or financial assistance; services or financial assistance provided to individual who absconds from parole; require to be discontinued. Amends sec. 10b of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.10b). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0943'16
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 15-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-07-13 - Referred To Committee On Criminal Justice [SB0944 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0944-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 944
May 3, 2016, Introduced by Senators ZORN, HORN, JONES, GREGORY, SHIRKEY, COLBECK, PROOS, EMMONS, ROCCA, BRANDENBURG, KNOLLENBERG, MACGREGOR, GREEN, BOOHER, NOFS and SCHMIDT and referred to the Committee on Michigan Competitiveness.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
by amending section 10b (MCL 400.10b), as amended by 2011 PA 198.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
10b. (1) Subject to subsection (2) (3) and except as
provided
in subsection (4), (5), the department shall not grant
public assistance under this act to an individual if the department
receives information described in section 10a that the individual
is subject to arrest under an outstanding warrant arising from a
felony charge against that individual in this or any other
jurisdiction. This subsection does not affect the eligibility for
assistance of other members of the individual's household. An
individual described in this subsection is eligible for assistance
when he or she is no longer subject to arrest under an outstanding
warrant as described in this section.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the department shall not grant
public assistance under this act to an individual if the department
receives information under section 84 of the corrections code of
1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.284, that the individual has absconded
from supervision under that act.
(3) (2)
If federal approval is required in
order to prevent
the loss of federal reimbursement as a result of the application of
this section to a recipient receiving family independence
assistance or food stamps, the department shall promptly take any
action necessary to obtain federal approval. In the absence of any
necessary federal approval, the department shall apply this section
only to recipients of state family assistance and state disability
assistance.
(4) (3)
Upon implementation by the department under section
10c,
not later than July 1, 2013, the The
department director or
his or her designee shall review information provided by the
department of state police under section 4 of the C.J.I.S. policy
council act, 1974 PA 163, MCL 28.214, to determine if public
assistance recipients or applicants are subject to arrest under an
outstanding warrant as described in section 10a. The department
director or his or her designee shall review information provided
by a field operations administration region under section 84 of the
corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.284, to determine if
public assistance recipients or applicants have absconded from
supervision.
(5) (4)
Upon implementation by the department under section
10c,
not later than July 1, 2013, and subject Subject to subsection
(2)
(3) and except as provided in subsection (1), the
department
shall not grant public assistance under this act to an individual
if the department receives information from the department of state
police
as provided in subsection (3) (4)
that the individual is
subject to an arrest under an outstanding warrant described in
section 10a. Subject to subsection (3), the department shall not
grant public assistance under this act to an individual if the
department receives information from a field operations
administration region that the individual has absconded from
supervision.
(6) As used in this section, "abscond" and "field operations
administration region" mean those terms as defined in section 84 of
the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.284.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 943
of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.
