HOUSE BILL No. 4717

 

May 21, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Zelenko, Rivet, Waters, Dennis, Tobocman, Kolb, Vagnozzi, Whitmer and Reeves and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The social welfare act,"                                                   

                                                                                

    by amending section 107 (MCL 400.107).                                      

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 107.  (1)  In  Except as provided in subsection (2), in                

                                                                                

2   establishing financial eligibility for the medically indigent as            

                                                                                

3   defined in section  106 (2)  106 income shall be disregarded in             

                                                                                

4   accordance with standards established for the related categorical           

                                                                                

5   assistance program.  Additional income shall be applied against:            

                                                                                

6   (i) the cost of medical care not authorized under this act, and             

                                                                                

7   (ii) the cost of services authorized under this act, in excess of           

                                                                                

8   the basic amount.  For medical assistance only, income shall                

                                                                                

9   include the amount of contribution  which  that an estranged                

                                                                                

10  spouse or parent for a minor child is making to the applicant               

                                                                                

11  according to the standards of the state department, or pursuant             

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   to a court determination, if there is such a determination.                 

                                                                                

2   Nothing in this section  shall eliminate  eliminates the                    

                                                                                

3   responsibility of support established in section 76 for cash                

                                                                                

4   assistance received under this act.                                         

                                                                                

5       (2) For the purpose of determining financial eligibility, the               

                                                                                

6   family independence agency shall deduct from an individual's                

                                                                                

7   annual income that individual's verifiable annual expense for               

                                                                                

8   mandatory automobile insurance.                                             

                                                                                

9       (3) As used in this section, "mandatory automobile insurance"               

                                                                                

10  means the security required under section 3101 or 3103 of the               

                                                                                

11  insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3101 and 500.3103.