HB-5442, As Passed Senate, December 13, 2005

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5442

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

"The social welfare act,"

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 57o.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 57o. The department shall study the impact and cost of

increasing the amount of earned income that is disregarded in

determining a program group member's income for continued family

independence assistance financial eligibility. The department shall

prepare and provide to the senate and house appropriations

committees, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on

the department of human services, the senate and house fiscal

agencies, and the senate and house policy staff, by April 1, 2006,

a written report of the department's findings from the study.