HOUSE BILL No. 5445

 

November 22, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Kooiman, Farhat, Pavlov, Pastor, Steil, Jones, Booher, Hansen, Amos, Robertson, Huizenga, Gosselin, Taub, Hoogendyk, Palmer, Marleau, Nofs, Stahl, Moore, Hummel, Pearce, Vander Veen, Drolet and Brandenburg and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

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

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 57m. (1) Beginning January 6, 2006, benefits for family

 

independence assistance shall be paid to a recipient for not longer

 

than a cumulative total of 48 months during that recipient's

 

lifetime.

 

     (2) The department shall reassess the recipient's eligibility

 

for family independence assistance not later than 24 months after

 

the date the application for family independence assistance has

 

been approved.

 

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are

 


enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5439(request no.

 

04624'05).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5446(request no.

 

04625'05).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5441(request no.

 

04626'05).

 

     (d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5440(request no.

 

05231'05).

 

     (e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5442(request no.

 

05232'05).

 

     (f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5443(request no.

 

05233'05).