HOUSE BILL No. 5844

 

February 18, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Meltzer and referred to the Committee on Labor.

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 14k.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 14k. (1) The department or the department of community

 

health shall not require membership in a labor union as an

 

eligibility requirement to receive a subsidy for caregiving under

 

this act.

 

     (2) The department or the department of community health shall

 

inform a person receiving a subsidy for caregiving under this act

 

of his or her right to decline participation in a labor union as

 

part of receiving a subsidy for caregiving under this act.