HOUSE BILL No. 4267


     February 11, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Martinez, DeHart, Tesanovich, Cherry, Quarles, Schauer, Garza, Brater, Bogardus, Pappageorge and Baird and referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training and Safety.


        A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

   "The social welfare act,"

   by amending section 1c (MCL 400.1c).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1c.  (1)  A person  AN INDIVIDUAL employed by the

 2     department of social services at the W.J.  Maxey campus in

 3     Whitmore lake or any of its affiliated facilities, at the Adrian

 4     training school in Adrian, the Arbor Heights center in Ann Arbor,

 5     Camp Nokomis in Prudenville, Camp Shawano in Grayling, or a simi-

 6     lar facility under the jurisdiction of the department established

 7     or funded by the state after the effective date of this section, 

 8    FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY who is injured during the course of

 9    his or her employment as a result of an assault by a recipient of

10     social  BENEFITS OR services UNDER THIS ACT, BY AN INDIVIDUAL

11    ACTING IN CONCERT WITH OR AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH A RECIPIENT,


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 1    BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AN APPLICANT FOR BENEFITS OR SERVICES

 2    UNDER THIS ACT OR WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE

 3    FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THIS ACT OR

 4    OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, OR BY AN INDIVIDUAL ACTING IN CONCERT

 5    WITH OR AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL shall receive his

 6    or her full wages  by  FROM the  state department  FAMILY INDE-

 7    PENDENCE AGENCY until worker's compensation benefits begin and

 8    then shall receive in addition to worker's compensation benefits

 9    a supplement from the  state department which  FAMILY INDEPEN-

10    DENCE AGENCY THAT, together with the worker's compensation bene-

11    fits, shall equal but not exceed the weekly net wage of the

12    employee at the time of the injury.  This supplement  shall  only

13     apply  APPLIES while the  person  INDIVIDUAL is on the  state

14     department's  FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY'S payroll and is receiv-

15    ing worker's compensation benefits.  and shall include an

16     employee who is currently receiving worker's compensation due to

17     an injury covered by this section.  Fringe benefits normally

18    received by an employee  shall be  REMAIN in effect during the

19    time the employee receives the supplement provided by this

20     section  SUBSECTION from the  department  FAMILY INDEPENDENCE

21    AGENCY.

22         (2) Subsection (1)  shall apply  APPLIES whether the

23    employee was directly assaulted or was assaulted as a result of

24    aiding another employee in subduing a recipient.









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