HB-5439, As Passed Senate, December 13, 2005

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5439

      A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

"The social welfare act,"

by amending section 57b (MCL 400.57b), as amended by 1999 PA 9.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1        Sec. 57b. (1) Subject to section 57l, an individual who meets

 2  all of the following requirements is eligible for family

 3  independence assistance:

 4        (a) Is a member of a family or a family independence

 5  assistance group.

 6        (b) Is a member of a program group whose income and assets

 7  are less than the income and asset limits set by the  family

 8  independence agency  department.

 9        (c) In the case of a minor parent, meets the requirements of

10  subsection (2).

11        (d) Is a United States citizen, a permanent resident alien,

 1  or a refugee.

 2        (e) Is a resident of this state as described in section 32.

 3        (f) Meets any other eligibility criterion required for the

 4  receipt of federal or state funds or determined by the  family

 5  independence agency  department to be necessary for the

 6  accomplishment of the goals of the family independence program.

 7        (2) A minor parent and the minor parent's child shall not

 8  receive family independence assistance unless they live in an

 9  adult-supervised household. The family independence assistance

10  shall be paid on behalf of the minor parent and child to an adult

11  in the adult-supervised household. Child care in conjunction with

12  participation in education, employment readiness, training, or

13  employment programs,  which  that have been approved by the

14  family independence agency  department, shall be provided for the

15  minor parent's child. The minor parent and child shall live with

16  the minor parent's parent, stepparent, or legal guardian unless

17  the family independence agency  department determines that there

18  is good cause for not requiring the minor parent and child to

19  live with a parent, stepparent, or legal guardian. The  family

20  independence agency  department shall determine the circumstances

21  that constitute good cause, based on a parent's, stepparent's, or

22  guardian's unavailability or unwillingness or based on a

23  reasonable belief that there is physical, sexual, or substance

24  abuse, or domestic violence, occurring in the household, or that

25  there is other risk to the physical or emotional health or safety

26  of the minor parent or child. If the  family independence agency

27  department determines that there is good cause for not requiring

 1  a minor parent to live with a parent, stepparent, or legal

 2  guardian, the minor parent and child shall live in another adult-

 3  supervised household. A local office director may waive the

 4  requirement set forth in this subsection with respect to a minor

 5  parent who is at least 17 years of age, attending secondary

 6  school full-time, and participating in a department service plan

 7  of the family independence agency or a teen parenting program,

 8  if moving would require the minor parent to change schools.

 9        (3) In determining a program group's family independence

10  assistance monthly payment standard, the department shall not

11  take into consideration in its calculation of the payment

12  standard the geographical area or shelter area in which the

13  program group resides. The department shall not adjust a program

14  group's family independence assistance payment standard based on

15  whether a recipient is exempt from work first requirements under

16  section 57f.

17        (4) The family independence assistance monthly payment

18  standard for households in which only the eligible children are

19  counted in determining family size, or if the grantee is

20  receiving supplemental security income, shall be paid at an

21  amount not to exceed the amount per family size listed as

22  follows:

23 Family Size                Grant Level

24 1                          $137.00

25 2                          $266.00

26 3                          $411.00

1  4                          $548.00

2  5                          $704.00

3  6                          $843.00

4  7                          $925.00

 5        (5) For all other individuals eligible to receive family

 6  independence assistance, the family independence assistance

 7  monthly payment standard shall be paid at an amount not to exceed

 8  the amount per family size listed as follows:

9  Family Size                Grant Level

10 1                          $290.00

11 2                          $386.00

12 3                          $474.00

13 4                          $578.00

14 5                          $674.00

15 6                          $807.00

16 7                          $883.00

17                           

18        (6) For the purposes of determining the payment standard

19  under subsections (4) and (5), for a family of 8 or more, the

20  payment standard is increased by $79.00 for each additional

21  family member over 7.

22        (7) The department may contract with a nonprofit

23  organization to assist recipients with the process for applying

24  for supplemental security income.

[Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5441 of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.]