November 22, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Shaffer, Hummel, Brandenburg, Vander Veen, Pearce, Sheen, Stahl, Hune, Booher, Hansen, Palmer, Gosselin, Green, Taub, Hoogendyk, Marleau, Huizenga, Amos, Nofs, Moore, Pastor, Pavlov, Drolet, Farhat and Kooiman and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.
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:
Sec. 57b. (1) Subject to section 57l, an individual who meets
all of the following requirements is eligible for family
independence assistance:
(a) Is a member of a family or a family independence
assistance group.
(b) Is a member of a program group whose income and assets are
less
than the income and asset limits set by the family
independence
agency department.
(c) In the case of a minor parent, meets the requirements of
subsection (2).
(d) Is a United States citizen, a permanent resident alien, or
a refugee.
(e) Is a resident of this state as described in section 32.
(f) Meets any other eligibility criterion required for the
receipt
of federal or state funds or determined by the family
independence
agency department to be necessary for the
accomplishment of the goals of the family independence program.
(2) A minor parent and the minor parent's child shall not
receive family independence assistance unless they live in an
adult-supervised household. The family independence assistance
shall be paid on behalf of the minor parent and child to an adult
in the adult-supervised household. Child care in conjunction with
participation in education, employment readiness, training, or
employment
programs, which that
have been approved by the family
independence
agency department, shall be provided for the minor
parent's child. The minor parent and child shall live with the
minor parent's parent, stepparent, or legal guardian unless the
family
independence agency department
determines that there is
good cause for not requiring the minor parent and child to live
with
a parent, stepparent, or legal guardian. The family
independence
agency department shall determine the circumstances
that constitute good cause, based on a parent's, stepparent's, or
guardian's unavailability or unwillingness or based on a reasonable
belief that there is physical, sexual, or substance abuse, or
domestic violence, occurring in the household, or that there is
other risk to the physical or emotional health or safety of the
minor
parent or child. If the family independence agency
department determines that there is good cause for not requiring a
minor parent to live with a parent, stepparent, or legal guardian,
the minor parent and child shall live in another adult-supervised
household. A local office director may waive the requirement set
forth in this subsection with respect to a minor parent who is at
least 17 years of age, attending secondary school full-time, and
participating
in a department service plan
of the family
independence
agency or a teen parenting program, if moving would
require the minor parent to change schools.
(3) In determining a member's income for eligibility for
family independence assistance, the department shall include the
amount any member of a program group receives in supplemental
security income under title XVI as part of that program group's
income.
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. 5445(request no.
04044'05).
(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).