HOUSE BILL No. 5945

 

March 10, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Rick Jones, Kurtz, Calley, Opsommer, McMillin, Knollenberg, Denby, Haveman, Elsenheimer, Kowall, Bolger, Genetski, Tyler, Haines, Moss, Marleau, Walsh, Moore, Schuitmaker, Daley, Pavlov, Caul, Meekhof, Crawford, Lund, Liss, Rogers, Agema, Pearce, Paul Scott, Lori, Horn, Meltzer, Ball, Proos, Booher, Wayne Schmidt, Hildenbrand and DeShazor and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 10c.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 10c. (1) Not later than 60 days after the effective date

 

of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall

 

establish a program of random substance abuse testing as a

 

condition of eligibility for assistance under this act.

 

     (2) If a recipient tests positive for substance abuse, the

 

recipient shall be ineligible to receive assistance under this act

 

for not less than 180 days. After 180 days, the recipient shall be

 

retested for substance abuse and must test negative for substance


 

abuse in order to have his or her assistance restored.