Act No. 41

Public Acts of 2013

Approved by the Governor

June 5, 2013

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 5, 2013

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 5, 2013

STATE OF MICHIGAN

97TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2013

Introduced by Rep. Kelly

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4042

AN ACT to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled “An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state; to provide general assistance, hospitalization, infirmary and medical care to poor or unfortunate persons; to provide for compliance by this state with the social security act; to provide protection, welfare and services to aged persons, dependent children, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled; to administer programs and services for the prevention and treatment of delinquency, dependency and neglect of children; to create a state department of social services; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department; to provide for the interstate and intercounty transfer of dependents; to create county and district departments of social services; to create within certain county departments, bureaus of social aid and certain divisions and offices thereunder; to prescribe the powers and duties of the departments, bureaus and officers; to provide for appeals in certain cases; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state department with respect to county and district departments; to prescribe certain duties of certain other state departments, officers, and agencies; to make an appropriation; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 10f; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 10f. (1) The department shall perform an incarceration match monthly to obtain information to assist in determining eligibility based on incarceration status.

(2) If the department determines that a recipient is incarcerated at the time the incarceration match is performed, the department shall not issue a bridge card to that incarcerated recipient. If a bridge card has already been issued to the incarcerated recipient, the department shall terminate that recipient’s bridge card access.

(3) The department shall perform a monthly match using the United States social security death index database to determine if a recipient is deceased. If the department determines that a recipient is deceased at the time the United States social security death index match is performed, the department shall not issue a bridge card to that deceased recipient. If a bridge card has already been issued to the deceased recipient, the department shall terminate that recipient’s bridge card access.

Enacting section 1. Section 10e of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.10e[1], is repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor