HOUSE BILL NO. 5463
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
by amending section 10f (MCL 400.10f), as added by 2013 PA 41.
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 cancel the bridge card access.and recover the remaining balance.
(3) The department shall must perform a monthly match using the United States social security 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 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.
(4) On at least a monthly basis, the department shall receive and review information from the state registrar, including, but not limited to, death records, concerning individuals enrolled in public assistance that indicates a change in circumstances that may affect eligibility.
(5) The department shall enter into a data matching agreement with the bureau of state lottery, Michigan gaming control board, and any other relevant state board or agency to, on at least a monthly basis, identify households with lottery or gambling winnings of $3,000.00 or more. To the extent permissible under federal law, the department shall treat this data as verified upon receipt. To the extent the data may not be verified upon receipt, the department shall make referrals for further investigation to identify households with winnings equal to or greater than the resource limit for elderly or disabled households as defined in 7 CFR 273.8(b). Individuals or households that have failed to disclose a winning and are identified through the database match have presumptively committed an intentional program violation.
(7) On at least a monthly basis, the department must review information concerning individuals enrolled in public assistance that indicates a change in circumstances that may affect eligibility, including but not limited to potential changes in residency as identified by out-of-state electronic benefit transfer transactions.
(8) On at least a quarterly basis, the department must make available to the public on its website, data from findings of noncompliance and fraud investigations in public assistance for the following aggregate and nonconfidential and information that does not personally identify a recipient:
(a) The number of public assistance cases investigated for intentional program violations or fraud.
(b) The total number of public assistance cases referred to the attorney general's office for prosecution.
(c) Improper payments and expenditures.
(d) Money recovered.
(e) Aggregate data concerning improper payments and ineligible recipients as a percentage of those investigated and reviewed.
(f) The aggregate amount of funds expended by electronic benefit transfer card transactions in each state outside of this state.
(9) If the department receives information concerning an individual enrolled in public assistance that indicates a change in circumstances that may affect eligibility, the department shall review the individual's case.