Act No. 9

Public Acts of 1999

Approved by the Governor

March 18, 1999

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 22, 1999

EFFECTIVE DATE: See act for effective date

STATE OF MICHIGAN

90TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

Introduced by Reps. Faunce, Bisbee, Caul, Birkholz, Patterson, Woronchak, Richardville, Sanborn, Hager, Howell, Mead, Middaugh, Toy, Julian, DeWeese, Law, Garcia, Allen, Kuipers, DeRossett, Pumford, Gilbert, Ehardt, Hart, Jansen, Pappageorge, Rick Johnson, Koetje, Mortimer, Cassis, Scranton, Green and Raczkowski

Reps. Bishop, Cameron Brown, DeVuyst, Gosselin, Jelinek, Ruth Johnson, Kowall, Kukuk, LaSata, Rocca, Shulman, Tabor, Van Woerkom, Vander Roest, Vear and Voorhees named co-sponsors

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4091

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," by amending section 57b (MCL 400.57b), as added by 1995 PA 223.

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.

(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 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 have been approved by the family independence agency, 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 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 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 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 service plan of the family independence agency or a teen parenting program, if moving would require the minor parent to change schools.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4090 of the 90th Legislature is enacted into law.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.