Bill Text: MI HB5120 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Human services; services or financial assistance; Michigan bridge card; prohibit certain uses. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 57v.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-26 - Printed Bill Filed 10/26/2011 [HB5120 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5120-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5120

 

October 25, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Johnson, Genetski, Hughes and Gilbert and referred to the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors.

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 57v.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 57v. (1) In addition to the federal prohibition on

 

supplemental nutrition assistance program recipients using food

 

assistance benefits on an electronic benefit card to purchase

 

prepared food in restaurants and fast food establishments in

 

certain instances, a family independence program recipient shall

 

not use cash assistance benefits on an electronic benefit card to

 

purchase prepared food in restaurants and fast food establishments.

 

     (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following cash

 

assistance recipients who are allowed under the supplemental

 

nutrition assistance program to purchase prepared food in certain

 

authorized restaurants:

 

     (a) Individuals 60 years of age and over and their spouses.

 

     (b) Blind and disabled supplemental security income recipients

 

and their spouses.

 

     (c) Homeless individuals.