HOUSE BILL No. 4038


     January 8, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Profit and referred to the Committee on Human Services and Children.


        A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

   "The social welfare act,"

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

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 57I.  (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM FOR

 2    RECIPIENTS OF FAMILY INDEPENDENCE ASSISTANCE THAT PERMITS A

 3    HOUSEHOLD RECEIVING ASSISTANCE TO ESTABLISH AN IRREVOCABLE EDUCA-

 4    TION ACCOUNT IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $5,000.00 TO PROVIDE FOR EDUCA-

 5    TIONAL EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.  THE DEPARTMENT

 6    SHALL NOT CONSIDER MONEY DEPOSITED IN THE IRREVOCABLE EDUCATION

 7    ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING THE HOUSEHOLD'S ELIGIBILITY FOR

 8    ASSISTANCE.

 9         (2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES IN ACCORDANCE WITH

10    THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT OF 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL

11    24.201 TO 24.328, WITH RESPECT TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:


   00920'97                                                 MGM
                                              2

 1         (A) THE TYPES OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR WHICH

 2    EXPENDITURES FROM AN IRREVOCABLE EDUCATION ACCOUNT MAY BE MADE.

 3         (B) THE CRITERIA FOR USE OF MONEY IN AN IRREVOCABLE EDUCA-

 4    TION ACCOUNT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.  THE RULES SHALL

 5    DEFINE AN EMERGENCY AS ANY SITUATION THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR

 6    ASSISTANCE UNDER THE STATE EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM.

 7         (C) PROCEDURES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF

 8    IRREVOCABLE EDUCATION ACCOUNTS.

 9         (D) PROCEDURES FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S MONITORING OF EXPENDI-

10    TURES FROM IRREVOCABLE EDUCATION ACCOUNTS.

11         (3) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPLY FOR ANY FEDERAL WAIVERS NEC-

12    ESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION.
































   00920'97          Final page.                            MGM