HOUSE BILL No. 5454


     January 14, 1998, Introduced by Reps. Olshove, Martinez, Baird, Hale, Harder, Schauer and Baade and referred to the Committee on Human Services and Children.


        A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

   "The social welfare act,"

   by amending section 107 (MCL 400.107).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec.  107.  (1) In establishing financial eligibility for

 2    the medically indigent as defined in section  106 (2)  106(1)(B),

 3    income shall be disregarded in accordance with standards estab-

 4    lished for the related categorical assistance program.

 5    Additional income shall be applied against BOTH OF THE

 6    FOLLOWING:

 7         (A)  (i) the  THE cost of medical care not authorized under

 8    this act.  , and (ii) the 

 9         (B) THE cost of services authorized under this act, in

10    excess of the basic amount.




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 1         (2) For medical assistance only, income shall include the

 2    amount of contribution  which  THAT an estranged spouse or parent

 3    for a minor child is making to the applicant according to the

 4    standards of the  state  department, or pursuant to a court

 5    determination, if there is such a determination.  Nothing in

 6     this section shall eliminate the responsibility of support estab-

 7     lished in section 76 for cash assistance received under this

 8     act. 

 9         (3) IN ESTABLISHING FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR THE MEDICALLY

10    INDIGENT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 106(1)(B), THE DEPARTMENT SHALL

11    NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE INCOME AND RESOURCES OF ANY PERSON

12    OTHER THAN THE FOLLOWING:

13         (A) THE APPLICANT.

14         (B) THE SPOUSE OF THE APPLICANT.

15         (C) THE PARENT OR PARENTS OF AN APPLICANT WHO IS UNDER AGE

16    21, OR WHO IS OVER AGE 21 AND BLIND OR DISABLED.

























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