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HOUSE BILL NO. 5910
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
by amending section 60 (MCL 400.60), as amended by 1999 PA 194.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 60. (1) Any person An individual who by means of willful 1
false statement or representation, by impersonation or other 2
fraudulent device, or by using an access device obtains or attempts 3
to obtain, or aids or abets any person an individual to obtain or 4
attempt to obtain, (a) assistance or relief to which the person 5
individual is not entitled; or (b) a larger amount of assistance or 6
April 29, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Wozniak, Hoadley, St. Germaine, Pavlov and Bruck and
referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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relief than that to which the person individual is justly entitled; 1
or any an officer or employee of a county, city, or district family 2
independence agency office of the department of health and human 3
services who authorizes or recommends relief to persons individuals 4
known to the officer or employee to be ineligible or to have 5
fraudulently created their eligibility; or any person an individual 6
who knowingly buys or aids or abets in buying or in disposal of the 7
property of a person an individual receiving assistance or relief 8
without the consent of the director or supervisor of the state 9
department shall, if the amount involved shall be of the value of 10
$500.00 or less, be deemed of health and human services is guilty 11
of a misdemeanor and felony. The court shall , if the amount 12
involved shall be of the value of more than $500.00, be deemed 13
guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished as 14
provided by the laws of this state. The amount involved as used in 15
this subsection shall be defined as the difference between the 16
lawful amount of assistance or aid and the amount of assistance or 17
aid actually received. sentence the person to imprisonment for not 18
less than 2 years and 6 months or more than 4 years. If anyone 19
receives assistance or relief through means enumerated in this 20
section, in which prosecution is deemed unnecessary, the state 21
department of health and human services or county departments may 22
take the necessary steps to recover from the recipient the amount 23
involved, plus interest at 5% per annum. On conviction of the 24
violation of the provisions of this section of any an officer or 25
employee of any a county, city, or district department of social 26
welfare, health and human services, the officer or employee shall 27
must be removed or dismissed from office. For the purpose of As 28
used in this subsection, "access device" means that term as it is 29
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defined in section 300a of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, 1
MCL 750.300a. 2
(2) There is imposed upon on every person individual receiving 3
relief under this act either upon on the person's individual's own 4
application or by the person's individual's inclusion, to his or 5
her the individual's knowledge, in the application of another the 6
continuing obligation to supply to the department issuing the 7
relief: (a) the complete circumstances in regard to the person's 8
individual's income from employment or from any other source or the 9
existence of income, if known to the person, individual, of other 10
persons individuals receiving relief through the same application; 11
(b) information regarding each and every offer of employment for 12
the person individual or, if known to him or her, the individual, 13
of the other persons individuals receiving relief through the same 14
application; (c) information concerning changes in the person's 15
individual's circumstances or those of other persons individuals 16
receiving relief through the same application which would decrease 17
the need for relief; and (d) the circumstances or whereabouts, 18
known to the person, individual, of relatives legally responsible 19
for the person's individual's support or for the support of other 20
persons individuals receiving relief through the same application 21
if changes in those circumstances or whereabouts could affect the 22
amount of assistance available from those relatives or affect their 23
legal liability to furnish support. Any person An individual who 24
shall neglect or refuse neglects or refuses to submit to the 25
department issuing relief the information required by this section 26
, if the amount of relief granted as a result of the neglect or 27
refusal is less than $500.00, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and if 28
the amount of relief granted as a result of the neglect or refusal 29
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is $500.00 or more, is guilty of a felony, and upon on conviction 1
the court shall be punished as provided by the laws of this 2
state.sentence the individual to imprisonment for not less than 2 3
years and 6 months or more than 4 years. 4
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days 5
after the date it is enacted into law. 6