HOUSE BILL No. 6293


     September 17, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Scranton and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.


        A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

   "The social welfare act,"

   by amending section 48 (MCL 400.48), as amended by 1996 PA 423.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 48.  (1)  The  WITH THE CONSENT OF THE COUNTIES

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        INVOLVED, THE director of the family independence agency may

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         organize 2 counties into a single administrative unit for pur-

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        poses of administrative efficiency.  DEVELOP A COLLABORATIVE

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        REPORT BETWEEN 2 OR MORE COUNTIES TO COMBINE INTO A SINGLE ADMIN-

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        ISTRATIVE UNIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY.  A

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        PLAN FOR A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT DEVELOPED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION

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        SHALL ENSURE THAT THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY PROVIDES A PRES-

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        ENCE AND SERVICES IN EVERY COUNTY.

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             (2) The director of the single administrative unit shall be

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        appointed by the family independence agency from among  persons


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        INDIVIDUALS certified as eligible and recommended by the family

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        independence agency and by all of the affected county boards.  If

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        the affected county boards are unable to reach agreement on rec-

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        ommended candidates within 3 months after being notified of a

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        vacancy, the director of the single administrative unit shall be

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        appointed by the family independence agency from among  persons

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        INDIVIDUALS certified as eligible and recommended by the family

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        independence agency and by 1 or more of the affected county

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        boards.

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             (3)  (2)  The director of the family independence agency may

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        establish a pilot project combining Lapeer, Huron, and Tuscola

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        counties into a single administrative unit.  The director of the

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        single administrative unit shall be appointed in accordance with

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        subsection  (1)  (2).   Not later than 2 years after the effec-

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        tive date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the

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        department shall submit a report to the legislature on the effect

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        of the pilot project.























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