HOUSE BILL No. 6125


     September 17, 1998, Introduced by Reps. Martinez, Gire, LaForge, Schauer, Bogardus, Quarles, Rison, Ciaramitaro, Price, Hanley, Emerson and Willard 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 1c (MCL 400.1c).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1c.  (1)  A person  AN INDIVIDUAL employed by the

 2     department of social services at the W.J.  Maxey campus in

 3     Whitmore lake or any of its affiliated facilities, at the Adrian

 4     training school in Adrian, the Arbor Heights center in Ann Arbor,

 5     Camp Nokomis in Prudenville, Camp Shawano in Grayling, or a simi-

 6     lar facility under the jurisdiction of the department established

 7     or funded by the state after the effective date of this section, 

 8    FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY who is injured during the course of

 9    his or her employment as a result of an assault by a recipient of

10     social  BENEFITS OR services UNDER THIS ACT, BY AN INDIVIDUAL

11    ACTING IN CONCERT WITH OR AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH A RECIPIENT,


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 1    BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS AN APPLICANT FOR BENEFITS OR SERVICES

 2    UNDER THIS ACT OR WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION BEING

 3    CONDUCTED UNDER THIS ACT OR OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, OR BY AN

 4    INDIVIDUAL ACTING IN CONCERT WITH OR AT THE DIRECTION OF SUCH AN

 5    INDIVIDUAL shall receive his or her full wages  by  FROM the

 6     state department  FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY until worker's com-

 7    pensation benefits begin and then shall receive in addition to

 8    worker's compensation benefits a supplement from the  state

 9     department which  FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY THAT, together with

10    the worker's compensation benefits, shall equal but not exceed

11    the weekly net wage of the employee at the time of the injury.

12    This supplement  shall  only  apply  APPLIES while the  person 

13    INDIVIDUAL is on the  state department's  FAMILY INDEPENDENCE

14    AGENCY'S payroll and is receiving worker's compensation benefits.

15     and shall include an employee who is currently receiving

16     worker's compensation due to an injury covered by this section. 

17    Fringe benefits normally received by an employee  shall be 

18    REMAIN in effect during the time the employee receives the sup-

19    plement provided by this  section  SUBSECTION from the

20     department  FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY.

21         (2) Subsection (1)  shall apply  APPLIES whether the

22    employee was directly assaulted or was assaulted as a result of

23    aiding another employee in subduing a recipient.











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