Title 400, SOCIAL SERVICES

Sec. 6. (1) "Supplemental payment" means a payment made by the department to a GA or AFDC recipient, or to a provider utility on the recipient's behalf, whether designated as supplemental payment, special heating allowance, or otherwise, which is intended for the payment of heati…

Sec. 7. (1) There is created a low income heating assistance and shut-off protection program. The program shall be administered by the department to prevent utility service shut-offs, promote awareness of and changes in energy use habits, promote conservation techniques, provide …

Sec. 7a. Not later than April 1, 2010 or at a time considered possible by the department, the department shall operate an electronic payment process with participating energy providers to provide for the payment of low income customer energy bills that are subject to shutoff. The…

Sec. 8. (1) An annual consumption cap is established for all assisted households. The department shall be responsible for payment of heating bills of assisted households up to the annual consumption cap. Subject to subsections (2), (3), and (4) and the available appropriation for…

Sec. 9. (1) An assisted household may enroll in the program by meeting all of the following conditions: (a) Agreeing to participate in the weatherization program and accept weatherization measures designated by the department. (b) Paying to heating fuel providers, or agreeing to …

Sec. 10. (1) Subject to the provisions of this act, an assisted household which is enrolled under section 9 shall receive shut-off protection as applicable under subsection (3), (4), or (5). (2) The amount paid pursuant to section 9(1)(b) to a provider utility or heating fuel pro…

Sec. 11. (1) The department shall review and investigate the case of any assisted household whose dwelling has been weatherized but which exceeds the calculated consumption level. The department shall determine the cause of the excess energy consumption. (2) If, after review and …

Sec. 12. The preenrollment arrearage for an assisted household shall be determined before the household is enrolled in the program. The assisted household shall agree to pay, or to have paid by the department to the provider utility on the household's behalf, 5% of the household'…

Sec. 13. (1) During the first 2 program years, a provider utility shall provide quarterly projections or compile actual billings of the total amount which is owed or will be owed for a calendar quarter by assisted households receiving shut-off protection. The provider utility sha…

Sec. 14. At the end of each program year, the provider utility shall perform a reconciliation to match billings for actual natural gas consumption by assisted households with payments from assisted households and the department. An amount equal to any underpayment shall be paid t…

Sec. 15. Any pipeline or purchase gas adjustments or other energy refunds or credits to assisted households enrolled in the program shall be applied by the provider utility to the assisted household's preenrollment arrearage. Refunds or credits in excess of preenrollment arrearag…

Sec. 16. (1) The Michigan public service commission shall develop assistance programs for temporarily and long-term unemployed workers in this state. The programs shall include all of the following: (a) An outreach program designed to advise newly unemployed workers of assistance…

Sec. 17. This act shall not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 82nd Legislature are enacted into law: (a) House Bill No. 4971. (b) House Bill No. 4973. (c) House Bill No. 4974. (d) House Bill No. 4975. (e) House Bill No. 4976.