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2008 Senate Bill 1428: Revise Friend of the Court procedures
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- Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R) on June 26, 2008, to require the state Office of Child Support to coordinate the collection and distribution of Social Security disability and related payments with Friend of the Court offices when the recipient is involved in a child support order.
- Referred to the Senate Families and Human Services Committee on June 26, 2008.
- Reported in the Senate on November 13, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the Senate on November 13, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on November 13, 2008.
- Referred to the Senate Families and Human Services Committee on June 26, 2008.
- Passed 35 to 0 in the Senate on November 13, 2008.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the House on November 13, 2008.
- Referred to the House Family and Childrens Services Committee on November 13, 2008.
- Reported in the House on December 3, 2008, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
- Referred to the House Family and Childrens Services Committee on November 13, 2008.
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1) Centralized Authority by beverlytran on November 9, 2008There is a substantial need to create a centralized authority of oversight. As the system currently stands, there is no oversight authority for the privatized contractual agreement with ACS, inc. (a.k.a. MiSDU).
By establishing an authority, communication and databases may now be shared, resulting in greater efficiency within DHS.
This is fiscally responsibly legislation.
Beverly Tran
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The office of child support would be in charge of parenting time grants under Title IV-D which currently the state of Michigan wastes.
TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 7 > SUBCHAPTER IV > Part D > ยง 669b. Grants to States for access and visitation programs gives a 90% federal match.
The state of Michigan never applies for these grants, wasting these matching dollars.
Putting them in an office where parenting time in an office focused exclusively on child support is a good way to ensure that the state of Michigan continues to waste this money, and unnecessarily allows children to suffer without the love of parents who desperately want to spend time with their children.
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Please don't make comments like this.
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