Human services: food assistance; chip-enabled bridge cards; require, the official text

Act No. 46

Public Acts of 2026

Approved by the Governor

July 21, 2026

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 22, 2026

EFFECTIVE
DATE: July 22, 2026

state of michigan

103rd Legislature

Regular session of 2026

Introduced by Reps. Woolford, BeGole and DeBoyer

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4746

AN ACT to amend 1939 PA 280,
entitled “An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state; to provide
general assistance, hospitalization, infirmary and medical care to poor or
unfortunate persons; to provide for compliance by this state with the social
security act; to provide protection, welfare and services to aged persons,
dependent children, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled; to
administer programs and services for the prevention and treatment of
delinquency, dependency and neglect of children; to create a state department
of social services; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department; to
provide for the interstate and intercounty transfer of dependents; to create
county and district departments of social services; to create within certain
county departments, bureaus of social aid and certain divisions and offices
thereunder; to prescribe the powers and duties of the departments, bureaus and
officers; to provide for appeals in certain cases; to prescribe the powers and
duties of the state department with respect to county and district departments;
to prescribe certain duties of certain other state departments, officers, and
agencies; to make an appropriation; to prescribe penalties for the violation of
the provisions of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific
dates,” (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 14n.

The People of the State of
Michigan enact:

Sec. 14n. Not later than 1 year after the
effective date of the amendatory act that added this section and subject to and
in accordance with federal law, the department shall issue a chip-enabled
Michigan bridge card to a recipient of food assistance or cash assistance benefits
in compliance with applicable industry standards as published by the Accredited
Standards Committee X9. The department shall continuously upgrade the Michigan
bridge card with any future enhanced security features that would replace or
complement the chip-enabling feature.

This act is ordered to take
immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of
Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor