Sec. 83.

(1) The director of the state department of social services or the director of any county department of social services may demand and receive from any financial institution, the Michigan department of treasury, the Michigan employment security commission, employer, or former employer doing business in this state, information with respect to the transactions with any such institution, dates of employment, number of hours worked and rate of pay of an applicant for or recipient of any form of aid or relief under this act. The officers and employees of the institution or employer shall furnish the information on the written demand of the director. A demand directed to a financial institution or an employer shall be in the form of a subpoena issued by the director under section 8 when the identification of applicants and recipients to the financial institution or employer is by means of computer tape or other data process media. The institution or employer shall furnish the information within 15 days after the demand or subpoena is received by the institution or employer.

(2) As used in this section, “financial institution” means a state bank, a national banking association, a state or federal savings and loan association, a federal savings bank, or a state or federal credit union.

(3) The director of the state department shall cooperate with the Michigan employment security commission in the development of a computer data matching system by which records of the department of social services concerning applicants for, and recipients of, assistance under this act shall be compared with claimant and wage information requested on at least a quarterly basis from, and furnished by, the Michigan employment security commission pursuant to sections 11 and 13 of the Michigan employment security act, Act No. 1 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1936, being sections 421.11 and 421.13 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The computer data matching system shall be used only to determine or verify eligibility of an individual for aid or assistance administered under this act or the amount or type of assistance for which the individual is eligible; to investigate or prosecute instances of alleged fraud; or to establish and collect child support obligations or locate individuals owing child support obligations.

(4) The information obtained under subsection (3) shall be considered confidential and shall not be disclosed by officers or employees of the department of social services to any person or agency except as provided in section 11(b)(2) of Act No. 1 of the Public Acts of the Extra Session of 1936.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 400.83 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 345, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 140, Imd. Eff. Oct. 28, 1985 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 161, Eff. Dec. 26, 1985 Popular Name: Act 280