Human services: food assistance; authorization for waiver of work requirements for SNAP benefits; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 14o.

This bill requires the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to obtain explicit legislative approval before seeking waivers for SNAP work requirements. It also prohibits the department from using its own authority to grant exemptions from these work rules, though it preserves existing exemptions for temporary absences from employment. The measure directly affects the state's administration of food assistance programs by shifting the decision-making power for work requirement waivers from the department to the legislature.