2021 Senate Bill 28 / Public Act 65

Spend more on auto crash injury rehab facilities

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 13, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Jim Stamas (R-36)

To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential supplemental appropriation for the state Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity in the current 2020-2021 fiscal year. This bill was replaced by substitute that uses it for an auto insurance reform revision, see House-passed version.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

March 18, 2021

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

Passed in the Senate 20 to 15 (details)

Received in the House

March 18, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 24, 2021

Substitute offered by Rep. Ben Frederick (R-85)

To replace the original bill with provisions that use it for an auto insurance reform revision.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Rachel Hood (D-76)

To increase the clinic grants to $30 million.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Kelly Breen (D-38)

To revise procedural details and rules in the proposal.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 95 to 13 (details)

To appropriate $10 million for grants to certain rehab clinics said to be aggrieved by fee caps in a 2019 auto insurance reform law.

Received in the Senate

June 30, 2021

Substitute offered by Sen. Lana Theis (R-22)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Jim Runestad (R-15)

To increase the appropriation from $10 million to $25 million.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 33 to 0 (details)

To appropriate $25 million for grants to certain rehab clinics said to be aggrieved by fee caps in the 2019 auto insurance reform law. This law eliminated a requirement for all policies to include unlimited lifetime medical and personal care benefits for crash victims, which was said to generate of fraud and abuse, and was cited as a major reason for the state's very high insurance costs.

Received in the House

June 30, 2021

Passed in the House 79 to 30 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which increased the appropriation from $10 million to $25 million.

Received in the Senate

July 15, 2021

Passed in the Senate 34 to 1 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

July 15, 2021