2001 House Bill 4373 / 2002 Public Act 530

Introduced in the House

Feb. 27, 2001

Introduced by Rep. Marc Shulman (R-39)

The House version of the a supplemental appropriation budget. The actual legislative “vehicle” for this budget was Senate Bill 283, which is the bill that was taken up and eventually passed into law.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 16, 2002

Substitute offered

To replace the executive recommendation, and use this legislative "shell" as a "vehicle" to make $61.4 million in supplemental appropriations for the current fiscal year, $1.6 million of which is general fund money. Of this, $31.2 million in federal anti-terrorism money would go to hospitals and laboratories, and for improved communications/ information systems intended to deal with biological attacks. Another $12 million in funds from an anticipated vitamin price-fixing lawsuit settlement would go to a multi-year “Healthy Lifestyles Program” programs intended to reduce obesity in the population, and to expand a program to provide surplus food from farmers’ markets to eligible recipients. The bill would increase Medicaid home-care waiver slots to 15,000, an increase of 3,000. However, no additional funds go to the health care entities which are suing the state on this issue. The bill also appropriates $9 million of tobacco lawsuit money for college merit award scholarships, $3.4 million from the Environmental Response Fund for clean-up of Tannery Bay in White Lake, and includes smaller amounts for various programs in the Departments of Military and Veterans Affairs, Education, Agriculture, Transportation, State Police, and the Family Independence Agency, as well as initial budget “placeholders” for various capital outlay projects.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David Mead (R-101)

To use $2 million already in this budget to make an accounting adjustment for accrued liabilities on grants earned but not yet paid to local governments, as required by generally accepted accounting principles and state accounting policies.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Scott Shackleton (R-107)

To allow unspent appropriations from the current year to carry over into the next year to provide assistance to certain Upper Peninsula schools with declining enrollment.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered

To add $23 million in federal money for school reading and teacher training programs.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Marc Shulman (R-39)

To authorize the creation of a separate state contingency appropriations account, in an amount not to exceed $100 million, as a means to obtain potentially higher federal Medicaid reimbursements for per-patient mental health expenses.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Stephen Ehardt (R-83)

To insert a “placeholder” in the budget to provide planning authorization for a proposed St. Clair County Community College North building renovation project.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Paul DeWeese (R-67)

To add $150,000 for a Michigan State University pavement preservation center.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Laura Toy (R-19)

To provide for the purchase two buildings from Ford Motor for the University of Michigan Dearborn Campus at a price of approximately $22 million.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Keith Stallworth (D-12)

To allocate $1 million to remove debris from the roadsides of non-freeway state roads in the Detroit-metro region.

The amendment failed 40 to 59 (details)

Amendment offered by Rep. Keith Stallworth (D-12)

To add $1 million for cultural enhancement grants.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Glenn Anderson (D-18)

To allocate $50,000 to the city of Westland to permanently relocate and restore the Guthrie House.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Keith Stallworth (D-12)

To allocate $4 million for abatement and demolition of dangerous buildings in Detroit.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Keith Stallworth (D-12)

To state the intent of the legislature to be that of funds appropriated for the Department of Management and Budget building demolition, $4 million should be used for abatement and demolition of dangerous buildings in Detroit.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 97 to 10 (details)

To replace the executive recommendation, and use this legislative "shell" as a "vehicle" to make $61.4 million in supplemental appropriations for the current fiscal year, $1.6 million of which is general fund money. Of this, $31.2 million in federal anti-terrorism money would go to hospitals and laboratories, and for improved communications/ information systems intended to deal with biological attacks. Another $12 million in funds from an anticipated vitamin price-fixing lawsuit settlement would go to a multi-year “Healthy Lifestyles Program” programs intended to reduce obesity in the population, and to expand a program to provide surplus food from farmers’ markets to eligible recipients. The bill would increase Medicaid home-care waiver slots to 15,000, an increase of 3,000. However, no additional funds go to the health care entities which are suing the state on this issue. The bill also appropriates $9 million of tobacco lawsuit money for college merit award scholarships, $3.4 million from the Environmental Response Fund for clean-up of Tannery Bay in White Lake, and includes smaller amounts for various programs in the Departments of Military and Veterans Affairs, Education, Agriculture, Transportation, State Police, and the Family Independence Agency, as well as initial budget “placeholders” for various capital outlay projects.

Received in the Senate

May 16, 2002

June 5, 2002

Amendment offered by Sen. Harry Gast (R-20)

To make provisions in the funding levels in this budget for revenue to come from a “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) program. The program would impose a new bed tax on hospitals. The money generated would allow the state to collect an even greater amount of federal Medicaid revenue, much of which would go to the hospitals, resulting in a net gain.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Harry Gast (R-20)

To move a provision that deals with Upper Peninsula schools with declining enrollment from another budget into this one.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Harry Gast (R-20)

To move certain provisions that deal with various categorical school aid grants (that is, not part of the basic per-pupil foundation grant) from another budget into this one.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Harry Gast (R-20)

To remove from this bill $27 million of federal funding for payment of homestead property tax credits for low-income families. The program is now included in a different section of the budget.

The amendment passed 37 to 0 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Alma Smith (D-18)

To appropriate $400,000 for a grant to an Arab-Chaldean health center.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Joe Young, Jr. (D-1)

To prohibit revenue from the Wayne County airport parking tax from going to capital outlay projects (such as a proposed statewide airport security upgrade proposal). Wayne County’s proceeds from the tax would be reduced, and would be diverted to this use, by House Bill 4454.

The amendment failed 14 to 21 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Alma Smith (D-18)

To remove a $1.2 million appropriation for the current fiscal year (which ends Sept. 30, 2002), for transition costs when the next governor takes office on Jan. 1, 2003. Also, to remove a provision which sets funds aside for marine safety grants that are in the pipeline but have not yet been disbursed.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Dan DeGrow (R-27)

To reconsider the vote on an amendment to appropriate $400,000 for a grant to an Arab-Chaldean health center.

The amendment passed 20 to 17 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Alma Smith (D-18)

To reconsider the vote on an amendment to remove a $1.2 million appropriation for the current fiscal year (which ends Sept. 30, 2002), for transition costs when the next governor takes office on Jan. 1, 2003.

The amendment failed 18 to 19 (details)

Substitute offered by Sen. Dan DeGrow (R-27)

To reconsider the vote by which an amendment to remove a provision which sets funds aside for marine safety grants that are in the pipeline but have not yet been disbursed.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Alma Smith (D-18)

To reconsider the vote on an amendment to remove a $1.2 million appropriation for the current fiscal year (which ends Sept. 30, 2002), for transition costs when the next governor takes office on Jan. 1, 2003.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Joe Young, Jr. (D-1)

To transfer $6 million of federal road money from state bridge projects to local bridge projects.

The amendment failed 18 to 19 (details)

Substitute offered

To replace the House-passed version of this supplemental budget with a version which makes $1.019 billion in gross appropriations for the current fiscal year. Of this, none would come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), and most comes from federal funds and a state Medicaid Benefits Trust Fund. The money is distributed amongst a number of state departments and programs, but most of the funding is to cover increased Medicaid caseloads. Among other changes, the substitute removes a provision to increase Medicaid home-care waiver slots to 15,000, an increase of 3,000.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To make $1.019 billion in gross supplemental appropriations for the current fiscal year, but cut $68 million in previous appropriations from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). Of this, $677 million are federal funds, including new federal unemployment insurance benefit money, with the remainder from local matching funds and state restricted fund dollars, including withdrawals from a state Medicaid Benefits Trust Fund. The money is distributed amongst a number of state departments and programs, including job training programs, but most goes to cover increased Medicaid caseloads. The Senate version replaces the House-passed version, and inserts many of the provisions from the Senate-passed version of Senate Bill 287 into this bill.

Received in the House

June 5, 2002

June 18, 2002

Substitute offered by Rep. Marc Shulman (R-39)

To replace the Senate-passed version of this budget with a version which makes several changes in the funding amounts, and in certain “boilerplate” language requiring or prohibiting various conditions and actions. The action will send the bill back to the Senate. Among the changes are a reduction of $3 million in funding for a "Michigan Virtual University".

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Gary Woronchak (R-15)

To appropriate $356,000 for a grant for programs operated by the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) in Dearborn and the Arab-American and Chaldean Council (ACC) in Oakland County.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Jerry Vander Roest (R-63)

To require Michigan State University, and the Departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources to report to the legislature on who will pay the operating expenses for a new animal health diagnostics laboratory at MSU.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. David Mead (R-101)

To use $2 million already in this budget to make an accounting adjustment for accrued liabilities on marine safety grants earned but not yet paid to local governments, as required by generally accepted accounting principles and state accounting policies.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Scott Shackleton (R-107)

To add $1 million for local bus service operating subsidies, and $764,000 for local bus capital expenditure subsidies.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Keith Stallworth (D-12)

To transfer $6 million of federal road money from state bridge projects to local bridge projects.

The amendment failed 47 to 52 (details)

Passed in the House 63 to 38 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, but with new amendments added. The bill would make $1.019 billion in gross supplemental appropriations for the current fiscal year, and cut $67.4 million in previous appropriations from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). Of the gross amount, $677 million is from federal funds, including new federal unemployment insurance benefit money, with the remainder from local matching funds and state restricted fund dollars, including $203 million from a state Medicaid Benefits Trust Fund. The money is distributed amongst a number of state departments and programs, including job training programs, but most goes to cover increased Medicaid caseloads.

Received in the Senate

June 18, 2002

June 19, 2002

Amendment offered

To add language related to the new “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) program designed to collect more federal Medicaid matching funds, to make sure it will qualify to do so under federal rules.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Harry Gast (R-20)

To strip out $356,000 for an Arab Community Center in Dearborn and the Arab-American and Chaldean Council (ACC) in Oakland County, $150,000 for veteran tuition grants, and $150,000 for the Michigan State University Pavement Preservation Center, all added by the House.

The amendment passed 20 to 16 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. John Cherry (D-28)

To strip out the use of new federal unemployment insurance benefit money for job training programs and unemployment agency operations.

The amendment failed 15 to 21 (details)

Passed in the Senate 23 to 13 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill, as amended to remove certain new appropriations added by the House.

Received in the House

June 19, 2002

July 2, 2002

Passed in the House 65 to 37 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. John Engler

July 25, 2002

In the House

Aug. 13, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations