2001 Senate Bill 287 / 2002 Public Act 560

Introduced in the Senate

March 7, 2001

Introduced by Sen. Harry Gast (R-20)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for a supplemental general government budget for the current fiscal year. This particular “place holder” was not used in 2001, but Senate Bills 283 and 291 were taken up to provide for FY 2000-2001 spending changes, including some increases and some cuts.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 8, 2002

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that appropriates $659.2 million in gross funding from all sources, mostly federal money. Of this $28.3 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). The budget provides $471.9 million in gross appropriations ($21.8 million general fund) for the Department of Community Health. This includes $166.5 million to accommodate caseload increases in Medicaid and Children's Special Health Care Services programs; $31.2 million for a bioterrorism preparedness initiative, and $10 million for other public health initiatives. The budget also has $55 million for an Airport Safety and Protection Plan. Other items include $4.5 million for county jail reimbursements, $211, 500 for renaissance zone tax reimbursements to libraries, $900,000 for veterans service organization grants which had been reduced in 2001 by a deficit-closing executive order, $24 million for federal bridge funding, $10.7 million for testing of grade school students pursuant to new federal requirements and grants, and $3.5 million to give extra money to Upper Peninsula schools with declining enrollment. The budget was amended to add $22 million to purchase two buildings from Ford for the University of Michigan Dearborn Campus, $5.9 million for a business training and performing arts building at Monroe County Community College, and $15,800 to reimburse the city of Flint for expenses incurred preparing for a special mayoral election cancelled pending a state review of the city’s troubled financial situation.

The substitute passed by voice vote

May 9, 2002

Amendment offered by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D-2)

To require the Michigan State Police to assume the duty of providing police protection to the City of Highland Park. The city is on the verge of bankruptcy.

The amendment passed by voice vote

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

To add $6 million for local bridge projects.

The amendment passed 21 to 15 (details)

May 14, 2002

Amendment offered by Sen. Bob Emerson (D-29)

To reconsider the vote by which the amendment offered by Senator Young was adopted.

The amendment passed 19 to 15 (details)

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

To add $6 million for local bridge projects.

The amendment passed 24 to 11 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D-2)

To give $5 million to the City of Highland Park to pay its bills. The city is on the verge of bankruptcy. The $5 million would come from the Tobacco Settlement Trust Fund.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D-2)

To give $5 million to the City of Highland Park to pay its bills. The city is on the verge of bankruptcy. The $5 million would come from the state service fee fund.

The amendment failed 14 to 21 (details)

Passed in the Senate 32 to 3 (details)

The Senate version of a supplemental general government budget for the current fiscal year. The bill appropriates $659.2 million in gross funding from all sources, mostly federal money. Of this $28.3 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues). The budget provides $471.9 million in gross appropriations ($21.8 million general fund) for the Department of Community Health. This includes $166.5 million to accommodate caseload increases in Medicaid and Children's Special Health Care Services programs; $31.2 million for a bioterrorism preparedness initiative, and $10 million for other public health initiatives. The budget also has $55 million for an Airport Safety and Protection Plan. Other items include $4.5 million for county jail reimbursements, $211,500 for renaissance zone tax reimbursements to libraries, $900,000 for veterans service organization grants which had been reduced in 2001 by a deficit-closing executive order, $24 million for federal bridge funding, and $10.7 million for testing of grade school students pursuant to new federal requirements and grants. The budget was amended in committee to add $22 million to purchase two buildings from Ford for the University of Michigan Dearborn Campus, $5.9 million for a business training and performing arts building at Monroe County Community College, and $15,800 to reimburse the city of Flint for expenses incurred preparing for a special mayoral election cancelled pending a state review of the city’s troubled financial situation.

Received in the House

May 14, 2002

Sept. 18, 2002

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one which is more limited, after the provisions of the previous version were mostly folded into House Bill 4373. In this version, the bill is being used as a legislative “vehicle” to recognize revenue for nursing homes to be generated by a “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) program that would impose a new "bed tax" on nursing homes. This is designed to allow the state to garner a greater amount of federal Medicaid dollars, which would be returned to the nursing homes in the form of greater Medicaid reimbursement rates, resulting in a net gain for most of them. For more details on the MMQAA see Senate Bills 1101 and 748, and House Bills 5103, 4373, and 4057. The bill would also reinstate $12.5 million funding for the Office of the Racing Commissioner (ORC), and related state horse race subsidies. This funding was line-item vetoed out of House Bill 5642, after the Senate had increased this amount with $1.3 million from State Services Fee Fund revenue. The bill includes several smaller supplemental appropriations.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 75 to 29 (details)

To adopt a more limited version of the bill, after the provisions of the previous version were mostly folded into House Bill 4373. In this version, the bill is used as a legislative “vehicle” to recognize revenue for nursing homes to be generated by a “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) program that would impose a new "bed tax" on nursing homes. This is designed to allow the state to garner a greater amount of federal Medicaid dollars, which would be returned to the nursing homes in the form of greater Medicaid reimbursement rates, resulting in a net gain for most of them. For more details on the MMQAA see Senate Bills 1101 and 748, and House Bills 5103, 4373, and 4057. The bill would also reinstate $12.5 million funding for the Office of the Racing Commissioner (ORC), and related state horse race subsidies. This funding was line-item vetoed out of House Bill 5642, after the Senate had increased this amount with $1.3 million from State Services Fee Fund revenue. The bill includes several smaller supplemental appropriations.

Received in the Senate

Sept. 24, 2002

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

To establish a new date on which the bill will go into effect if passed, and make other changes made necessary because the law being amended has been changed by another bill, requiring that certain references in this bill be updated. These changes not affect the substance of the bill as previously described.

The amendment passed by voice vote

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

To mandate that 50 percent of the additional Medicaid reimbursements to nursing homes made possible by the “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) be used for wage and benefit hikes for employees.

The amendment failed 16 to 19 (details)

Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill. In this version, the bill is being used as a legislative “vehicle” to recognize revenue for nursing homes to be generated by a “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) program that would impose a new "bed tax" on nursing homes. This is designed to allow the state to garner a greater amount of federal Medicaid dollars, which would be returned to the nursing homes in the form of greater Medicaid reimbursement rates, resulting in a net gain for most of them. For more details on the MMQAA see Senate Bills 1101 and 748, and House Bills 5103, 4373, and 4057. The bill would also reinstate $12.5 million funding for the Office of the Racing Commissioner (ORC), and related state horse race subsidies. This funding was line-item vetoed out of House Bill 5642, after the Senate had increased this amount with $1.3 million from State Services Fee Fund revenue. The bill includes several smaller supplemental appropriations.

Received in the House

Sept. 24, 2002

Passed in the House 101 to 1 (details)

Signed by Gov. John Engler

Sept. 30, 2002