Introduced
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The executive recommendation for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 Department of Human Services (Welfare) budget. This would appropriate $7.004 billion in gross spending, compared to $5.941 billion, which was the FY 2009-2010 amount enrolled in 2009. Of this, $959.2 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2009-2010 amount of $860.2 million. $5.936 billion of this budget is federal money (of which $799 million is “stimulus” deficit spending) compared to the FY 2009-2010 amount of $4.974 billion.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
To adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Democratic-majority in the House on various spending items and programs. For details see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/billanalysis/House/pdf/2009-HLA-5882-4.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan House Fiscal Agency.
Substitute offered
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The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To revise a provision establishing that the department may not seek competitive bids on a contract with a service provider if the provider is "nationally accredited or is currently the only provider in the service area." Under the amendmentment, both conditions would have to apply.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To not include a provision prohibiting the department from conducting licensing reviews no more than once every two years for child placing agencies and child caring institutions that are nationally accredited and have no outstanding violations.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To prohibit the privatization of department services unless the savings to the state would be at least 10 percent of the cost of the same service being performed by government workers.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To remove language requiring that $500,000 appropriated to collect child support arrearages be spent on a contract with a private collection agency (rather than being done by government employees).
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To not extend an increase in private adoption agency reimbursement rates to an agency in which any employees receive annual compensation greater than that of the governor’s salary.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To prohibit using any appropriated money to fund the "Michigan Home-Based Child Care Council," which is an entity created to collect union dues from independent home day contractors hired by welfare recipients with government money provided for this (and is the subject of a Mackinac Center "stealth unionization" lawsuit).
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require the department to file with the legislature a detailed monthly spending report.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To cut the department's budget by $2.57 million, which is approximately the amount that was extracted last year from the payments to independent home day contractors hired by welfare recipients and turned over to a subsidiary the AFSCME and UAW unions, and establish as the "intent of the legislature" that the cut be offet by getting the money back from the unions. This practice is the subject of a "stealth unionization" lawsuit filed by the Mackinac Center.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require the department to create an automated database that cross-checks the appropriate State Police information on outstanding arrest warrants so that a person with an outstanding warrant is not allowed to collect welfare.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strip out a $100,000 grant to an entity called "youthville Detroit".
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To cut $20 million for a government jobs training program ("JET Plus").
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To add $2 million and 20 employees to the department's inspector general office, and use the personnel and money to increase welfare eligibility screening.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To add $3 million and require the money be used to add photos to “bridge cards” (welfare benefit and food stamp debit cards).
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To prohibit the transfer of any foster care cases from the department to to private child placing agencies if this would that require a county contribution to the private agency administrative rate.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To not include a provision that would increase the daily rates paid to providers of residential services for juvenile justice and abused or neglected youth in recognition of increased requirements resulting from a children's rights lawsuit settlement agreement.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To increase from $200,000 to $300,000 a grant to the "kinship care resource center" administered by the Michigan State University School of Social Work.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To not include a provision authorizing $2.5 million in spending "to facilitate the licensure of relative caregivers as foster parents".
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To make it a felony for individuals in the department to attempt to use any appropriated money to fund the "Michigan Home-Based Child Care Council," which is an entity created to collect union dues from independent home day contractors hired by welfare recipients with government money provided for this (and is the subject of a Mackinac Center "stealth unionization" lawsuit).
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 55 to 46 (details)
The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 Department of Human Services (Welfare) budget. This would appropriate $7.015 billion in gross spending, compared to $5.941 billion, which was the FY 2009-2010 amount enrolled in 2009. Of this, $959.2 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2009-2010 amount of $860.2 million. $5.968 billion of this budget is federal money (of which $816 million is “stimulus” deficit spending) compared to the FY 2009-2010 amount of $4.974 billion.
Substitute offered
To adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Republican-majority in the Senate on various spending items and programs. For details see <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2009-SFA-5882-F.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan Senate Fiscal Agency.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 20 to 14 (details)
The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 Department of Human Services (Welfare) budget. This would appropriate $6.953 billion in gross spending, compared to $5.941 billion, which was the FY 2009-2010 amount enrolled in 2009, and $7.015 billion proposed by the House. Of this, $916.4 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2009-2010 amount of $860.2 million. $5.933 billion of this budget is federal money (of which $819 million is “stimulus” deficit spending) compared to the FY 2009-2010 amount of $4.974 billion.
Motion
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To give the bill immediate effect.
The motion failed 20 to 12 (details)
To concur with a Senate-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.
Failed in the House 0 to 105 (details)
Received
Passed in the House 63 to 42 (details)
The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010-2011 Department of Human Services (Welfare) budget. This would appropriate $6.9962 billion in gross spending, compared to $5.941 billion enrolled for the previous year. $5.921 billion of this budget is federal money (of which $775 million is “stimulus” deficit spending) compared to $4.974 billion the previous year. The budget adds hundreds of new child protective services workers due to a lawsuit settlement.
Passed in the Senate 21 to 17 (details)
