2011 House Bill 5014 / Public Act 278

Appropriations: Supplemental budget

Introduced in the House

Sept. 27, 2011

Introduced by Rep. Chuck Moss (R-40)

To provide a template or "place holder" for a potential supplemental multidepartment appropriation for Fiscal Year 2011-2012.This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Oct. 12, 2011

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Oct. 18, 2011

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one containing actual appropriations.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Brandon Dillon (D-75)

To allow the Michigan Legislature to be a member of the center-left National Conference of State Legislatures and some other named organizations, but not the center-right American Legislative Exchange Council. Under current law, $141,500 is authorized for dues to unspecified "national associations," which may include both NCSL and ALEC.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Oct. 19, 2011

Passed in the House 103 to 5 (details)

To appropriate an extra $320.4 million for two items. The first is $119 million that is nearly all federal money for a program to provide incentive payments to health care providers and facilities to adopt state-approved electronic health care record systems. The second appropriates the money from a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-348">new 1 percent tax</a> on health insurance claims designed to “game” the federal Medicaid system to get higher federal payments to Michigan’s medical welfare system.

Received in the Senate

Oct. 20, 2011

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

Nov. 8, 2011

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Amendment offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that adds some new spending items, including $9.8 million from a federal grant to create a state "Obamacare exchange".

The amendment passed by voice vote

Nov. 10, 2011

Amendment offered by Sen. Glenn Anderson (D-6)

To replace $41.6 million previously appropriated for community colleges from the state "school aid fund" with the same amount from the state general fund.

The amendment failed 13 to 23 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Howard Walker (R-37)

To revise details of an appropriation of private money for a study on the state's early childhood education programs.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Morris Hood (D-3)

To strip out a $200,000 appropriation for a "student growth and assessment tool and evaluation tool" related to recently passed teacher tenure law reforms.

The amendment failed 11 to 25 (details)

Passed in the Senate 28 to 8 (details)

To appropriate an extra $366.3 million for several items, including $9.8 million from a federal grant to create a state “Obamacare exchange” to administer federal “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” subsidies. Also included is $119 million that is nearly all federal money for incentive payments to health care providers and facilities to adopt state-approved electronic health care record systems. The bill also appropriates the money from a <A href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-348">new 1 percent tax</A> on health insurance claims designed to “game” the federal Medicaid system to get higher federal payments to Michigan’s medical welfare system, and additonal amounts for related items.

Received in the House

Nov. 10, 2011

Dec. 13, 2011

Substitute offered by Rep. Chuck Moss (R-40)

To adopt a version of the bill that strips-out some of the spending items passed by the Senate; see Dec. 13 House-passed version for details.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-12)

To add more money for Medicaid "primary care" subsidies.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Fred Durhal (D-6)

To give Detroit $220 million, which is the amount needed to cover the city's deficit spending.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Alberta Talabi (D-3)

To add $1.5 million to tear down abandoned buildings near Detroit schools.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Joan Bauer (D-68)

To add $8.6 million to subsidize graduate medical education programs.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Marcia Hovey-Wright (D-92)

To add $1.5 million for subsidies for "independent living" programs.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 101 to 7 (details)

To appropriate an extra $351.7 million for several items, including $119 million in mostly federal money for incentive payments to health care providers and facilities to adopt state-approved electronic health care record systems, and $201 million from a <A href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-348">new 1 percent tax</A> on health insurance claims designed to “game” the federal Medicaid system to get higher federal payments to Michigan’s medical welfare system, and additonal amounts for related items. The House removed $9.8 million added by the Senate to create a state “Obamacare exchange” to administer “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” subsidies, $8.6 million added to subsidize doctor training programs, around $20 million added for other Medicaid-related disbursements, plus lesser amounts for other state programs.

Received in the Senate

Dec. 14, 2011

Amendment offered by Sen. Morris Hood (D-3)

To increase spending on a "hospital services and therapy" line item.

The amendment failed 11 to 26 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Vincent Gregory (D-14)

To increase spending on a "hospital services and therapy" line item, and also add $8.6 million to subsidize graduate medical education programs.

The amendment failed 13 to 24 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-8)

To add $206,700 in spending for a government "Asian Pacific American affairs" commission.

The amendment failed 11 to 25 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Virgil Smith (D-4)

To add extra spending for "precollege engineering programs" in high schools.

The amendment failed 16 to 21 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. John Gleason (D-27)

To add $1.5 million to increase subsidies for independent living programs for disabled persons.

The amendment passed 20 to 17 (details)

Motion to reconsider by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R-30)

To reconsider the vote by which the Gleason amendment was adopted.

The motion passed 25 to 12 (details)

Motion

To adopt the amendment by Sen. Gleason, adding $1.5 million to increase subsidies for independent living programs for disabled persons.

The motion failed 18 to 19 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Glenn Anderson (D-6)

To increase spending on welfare clothing subsidies.

The amendment failed 11 to 26 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. John Gleason (D-27)

To increase spending on subsidies for "independent living" programs for disabled persons.

The amendment failed 15 to 22 (details)

Passed in the Senate 20 to 17 (details)

To concur with the version of the bill passed by the House on Dec. 13, which stripped-out the $9.8 million appropriation for a state “Obamacare exchange” to administer “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” subsidies, plus other extra spending items added by the Senate.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

Dec. 19, 2011