2023 House Bill 4280

1. Amend page 23, following line 23, by inserting:

“Sec. 235. (1) The department must require that as a condition of employment, each employee must participate in 2 hours of customer service and business ethics training. This training must include, but is not limited to, instruction in customer service professionalism, consumer support, and ethics in business.

(2) Not later than November 3, 2023, the department shall submit a report to the subcommittees, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office containing all of the following information:

(a) The number of classified and unclassified employees that received the customer service and business ethics training.

(b) A copy of the material that was presented in the customer service and business ethics training.

(c) Information on the entity that provided the customer service and business ethics training.”.

1. Amend page 23, following line 23, by inserting:

“Sec. 233. Pending litigation related to a licensee must not delay investigations and licensing actions taken by the department toward that licensee under its statutory authority, unless otherwise prohibited by law.”.

1. Amend page 11, following line 11, by inserting:

“Indigent juvenile justice implementation

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and adjusting the subtotals, totals, and section 201 accordingly.

1. Amend page 39, following line 21, by inserting:

“Sec. 803. A grant distributed by the Michigan indigent defense commission must not be used by an indigent defense system to support any construction expenses for a new structure. This section does not prohibit expenditures for renovations to existing structures, if such a renovation is part of an indigent defense system’s approved compliance plan.”.

1. Amend page 18, line 23, by striking out all of section 222 and inserting:

“Sec. 222. Funding appropriated in part 1 must not be used to require actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); to restrict or impede any community’s access to government resources, programs, or facilities; or to diminish, interfere with, or restrict an individual’s ability to exercise rights as outlined under the state constitution of 1963.”.

1. Amend page 15, line 12, after “exceed” by striking out “$10,000,000.00” and inserting “$1,000,000.00”.

2. Amend page 15, line 18, after “exceed” by striking out “$25,000,000.00” and inserting “$1,500,000.00”.

3. Amend page 15, line 24, after “exceed” by striking out “$1,000,000.00” and inserting “$200,000.00”.

4. Amend page 16, line 1, after “exceed” by striking out “$500,000.00” and inserting “$100,000.00”.

5. Amend page 17, line 8, by striking out all of section 216 and inserting:

“Sec. 216. (1) On a quarterly basis, the department shall report to the senate and house appropriations committees, the subcommittees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies the following information:

(a) The number of FTEs in pay status by type of staff and civil service classification.

(b) A comparison by line item of the number of FTEs authorized from funds appropriated in part 1 to the actual number of FTEs employed by the department at the end of the reporting period.

(2) By March 1 of the current fiscal year, the department shall report to the senate and house appropriations committees, the subcommittees, and the senate and house fiscal agencies the following information:

(a) Number of employees that were engaged in remote work in 2023.

(b) Number of employees authorized to work remotely and the actual number of those working remotely in the current reporting period.

(c) Estimated net cost savings achieved by remote work.

(d) Reduced use of office space associated with remote work.”.

6. Amend page 18, following line 6, by inserting:

“(b) Maintain an internet site that posts any severance pay in excess of 6 weeks of wages, regardless of the position held by the former department employee receiving severance pay.” and relettering remaining subdivision accordingly.

7. Amend page 23, following line 23, by inserting:

“Sec. 231. Total authorized appropriations from all sources under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 are estimated at $37,283,800.00. From this amount, total agency appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at $24,531,900.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care legacy costs are estimated at $12,751,900.00.

Sec. 232. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this act, the legislature may, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each chamber, intertransfer funds within this act for the particular department, board, commission, officer, or institution.

Sec. 233. (1) Any department, agency, board, commission, or public officer that receives funding under part 1 shall not:

(a) Require as a condition of accessing any facility or receiving services that an individual provide proof that he or she has received a COVID-19 vaccine except as provided by federal law or as a condition of receiving federal Medicare or Medicaid funding.

(b) Produce, develop, issue, or require a COVID-19 vaccine passport.

(c) Develop a database or make any existing database publicly available to access an individual’s COVID-19 vaccine status by any person, company, or governmental entity.

(d) Require as a condition of employment that an employee or official provide proof that he or she has received a COVID-19 vaccine. This subdivision does not apply to any hospital, congregate care facility, or other medical facility or any hospital, congregate care facility, or other medical facility operated by a local subdivision that receives federal Medicare or Medicaid funding.

(2) A department, agency, board, commission, or public officer may not subject any individual to any negative employment consequence, retaliation, or retribution because of that individual’s COVID-19 vaccine status.

(3) Subsection (1) does not prohibit any person, department, agency, board, commission, or public officer from transmitting proof of an individual’s COVID-19 vaccine status to any person, company, or governmental entity, so long as the individual provides affirmative consent.

(4) If a department, agency, board, commission, subdivision, or official or public officer is required to establish a vaccine policy due to a federal mandate, it must provide exemptions to any COVID-19 vaccine policy to the following individuals:

(a) An individual for whom a physician certifies that a COVID-19 vaccine is or may be detrimental to the individual’s health or is not appropriate.

(b) An individual who provides a written statement to the effect that the requirements of the COVID-19 vaccine policy cannot be met because of religious convictions or other consistently held objection to immunization.

(5) As used in this section, “public officer” means a person appointed by the governor or another executive department official or an elected or appointed official of this state or a political subdivision of this state.

Sec. 234. The department shall submit a report to the subcommittees, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget office by September 30 detailing any expenditure of funds for a television or radio production that was made to a third-party vendor in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. The report must include the following information for each expenditure:

(a) Total amount of the expenditure.

(b) Fund source for the expenditure.

(c) Name of any vendor that created the production and the amount paid to each vendor.

(d) Purpose of the production.”.