Introduced
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To replace the current fixed license, registration, inspection, and other fees on various health care related providers and services with new fees to be determined by the legislature in annual budget bills. Most current fees were set over the years as particular statutes establishing the various license, registration and inspection requirements were adopted. Under the bill, licensed entities would not know how much new or renewed license fees would be until an annual appropriations bill was passed with the new amounts. Fees could potentially vary by a considerable amount as the legislature seeks to use fee revenue to pay for state spending. This bill is one of many authorizing fee increases totaling some $125.5 million which Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed to close a gap between state spending and expected revenue in the Fiscal Year 2003-2004 budget.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which contains specific fee increases.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 1 (details)
To increase fees on various health care related providers and services. The bill would impose approximately $1.2 million in additional costs on health care providers, which would be used to replace general fund support for the Bureau of Health Systems. This bill is one of many authorizing fee increases totaling some $125.5 million which Gov. Jennifer Granholm proposed to close a gap between state spending and expected revenue in the Fiscal Year 2003-2004 budget.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that increases fees for reviewing health care facility construction permits, certificate of need (CON) applications, and CON projects requiring capital expenditures. The bill would levy some $1.1 million in new fees on health care providers.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To restrict the use of the fees collected under the bill to running the certificate of need program.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 71 to 34 (details)
To levy some $1.1 million in new fees on health care facilities seeking state permission to expand or acquire new medical equipment.
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill, which levies some $1.1 million in new fees on health care facilities seeking state permission to expand or acquire new medical equipment.
Passed in the Senate 34 to 1 (details)
