2012 Senate Bill 956

Appropriations: Department of Human Services

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 14, 2012

Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R-16)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Department Of Human Services budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

April 24, 2012

Reported without amendment

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

Substitute offered

To adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Republican-majority in the Senate.

The substitute passed by voice vote

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

To eliminate a provision transferring Kent County foster care and adoption services from a government agency to private social service agencies. Also, to eliminate provisions requiring the department to look into privatizing the management of the Maxey state reformatory for juvenile delinquents, and look into whether money can be saved by outsourcing the Medicaid eligibility determination process.

The amendment failed 12 to 26 (details)

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

The amendment failed 12 to 26 (details)

Passed in the Senate 25 to 13 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Human Services budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $6.554 billion in gross spending, compared to $6.831 billion, which was the FY 2011-2012 amount enrolled in 2011. Of this, $5.386 billion is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.

Received in the House

April 24, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 2, 2012

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

To strip out all of the appropriations of the Senate-passed version of the bill, which is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 63 to 47 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate "stripped" of all actual appropriations. This vote is basically a procedural method of launching negotiations to work out the differences between the House and Senate budgets.

Received in the Senate

May 3, 2012

Failed in the Senate 0 to 38 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the budget. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.

May 30, 2012

Received

Passed in the Senate 24 to 12 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Department of Human Services (welfare) budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2012. This would appropriate $6.553 billion in gross spending, compared to $6.831 billion, which was the FY 2011-2012 amount enrolled in 2011. Of this, $5.385 billion is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees. Note: <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5365">House Bill 5365</a> contains an identical version of this conference report.

Received in the House

May 30, 2012