2002 Senate Bill 1101 ↩

Senate Roll Call 763: Passed

The House-Senate conference report for the FY 2002-2003 Department of Community Health budget. This appropriates $9.730 billion in adjusted gross spending (funded from all sources, including state restricted fund and federal pass-through dollars, minus interdepartmental transfers), compared to $8.596 billion, which was the FY 2001-2002 amount enacted in 2001. Of this, $2.477 billion will come from the General Fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the current year’s $2.653 billion. Note: The FY 2001-2002 figures do not include supplemental appropriations, interdepartmental program shifts, funding source shifts, or cuts made by executive order later in the fiscal year, if any. These can be substantial, and will change the appearance of year-to-year comparisons. The conference report adds an additional $15 million to a proposed withdrawal from a state Medicaid Trust Fund, leaving a balance of $52 million in the fund. It increases Medicaid reimbursement rates to hospitals and nursing homes, and appropriates proceeds from a new “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) program, which imposes a new fee or tax on providers, then uses the revenue to collect more federal Medicaid matching funds, resulting in a net gain for the health care providers. The conference report cuts various line items, including certain health screening and other programs.