2003 Senate Bill 589 ↩

Senate Roll Call 277: Passed

To reduce from seven percent to six percent of the total industry revenues the “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) fees on nursing homes and hospital long-term care units. The assessment imposes a "bed tax" on health care providers, which allows the state to collect and disburse a greater amount of federal Medicaid revenue. The bill would authorize the state to retain $38 million of these fees to offset an equal amount of general fund revenue that would otherwise be used to maintain spending levels in the Department of Community Health budget.