Public Act 349 of 2004

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• Introduced by Sen. Shirley Johnson (R) on March 3, 2004, to provide the “template” or “place holder” for a Senate Republican version of a Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Department of Community Health budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 3, 2004.
  • Reported in the Senate on March 25, 2004, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on March 30, 2004, to replace the executive proposal for this budget, contained in Senate Bill 1036 , with a budget that expresses policy differences between the Republican-majority in the Senate and Governor Jennifer Granholm on certain spending items and funding sources. See Senate-passed version for major features, and Senate Fiscal Agency analysis for detailed analysis (the “Text and Analysis” tab at the top of this bill’s MichiganVotes.org page is a link to this). The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on March 30, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Deborah Cherry (D) on March 30, 2004, to require that certain money appropriated to boost the pay of nursing home workers must go to the workers directly. The amendment failed 17 to 21 in the Senate on March 30, 2004.
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  • Amendment offered by Sen. Deborah Cherry (D) on March 30, 2004, to increase spending for various Medicaid services. The amendment failed 17 to 21 in the Senate on March 30, 2004.
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  • Amendment offered by Sen. Deborah Cherry (D) on March 30, 2004, to add $5 million to the extra money paid to hospitals with a high proportion of Medicaid patients, and revise the proposed new formula by which the money is distributed to hospitals. Under the current formula, many hospitals with a large number of Medicaid patients do not get this money because their relative proportion of Medicaid patients is less than certain metro-Detroit area hospitals. The new formula would reduce payments to Detroit-area hospitals by approximately $4.3 million. The amendment failed 17 to 21 in the Senate on March 30, 2004.
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• Passed 24 to 14 in the Senate on March 30, 2004, the Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Community Health budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 1036 .) This appropriates $9.637 billion in adjusted gross spending (including restricted fund and federal dollars), compared to $9.417 million, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003. Of this, $2.974 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2003-2004 amount of $2.561 million. Medicaid spending rises $229.5 million over the previous year. The Senate version authorizes approximately $95 million less gross spending than the governor recommended, but $500 million more general fund spending, mainly because it does not include some $400 million in new tobacco tax and estate tax revenue proposed by the governor. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.
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• Received in the House on March 30, 2004.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on March 30, 2004.
    • Reported in the House on June 8, 2004, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
  • Substitute offered in the House on June 9, 2004, to replace the Senate version of this budget with a House version which expresses policy differences between the bodies on certain spending items. See House-passed version for details. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on June 9, 2004.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Triette Reeves (D) on June 9, 2004, to add $248,200 for the Morris Hood diabetes center in Detroit. The amendment failed 52 to 49 in the House on June 9, 2004.
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  • Amendment offered by Rep. Paula Zelenko (D) on June 9, 2004, to maintain employee compensation levels mandated by an appropriation that has been granted in the past to enhance the pay of nursing home workers. The amendment prohibits any increase or decrease in the amount of the mandated “wage pass-through” compensation level. The amendment failed 45 to 58 in the House on June 9, 2004.
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• Passed 61 to 43 in the House on June 9, 2004, the House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Community Health budget. (Note: Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposed budget for this department is Senate Bill 1036 .) This appropriates $9.664 billion in adjusted gross spending (including restricted fund and federal dollars), compared to $9.417 million, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003. Of this, $2.465 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2003-2004 amount of $2.561 million. Medicaid spending rises $229.5 million over the previous year. The House version authorizes approximately $68 million less gross spending than the governor recommended, and $11 million less general fund spending. It appropriates $419 million in new tobacco tax revenue (see House Bill 5632) and tobacco revenue previously earmarked for the “rainy day” fund. Much more information on Michigan’s budget is available at Hot Topics: Michigan’s Budget Challenge at www.mackinac.org/4964.
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• Received in the Senate on June 10, 2004.
• Failed 0 to 37 in the Senate on June 15, 2004, to concur with a House-passed version of the bill. The vote sends the bill to a House-Senate conference committee to work out the differences.
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• Received in the House on June 29, 2004.
• Passed 91 to 15 in the House on September 9, 2004, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Community Health budget. This appropriates $1.013 billion in adjusted gross spending (including state restricted fund and federal dollars), compared to $9.417 million, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003. Of this, $2.558 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2003-2004 amount of $2.561 million. The budget incorporates revenue from a 75-cent per pack increase in the state cigarette tax.
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• Received in the Senate on June 30, 2004.
• Passed 29 to 4 in the Senate on September 8, 2004, the House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-2005 Department of Community Health budget. This appropriates $1.013 billion in adjusted gross spending (including state restricted fund and federal dollars), compared to $9.417 million, which was the FY 2003-2004 amount enrolled in 2003. Of this, $2.558 million will come from the general fund (funded by actual state tax revenues), compared to the FY 2003-2004 amount of $2.561 million. The budget incorporates revenue from a 75-cent per pack increase in the state cigarette tax.
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• Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on September 30, 2004.
• Received in the Senate on October 5, 2004.