2010 House Bill 5844

Ban “stealth" unionization of Medicaid personal care service employees

Introduced in the House

Feb. 18, 2010

Introduced by Rep. Kimberly Meltzer (R-33)

To prohibit providers of home personal care services to Medicaid recipients from having to be inducted into a government employee union in order to get paid by the state, as happened to the home day care providers who are the subject of a Mackinac Center lawsuit. Senate Bill 731 would give statutory authorization to such a mandatory unionization scheme for Medicaid-recipient home personal care services providers.

Referred to the Committee on Labor