Public Act 141

      Comments on this legislation    Post new comment    Text and Analysis    Add to Watch List 
  Previous   Next 

• Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on February 20, 2011.
• Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on April 27, 2011, to repeal a 6 percent use tax on medical services health care providers, and replace it with a 1 percent tax on health insurance claims. These taxes are designed to “game” the federal Medicaid system in ways that result in higher federal payments to Michigan’s medical welfare system. This bill is the repealer, and Senate Bill 348 creates the new tax.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 27, 2011.
  • Motion in the Senate on June 29, 2011, to discharge the Committee on Appropriations from further consideration of the bill, and move it directly to the full Senate for a vote. The motion passed 24 to 14 in the Senate on June 29, 2011.
    Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Failed 19 to 13 in the Senate on June 29, 2011.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Moved to reconsider by Sen. Arlan Meekhof (R) on June 29, 2011, to reconsider the vote by which the bill was defeated. The motion passed by voice vote in the Senate on June 29, 2011.
• Received in the Senate on June 30, 2011, to repeal a 6 percent use tax on medical services health care providers, and replace it with a 1 percent tax on health insurance claims. These taxes are designed to “game” the federal Medicaid system in ways that result in higher federal payments to Michigan’s medical welfare system. This bill is the repealer, and Senate Bill 348 creates the new tax. Passed 24 to 9 in the Senate on June 30, 2011.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on June 30, 2011.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on June 30, 2011.
    • Reported in the House on August 24, 2011, without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed 65 to 42 in the House on August 24, 2011, to repeal a 6 percent use tax on medical services health care providers, and replace it with a 1 percent tax on health insurance claims. These taxes are designed to “game” the federal Medicaid system in ways that result in higher federal payments to Michigan’s medical welfare system. This bill is the repealer, and Senate Bill 348 creates the new tax.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Motion in the Senate on August 24, 2011, to give the bill be given immediate effect. The motion passed 32 to 2 in the Senate on August 24, 2011.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on September 7, 2011.
  • Substitute offered in the House on September 7, 2011, to clarify when the new tax will kick-in. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on September 7, 2011.
• Passed 66 to 42 in the House on September 7, 2011, to pass the bill again with a clarification of when the new tax will kick-in.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on September 7, 2011, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill. Passed 28 to 9 in the Senate on September 7, 2011.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"