2008 Senate Bill 1094 / Public Act 246

Appropriations: 2008-2009 Department of Community Health budget

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 13, 2008

Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R-32)

To provide the “template” or “place holder” for a Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Department of Community Health budget. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

March 25, 2008

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

To adopt a version of this budget that expresses the fiscal and policy preferences of the Republican-majority in the Senate on various spending items and programs. See Senate-passed version for more, and for details see the Senate Fiscal Agency analysis (link available through the “Text and Analysis” tab at the top of this bill’s MichiganVotes page).

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Glenn Anderson (D-6)

To add $310,000 for certain senior citizen home health programs.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Irma Clark-Coleman (D-3)

To add $3.2 million for low income youth dental programs in Wayne County.

The amendment failed 17 to 21 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Liz Brater (D-18)

To add $2.2 million for "mental health courts" proposed by Gov. Granholm, which allow a criminal prosecution to be stayed if the defendent agrees to a prescribed mental health treatment program, and the charges to be dropped if he or she abides by the agreement.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Deborah Cherry (D-26)

To add $900,000 for "minority health grants and contracts, add $1.6 million for certain immunizaton programs, add $3.7 million for government smoking prevention programs, and add more money for various similar programs. The amendment would also break out and increase various spending items assembled under the "healthy Michigan fund" rubric from a single line item into separate line items for the various components.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Deborah Cherry (D-26)

To add $28.1 million to the $139.7 million appropriated for "adult home health services" and add $4.4 million to senior "all health" services,.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Deborah Cherry (D-26)

To add $36.6 million for Medicaid health plan services.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D-2)

Add $9.5 million for low income youth dental programs in Wayne County.

The amendment failed 18 to 20 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Martha G. Scott (D-2)

To add $733,000 for government-funded programs to reduce sexually transmitted diseases.

The amendment failed 17 to 21 (details)

Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)

The Senate version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008-2009 Department of Community Health budget. (Gov. Granholm’s recommendation for this budget is contained in <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2008-SB-1141">Senate Bill 1141</a>). This would appropriate $12.482 billion in gross spending, compared to $12.048 billion, which was the FY 2007-2008 amount enrolled in 2007. Of this, $7.159 billion is federal money, compared to the FY 2007-2008 amount of $6.708 billion, and $5.323 billion is from state tax and other revenues, compared to $5.300 billion enrolled the previous year. Among other things, the budget does not include Gov. Granholm's proposal for "mental health courts," and would eliminate Medicaid coverage for 19- and 20-year-olds living in low income households.

Received in the House

April 8, 2008

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 5, 2008

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Substitute offered

To replace the Senate version of this budget with one that expresses the preferences of the House majority on various spending items and funding sources. For more see details see the <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/billanalysis/House/pdf/2007-HLA-1094-4.pdf">analysis</a> from the non-partisan House Fiscal Agency.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Judy Emmons (R-70)

To divert some low-income dental care for minors program money from Muskegon to Montcalm County, and reduce the amount of spending earmarked for this.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Arlan Meekhof (R-89)

To increase spending on a state network of cord blood stem cell banks.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Bruce Caswell (R-58)

To require the DCH to post a user-friendly website showing all its expenditures and the purpose of each.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Daniel Acciavatti (R-32)

To impose a 5 percent across-the-board cut in the amount proposed for the DCH budget, with the department to figure out which specific spending items to reduce below the previously proposed spending level to accomplish this overall reduction.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Passed in the House 60 to 47 (details)

The House version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008-2009 Department of Community Health budget. (Gov. Granholm’s recommendation for this budget is contained in <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2008-SB-1141">Senate Bill 1141</a>). This would appropriate $12.438 billion in gross spending, compared to $12.048 billion, which was the FY 2007-2008 amount enrolled in 2007. Of this, $7.146 billion is federal money, compared to the FY 2007-2008 amount of $6.708 billion, and $5.292 billion is from state tax and other revenues, compared to $5.300 billion the previous year. Among other things, the budget does include Gov. Granholm's proposal for pilot "mental health courts," and would not eliminate Medicaid coverage for 19- and 20-year-olds living in low income households.

Received in the Senate

June 10, 2008

Failed in the Senate 16 to 22 (details)

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.

Received in the House

June 10, 2008

June 28, 2008

Passed in the House 75 to 30 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Department of Community Health budget. This would appropriate $12.533 billion in gross spending, compared to $12.048 billion, which was the FY 2007-2008 amount enrolled in 2007. Of this, $7.225 billion is federal money, compared to the FY 2007-2008 amount of $6.708 billion, and $5.323 billion is from state tax and other revenues, compared to $5.300 billion enrolled the previous year. Among other things, the budget does not fund a proposal for "mental health courts," and would not eliminate Medicaid coverage for 19- and 20-year-olds living in low income households. For budget details see Senate Fiscal Agency <a href="http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/billanalysis/Senate/pdf/2007-SFA-1094-R.pdf">analysis</a>.

Received in the Senate

June 28, 2008

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Department of Community Health budget. This would appropriate $12.533 billion in gross spending, compared to $12.048 billion, which was the FY 2007-2008 amount enrolled in 2007. Of this, $7.225 billion is federal money, compared to the FY 2007-2008 amount of $6.708 billion, and $5.323 billion is from state tax and other revenues, compared to $5.300 billion enrolled the previous year. Among other things, the budget does not fund a proposal for "mental health courts," and would not eliminate Medicaid coverage for 19- and 20-year-olds living in low income households.

Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

July 17, 2008