Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn R-Saginaw on March 27, 2014
To re-impose a 6 percent use tax on the managed care health care providers (hospitals) that provide most Medicaid services, which is designed to “game” the federal Medicaid program in ways that result in higher federal payments to Michigan’s medical welfare establishment (including those same hospitals). This tax had been suspended 2011 in favor of different version, which did not raise enough to maximize the extra federal increase potential. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 27, 2014
Reported in the Senate on May 8, 2014
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered in the Senate on May 8, 2014
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on May 8, 2014