2019 Senate Bill 139 / Public Act 67

Appropriations: Department of Health and Human Services

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 28, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Peter MacGregor (R-28)

To provide a “template” or “place holder” for the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Department of Health and Human Services. This bill contains no appropriations, but may be amended at a later date to include them.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

May 7, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

May 14, 2019

Amendment offered

To increase certain line-item spending proposals, or add $100 spending "placeholders," for programs and proposals related to suicide and depression, drug treatment, food banks, research on Alzheimer treatments and some others.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Paul Wojno (D-9)

To add $20 million for a "prepaid inpatient health plan financial contingency fund".

The amendment failed 16 to 22 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Erika Geiss (D-6)

To reduce spending on certain pregnancy prevention programs or family planning local agreements that include abortion counseling, and remove language that prohibits the state from contracting with organizations that provide abortions.

The amendment failed 16 to 22 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Betty Alexander (D-5)

To transfer $3 million from low-income home energy subsidies and give it instead to a group that assists low-income customers who haven't paid their water bills avoid having their service shut-off.

The amendment failed 16 to 22 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Rosemary Bayer (D-12)

To authorize the extension of a Medicaid "behavioral health and physical health benefit and financial integration demonstration model" pilot program beyond the October 2021 date when it is supposed to report results and expanded statewide if effective.

The amendment failed 16 to 22 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-18)

To require individuals who provide Medicaid adult home help services to be paid $15 an hour, and appropriate more money to do so.

The amendment failed 16 to 22 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-29)

To require Medicaid home- and community-based service providers to pay workers at least $15 an hour, and add $100 million to the $346 million line item for this program.

The amendment failed 16 to 22 (details)

Amendment offered by Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-13)

To add an amount of additional spending to be determines later to support vaccine education programs.

The amendment failed 17 to 21 (details)

Passed in the Senate 22 to 16 (details)

The Senate version of the Department of Health and Human Services budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, 2019. This covers welfare and Medicaid spending and is by far the state's largest annual appropriation. The bill would authorize $26.130 billion in gross spending, of which $18.228 billion is federal money, and the rest is from state and local taxes and fees.

Received in the House

May 15, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 19, 2019

Reported without amendment

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

Passed in the House 57 to 52 (details)

To send the bill back to the Senate as just a "shell" or "placeholder" budget with no actual appropriations. This is a procedural device used for launching negotiations over the differences between the House and Senate budgets, and eventually for negotiating a final budget between a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor.

Received in the Senate

June 20, 2019

Failed in the Senate 0 to 37 (details)

To send the bill back to the House as just a "shell" or "placeholder" budget with no actual appropriations. This is a procedural device used for launching negotiations over the differences between the House and Senate budgets, and eventually for negotiating a final budget between a Republican-controlled legislature and a Democratic governor.

Sept. 24, 2019

Received

Passed in the Senate 24 to 14 (details)

The House-Senate conference report for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020 Health and Human Services budget. This would appropriate $26.452 billion in gross spending compared to $24.880 billion enrolled the previous year. Some $18.393 billion of this budget is federal money.

Received in the House

Sept. 24, 2019

Passed in the House 64 to 44 (details)

Signed with line-item veto by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Sept. 30, 2019

Received in the Senate

Oct. 2, 2019