2015 House Bill 4447

Senate Roll Call 272: Passed

To increase the license fees for hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and other health care facilities. Also, to extend a “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) tax on nursing homes for another four years, which is a bed tax used to “game” the federal Medicaid matching funds formula to generate more federal money for Michigan’s medical welfare programs.

32 Yeas / 6 Nays
Republican (21 Yeas / 6 Nays)
Democrat (11 Yeas / 0 Nays)