Introduced
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To eliminate the sunset on the “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) tax on nursing homes and hospital long-term care units, and earmark $66.4 million of this revenue to Medicaid each year. The MMQAA is a bed tax or fee on health care providers that is used to generate more federal Medicaid matching funds, resulting in a net gain for some but not all of the providers.
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that extends the tax for another year, not indefinitely.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)
To extend for another year the “Michigan Medicaid Quality Assurance Assessment” (MMQAA) tax on nursing homes and hospital long-term care units, and earmark $66.4 million of this revenue to Medicaid in 2007 and 2008. The MMQAA is a bed tax or fee on health care providers that is used to generate more federal Medicaid matching funds, resulting in a net gain for some but not all of the providers. The bill also reflects a 1 percent increase in the tax rate on hospitals, taking approximately $150 million more from them, and retaining a larger amount of this rather than redistributing to hospitals based on their Medicaid caseload.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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The amendment passed by voice vote
