2018 Senate Bill 1266

Use health insurer tax revenue to subsidize local sewer projects

Introduced in the Senate

Dec. 6, 2018

Introduced by Sen. Mike Shirkey (R-16)

To earmark $45 million from a tax on health insurers to a state “environmental protection fund.” The health insurance tax was authorized to “game” the federal Medicaid matching funds formula to generate more federal money for Michigan’s medical welfare programs.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations