SB-0763, As Passed Senate, May 6, 2014
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 763
A bill to make appropriations for the department of community
health for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015; and to
provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
PART 1
LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 101. There is appropriated for the department of
community health for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015,
from the following funds:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
APPROPRIATION SUMMARY
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 3,645.1
Senate Bill No. 763 as amended May 6, 2014
Average population.............................. 893.0
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ <17,492,902,100>
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental
transfers............................................ 9,425,900
ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $ <17,483,476,200>
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. <12,023,300,300>
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families............................................. 22,830,400
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 216,656,400
Total private revenues................................. 127,056,600
Merit award trust fund................................. 68,334,700
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 1,966,328,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ <3,058,969,100>
Sec. 102. DEPARTMENTWIDE ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 190.7
Director and other unclassified--6.0 FTE positions..... $ 724,700
Departmental administration and management--180.7
FTE positions........................................ 27,088,800
Worker's compensation program.......................... 5,000,500
Rent and building occupancy............................ 10,268,900
Developmental disabilities council and
projects--10.0 FTE positions......................... 3,042,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 46,125,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 15,472,900
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues................................. 35,200
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 829,800
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 29,787,200
Sec. 103. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 100.0
Behavioral health program administration--99.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 19,835,800
Gambling addiction--1.0 FTE position................... 3,003,900
Protection and advocacy services support............... 194,400
Community residential and support services............. 592,100
Federal and other special projects..................... 2,839,200
Family support subsidy................................. 18,149,900
Housing and support services........................... 13,238,800
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 57,854,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 21,218,700
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families............................................. 18,330,400
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues................................. 200,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 3,003,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 15,101,100
Sec. 104. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions............ 9.5
Medicaid mental health services........................ $ 2,206,980,700
Community mental health non-Medicaid services.......... 101,871,700
Mental health services for special populations......... 8,842,900
Medicaid substance use disorder services............... 43,115,300
CMHSP, purchase of state services contracts............ 139,465,600
Civil service charges.................................. 1,499,300
Federal mental health block grant--2.5 FTE positions... 15,445,500
State disability assistance program substance use
disorder services.................................... 2,018,800
Community substance use disorder prevention,
education, and treatment............................. 73,811,800
Children's waiver home care program.................... 21,544,900
Nursing home PAS/ARR-OBRA--7.0 FTE positions........... 12,260,600
Children with serious emotional disturbance waiver..... 12,647,900
Health homes........................................... 900,000
Healthy Michigan plan - behavioral health.............. 260,200,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 2,900,605,000
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grant from the department of human
services............................................. 6,351,500
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 1,845,236,000
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 25,228,900
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 22,506,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,001,282,400
Sec. 105. STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND FORENSIC
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Total average population........................ 893.0
Full-time equated classified positions........ 2,130.9
Caro Regional Mental Health Center - psychiatric
hospital - adult--461.3 FTE positions................ $ 56,257,100
Average population.............................. 185.0
Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital - adult--466.1 FTE
positions............................................ 64,409,100
Average population.............................. 189.0
Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital -
adult--420.8 FTE positions........................... 55,919,900
Average population.............................. 234.0
Hawthorn Center - psychiatric hospital - children
and adolescents--226.4 FTE positions................. 28,778,000
Average population............................... 75.0
Center for forensic psychiatry--556.3 FTE positions.... 72,695,200
Average population.............................. 210.0
Revenue recapture...................................... 750,000
IDEA, federal special education........................ 120,000
Special maintenance.................................... 332,500
Purchase of medical services for residents of
hospitals and centers................................ 445,600
Gifts and bequests for patient living and treatment
environment.......................................... 1,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 280,707,400
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 34,724,400
Special revenue funds:
CMHSP, purchase of state services contracts............ 139,465,600
Other local revenues................................... 19,493,800
Total private revenues................................. 1,000,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 18,871,300
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 67,152,300
Sec. 106. PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 100.4
Public health administration--7.3 FTE positions........ $ 1,574,000
Health and wellness initiatives--11.7 FTE positions.... 8,950,100
Vital records and health statistics--81.4 FTE
positions............................................ 11,483,500
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 22,007,600
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grant from the department of human
services............................................. 1,208,200
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 3,657,000
Special revenue funds:
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 12,053,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 5,088,500
Senate Bill No. 763 as amended May 6, 2014
Sec. 107. HEALTH POLICY
Full-time equated classified positions........... 64.8
Certificate of need program administration--12.3 FTE
positions............................................ $ 2,785,200
Emergency medical services program--23.0 FTE positions. 6,421,800
Health innovation grants............................... 1,500,000
Health policy administration--24.1 FTE positions....... 3,112,700
Michigan essential health provider..................... 3,591,300
Minority health grants and contracts................... 612,700
Nurse education and research program--3.0 FTE
positions............................................ 774,400
Primary care services--1.4 FTE positions............... 4,067,900
Rural health services--1.0 FTE position................ 1,555,500
<<Statewide trauma system.............................. 100>>
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ <<24,421,600>>
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grant from the department of
licensing and regulatory affairs..................... 774,400
Interdepartmental grant from the department of
treasury, Michigan state hospital finance authority.. 116,200
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 7,994,500
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues................................. 865,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 6,565,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ <<8,105,800>>
Sec. 108. LABORATORY SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 100.0
Laboratory services--100.0 FTE positions............... $ 19,043,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 19,043,200
Appropriated from:
Interdepartmental grant revenues:
Interdepartmental grant from the department of
environmental quality................................ 975,600
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 2,298,100
Special revenue funds:
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 8,993,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 6,775,600
Sec. 109. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 144.9
AIDS surveillance and prevention program............... $ 1,854,100
Bioterrorism preparedness--52.0 FTE positions.......... 30,094,200
Epidemiology administration--41.6 FTE positions........ 11,845,700
Healthy homes program--8.0 FTE positions............... 3,886,300
Immunization program--12.8 FTE positions............... 15,022,300
Newborn screening follow-up and treatment
services--10.5 FTE positions......................... 6,748,800
Sexually transmitted disease control program--20.0
FTE positions........................................ 6,252,900
Tuberculosis control and prevention.................... 867,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 76,571,300
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 58,971,700
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues................................. 338,800
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 11,110,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 6,150,300
Sec. 110. LOCAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND GRANTS
Full-time equated classified positions............ 2.0
Essential local public health services................. $ 39,386,200
Implementation of 1993 PA 133, MCL 333.17015........... 20,000
Local health services--2.0 FTE positions............... 537,300
Medicaid outreach cost reimbursement to local health
departments.......................................... 9,000,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 48,943,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 9,537,300
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 5,150,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 34,256,200
Sec. 111. CHRONIC DISEASE AND INJURY PREVENTION AND
HEALTH PROMOTION
Full-time equated classified positions........... 96.0
AIDS prevention, testing, and care programs--31.7
FTE positions........................................ $ 70,427,500
Cancer prevention and control program--12.0 FTE
positions............................................ 15,009,000
Chronic disease control and health promotion
administration--29.4 FTE positions................... 4,140,000
Diabetes and kidney program--8.0 FTE positions......... 1,893,300
Injury control intervention project.................... 1,350,000
Smoking prevention program--12.0 FTE positions......... 2,111,100
Violence prevention--2.9 FTE positions................. 1,824,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 96,754,900
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 49,169,800
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues................................. 38,778,400
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 5,535,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 3,271,700
Sec. 112. FAMILY, MATERNAL, AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH
SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 65.6
Childhood lead program--2.5 FTE positions.............. $ 1,236,200
Dental programs--3.0 FTE positions..................... 1,647,600
Dental program for persons with developmental
disabilities......................................... 151,000
Family, maternal, and children's health services
administration--46.1 FTE positions................... 7,817,800
Family planning local agreements....................... 8,310,700
Local MCH services..................................... 7,018,100
Pregnancy prevention program........................... 602,100
Prenatal care outreach and service delivery
support--14.0 FTE positions.......................... 21,335,800
Special projects....................................... 7,083,100
Sudden infant death syndrome program................... 321,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 55,523,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 41,805,000
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families............................................. 2,500,000
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 75,000
Total private revenues................................. 874,500
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 10,269,200
Sec. 113. WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN FOOD AND
NUTRITION PROGRAM
Full-time equated classified positions........... 45.0
Women, infants, and children program administration
and special projects--45.0 FTE positions............. $ 17,923,200
Women, infants, and children program local
agreements and food costs............................ 256,285,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 274,208,200
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 213,130,300
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues................................. 61,077,900
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 114. CHILDREN'S SPECIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Full-time equated classified positions........... 46.8
Children's special health care services
administration--44.0 FTE positions................... $ 5,582,100
Bequests for care and services--2.8 FTE positions...... 1,528,800
Outreach and advocacy.................................. 5,510,000
Non-emergency medical transportation................... 1,505,900
Medical care and treatment............................. 187,931,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 202,058,500
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 106,258,400
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues................................. 1,009,300
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 3,857,400
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 90,933,400
Sec. 115. CRIME VICTIM SERVICES COMMISSION
Full-time equated classified positions........... 13.0
Grants administration services--13.0 FTE positions..... $ 2,128,100
Justice assistance grants.............................. 15,000,000
Crime victim rights services grants.................... 16,870,000
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 33,998,100
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 18,696,900
Special revenue funds:
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 15,301,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 0
Sec. 116. OFFICE OF SERVICES TO THE AGING
Full-time equated classified positions........... 40.0
Office of services to aging administration--40.0 FTE
positions............................................ $ 7,600,700
Community services..................................... 39,013,900
Nutrition services..................................... 39,044,000
Foster grandparent volunteer program................... 2,233,600
Retired and senior volunteer program................... 627,300
Senior companion volunteer program..................... 1,604,400
Employment assistance.................................. 3,500,000
Respite care program................................... 5,868,700
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 99,492,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 57,534,600
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues................................. 677,500
Merit award trust fund................................. 4,068,700
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 1,400,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 35,811,800
Sec. 117. MEDICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Full-time equated classified positions.......... 495.5
Medical services administration--435.5 FTE positions... $ 71,318,700
Healthy Michigan plan administration--36.0 FTE
positions............................................ 49,353,800
Facility inspection contract........................... 132,800
MIChild administration................................. 4,327,800
Senate Bill No. 763 as amended May 6, 2014
Electronic health record incentive program--24.0 FTE
positions............................................ 144,233,600
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 269,366,700
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 229,872,200
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 105,900
Total private revenues................................. 100,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 331,700
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 38,956,900
Sec. 118. MEDICAL SERVICES
Hospital services and therapy.......................... $ <1,179,413,500>
Hospital disproportionate share payments............... 45,000,000
Physician services..................................... <<399,495,600>>
Medicare premium payments.............................. 412,503,400
Pharmaceutical services................................ 296,047,000
Home health services................................... 5,792,700
Hospice services....................................... 114,669,200
Transportation......................................... 23,038,300
Auxiliary medical services............................. 7,330,000
Dental services........................................ 198,120,700
Ambulance services..................................... 10,825,300
Long-term care services................................ 1,412,567,400
Integrated care organizations.......................... 478,495,500
Medicaid home- and community-based services waiver..... 326,073,800
Adult home help services............................... 288,695,200
Senate Bill No. 763 as amended May 6, 2014
Personal care services................................. 12,589,300
Program of all-inclusive care for the elderly.......... 66,672,600
Autism services........................................ 25,171,800
Health plan services................................... 4,655,717,600
MIChild program........................................ 71,220,100
Special indigent care payments......................... 100
Federal Medicare pharmaceutical program................ 150,883,900
Maternal and child health.............................. 20,279,500
Healthy Michigan plan.................................. 2,247,573,500
Subtotal basic medical services program................ <12,448,176,000>
School-based services.................................. 112,102,700
Special Medicaid reimbursement......................... 321,831,500
Subtotal special medical services payments............. 433,934,200
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $<12,882,110,200>
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. <9,259,377,900>
Special revenue funds:
Total local revenues................................... 27,137,200
Total private revenues................................. 2,100,000
Merit award trust fund................................. 64,266,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 1,853,980,200
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 1,675,248,900
Sec. 119. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Information technology services and projects........... $ 37,002,700
Michigan Medicaid information system................... 50,201,100
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 87,203,800
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 45,480,400
Special revenue funds:
Total private revenues................................. 20,000,000
Total other state restricted revenues.................. 1,988,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 19,735,400
Sec. 120. ONE-TIME BASIS ONLY APPROPRIATIONS
Hospital services and therapy - graduate medical
education............................................ $ 4,314,200
University autism programs............................. 5,500,000
Child and adolescent health services................... 2,000,000
Mental health commission recommendations............... 100
Dental clinic program.................................. 4,092,300
GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $ 15,906,600
Appropriated from:
Federal revenues:
Total federal revenues................................. 2,864,200
Social security act, temporary assistance for needy
families............................................. 2,000,000
State general fund/general purpose..................... $ 11,042,400
PART 2
PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014-2015
GENERAL SECTIONS
Senate Bill No. 763 as amended May 6, 2014
Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state
constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources
under part 1 for fiscal year 2014-2015 is <<$5,093,632,500.00>> and
state spending from state resources to be paid to local units of
government for fiscal year 2014-2015 is $1,070,202,700.00. The
itemized statement below identifies appropriations from which
spending to local units of government will occur:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Community residential and support services............. $ 757,200
Housing and support services........................... 812,800
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
State disability assistance program substance use
disorder services................................... $ 2,018,000
Community substance use disorder prevention,
education, and treatment programs................... 14,555,400
Medicaid mental health services........................ 731,787,500
Community mental health non-Medicaid services.......... 101,871,700
Mental health services for special populations......... 8,842,900
Medicaid substance use disorder services............... 14,857,900
Children's waiver home care program.................... 6,056,200
Nursing home PAS/ARR-OBRA.............................. 2,725,300
PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Health and wellness initiatives........................ $ 3,584,600
Health policy
Primary care services.................................. $ 413,900
LABORATORY SERVICES
Laboratory services.................................... $ 16,200
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Sexually transmitted disease control program........... $ 175,200
Immunization program................................... 1,123,500
LOCAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND GRANTS
Implementation of 1993 PA 133, MCL 333.17015........... $ 5,000
Essential local public health services................. 34,236,200
CHRONIC DISEASE AND INJURY PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION
AIDS prevention, testing, and care programs............ $ 1,600,100
Cancer prevention and control program.................. 94,700
FAMILY, MATERNAL, AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH SERVICES
Prenatal care outreach and service delivery support.... $ 1,500,000
CHILDREN'S SPECIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Medical care and treatment............................. $ 939,700
Outreach and advocacy.................................. 2,226,000
CRIME VICTIM SERVICES COMMISSION
Crime victim rights services grants.................... $ 7,200,600
OFFICE OF SERVICES TO THE AGING
Community services..................................... $ 16,533,500
Nutrition services..................................... 10,587,000
Foster grandparent volunteer program................... 657,100
Retired and senior volunteer program................... 173,900
Senior companion volunteer program..................... 348,800
Respite care program................................... 5,115,000
MEDICAL SERVICES
Dental services........................................ $ 990,600
Long-term care services................................ 84,754,000
Transportation......................................... 1,359,300
Hospital services and therapy.......................... 2,344,700
Physician services..................................... 9,938,200
TOTAL OF PAYMENTS TO LOCAL UNITS
OF GOVERNMENT.......................................... $ 1,070,202,700
Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under part 1 are
subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101
to 18.1594.
Sec. 203. As used in this part and part 1:
(a) "AIDS" means acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
(b) "CMHSP" means a community mental health services program
as that term is defined in section 100a of the mental health code,
1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100a.
(c) "Current fiscal year" means the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2015.
(d) "Department" means the department of community health.
(e) "Director" means the director of the department.
(f) "DSH" means disproportionate share hospital.
(g) "EPSDT" means early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and
treatment.
(h) "Federal poverty level" means the poverty guidelines
published annually in the federal register by the United States
department of health and human services under its authority to
revise the poverty line under 42 USC 9902.
(i) "FTE" means full-time equated.
(j) "GME" means graduate medical education.
(k) "Health plan" means, at a minimum, an organization that
meets the criteria for delivering the comprehensive package of
services under the department's comprehensive health plan.
(l) "HEDIS" means healthcare effectiveness data and information
set.
(m) "HIV" means human immunodeficiency virus.
(n) "HMO" means health maintenance organization.
(o) "MCH" means maternal and child health.
(p) "MIChild" means the program described in section 1670.
(q) "PAS/ARR-OBRA" means the preadmission screening and annual
resident review required under section 1919(e)(7) of the social
security act, 42 USC 1396r.
(r) "PIHP" means a specialty prepaid inpatient health plan for
Medicaid mental health services, services to individuals with
developmental disabilities, and substance use disorder services.
Specialty prepaid inpatient health plans are described in section
232b of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1232b.
(s) "Title XVIII" and "Medicare" mean title XVIII of the
social security act, 42 USC 1395 to 1395kkk-1.
(t) "Title XIX" and "Medicaid" mean title XIX of the social
security act, 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-5.
(u) "Title XX" means title XX of the social security act, 42
USC 1397 to 1397m-5.
Sec. 206. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,
there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $200,000,000.00 for
federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $40,000,000.00 for state
restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for
expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item
in part 1 under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,
1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.
(3) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.00 for local
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
(4) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is
appropriated an amount not to exceed $40,000,000.00 for private
contingency funds. These funds are not available for expenditure
until they have been transferred to another line item in part 1
under section 393(2) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,
MCL 18.1393.
Sec. 207. The department shall maintain, on a public
accessible website, a department scorecard that identifies, tracks,
and regularly updates key metrics that are used to monitor and
improve the department's performance.
Sec. 208. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall use the Internet to fulfill the
reporting requirements of this part and part 1. This requirement
may include transmission of reports via electronic mail to the
recipients identified for each reporting requirement, or it may
include placement of reports on the Internet or Intranet site.
Sec. 209. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for
the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if
competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or
services, or both, are available. Preference shall be given to
goods or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses if they are competitively priced and of comparable
quality. In addition, preference shall be given to goods or
services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan
businesses owned and operated by veterans if they are competitively
priced and of comparable quality.
Sec. 210. The director shall take all reasonable steps to
ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for
and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. The
director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department
contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and
deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.
Sec. 211. If the revenue collected by the department from fees
and collections exceeds the amount appropriated in part 1, the
revenue may be carried forward with the approval of the state
budget director into the subsequent fiscal year. The revenue
carried forward under this section shall be used as the first
source of funds in the subsequent fiscal year.
Sec. 212. (1) On or before February 1 of the current fiscal
year, the department shall report to the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on community health, the house and
senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on the
detailed name and amounts of federal, restricted, private, and
local sources of revenue that support the appropriations in each of
the line items in part 1.
(2) Upon the release of the next fiscal year executive budget
recommendation, the department shall report to the same parties in
subsection (1) on the amounts and detailed sources of federal,
restricted, private, and local revenue proposed to support the
total funds appropriated in each of the line items in part 1 of the
next fiscal year executive budget proposal.
Sec. 213. The state departments, agencies, and commissions
receiving tobacco tax funds and healthy Michigan funds from part 1
shall report by April 1 of the current fiscal year to the senate
and house appropriations committees, the senate and house fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director on the following:
(a) Detailed spending plan by appropriation line item
including description of programs and a summary of organizations
receiving these funds.
(b) Description of allocations or bid processes including need
or demand indicators used to determine allocations.
(c) Eligibility criteria for program participation and maximum
benefit levels where applicable.
(d) Outcome measures used to evaluate programs, including
measures of the effectiveness of these programs in improving the
health of Michigan residents.
(e) Any other information considered necessary by the house of
representatives or senate appropriations committees or the state
budget director.
Sec. 216. (1) In addition to funds appropriated in part 1 for
all programs and services, there is appropriated for write-offs of
accounts receivable, deferrals, and for prior year obligations in
excess of applicable prior year appropriations, an amount equal to
total write-offs and prior year obligations, but not to exceed
amounts available in prior year revenues.
(2) The department's ability to satisfy appropriation
deductions in part 1 shall not be limited to collections and
accruals pertaining to services provided in the current fiscal
year, but shall also include reimbursements, refunds, adjustments,
and settlements from prior years.
Sec. 218. The department shall include the following in its
annual list of proposed basic health services as required in part
23 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2301 to
333.2321:
(a) Immunizations.
(b) Communicable disease control.
(c) Sexually transmitted disease control.
(d) Tuberculosis control.
(e) Prevention of gonorrhea eye infection in newborns.
(f) Screening newborns for the conditions listed in section
5431 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5431, or
recommended by the newborn screening quality assurance advisory
committee created under section 5430 of the public health code,
1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5430.
(g) Community health annex of the Michigan emergency
management plan.
(h) Prenatal care.
Sec. 219. (1) The department may contract with the Michigan
public health institute for the design and implementation of
projects and for other public health-related activities prescribed
in section 2611 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL
333.2611. The department may develop a master agreement with the
institute to carry out these purposes for up to a 3-year period.
The department shall report to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on community health, the house and senate fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director on or before January 1 of
the current fiscal year all of the following:
(a) A detailed description of each funded project.
(b) The amount allocated for each project, the appropriation
line item from which the allocation is funded, and the source of
financing for each project.
(c) The expected project duration.
(d) A detailed spending plan for each project, including a
list of all subgrantees and the amount allocated to each
subgrantee.
(2) On or before September 30 of the current fiscal year, the
department shall provide to the same parties listed in subsection
(1) a copy of all reports, studies, and publications produced by
the Michigan public health institute, its subcontractors, or the
department with the funds appropriated in part 1 and allocated to
the Michigan public health institute.
Sec. 223. The department may establish and collect fees for
publications, videos and related materials, conferences, and
workshops. Collected fees shall be used to offset expenditures to
pay for printing and mailing costs of the publications, videos and
related materials, and costs of the workshops and conferences. The
department shall not collect fees under this section that exceed
the cost of the expenditures.
Sec. 251. The department shall develop a plan designed to
improve Michigan's childhood and adolescent immunization rates. The
department shall engage organizations working to provide
immunizations and education about the value of vaccines, including,
but not limited to, statewide organizations representing health
care providers, local public health departments, child health
interest groups, and private foundations with a mission to increase
immunization rates.
Sec. 252. The appropriations in part 1 for healthy Michigan
plan-behavioral health, healthy Michigan plan administration, and
healthy Michigan plan are contingent on the provisions of the
social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, that were
contained in 2013 PA 107 not being amended, repealed, or otherwise
altered to eliminate the healthy Michigan plan. If that occurs,
then, upon the effective date of the amendatory act that amends,
repeals, or otherwise alters those provisions, the remaining funds
in the healthy Michigan plan-behavioral health, healthy Michigan
plan administration, and healthy Michigan plan line items shall
only be used to pay previously incurred costs and any remaining
appropriations shall not be allotted to support those line items.
Sec. 253. By January 1 of the current fiscal year, the
department shall provide to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on the department budget, the senate and house fiscal
agencies, and the state budget office a cost-benefit analysis of
implementing the generic peanut butter purchasing requirement
within the women, infants, and children food and nutrition program.
Sec. 264. (1) Upon submission of a Medicaid waiver, a Medicaid
state plan amendment, or a similar proposal to the centers for
Medicare and Medicaid services, the department shall notify the
house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community health
and the house and senate fiscal agencies of the submission.
(2) The department shall provide written or verbal biannual
reports to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
community health and the senate and house fiscal agencies
summarizing the status of any new or ongoing discussions with the
centers for Medicare and Medicaid services or the federal
department of health and human services regarding potential or
future Medicaid waiver applications.
(3) The department shall inform the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on community health and the senate and
house fiscal agencies of any alterations or adjustments made to the
published plan for integrated care for individuals who are dual
Medicare/Medicaid eligibles when the final version of the plan has
been submitted to the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid
services or the federal department of health and human services.
(4) At least 30 days before implementation of the plan for
integrated care for individuals who are dual Medicare/Medicaid
eligibles, the department shall submit the plan to the legislature
for review.
Sec. 265. The department and agencies receiving appropriations
in part 1 shall receive and retain copies of all reports funded
from appropriations in part 1. Federal and state guidelines for
short-term and long-term retention of records shall be followed.
The department may electronically retain copies of reports unless
otherwise required by federal and state guidelines.
Sec. 266. The departments and agencies receiving
appropriations in part 1 shall prepare a report on out-of-state
travel expenses not later than January 1 of each year. The travel
report shall be a listing of all travel by classified and
unclassified employees outside this state in the immediately
preceding fiscal year that was funded in whole or in part with
funds appropriated in the department's budget. The report shall be
submitted to the senate and house appropriations committees, the
house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.
The report shall include the following information:
(a) The dates of each travel occurrence.
(b) The transportation and related costs of each travel
occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general
fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state
restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,
and the proportion funded with other revenues.
Sec. 267. The department shall not take disciplinary action
against an employee for communicating with a member of the
legislature or his or her staff.
Sec. 270. Within 180 days after receipt of the notification
from the attorney general's office of a legal action in which
expenses had been recovered pursuant to section 106(4) of the
social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.106, or any other statute
under which the department has the right to recover expenses, the
department shall submit a written report to the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on community health, the house and
senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget office which includes,
at a minimum, all of the following:
(a) The total amount recovered from the legal action.
(b) The program or service for which the money was originally
expended.
(c) Details on the disposition of the funds recovered such as
the appropriation or revenue account in which the money was
deposited.
(d) A description of the facts involved in the legal action.
Sec. 276. Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used by a
principal executive department, state agency, or authority to hire
a person to provide legal services that are the responsibility of
the attorney general. This prohibition does not apply to legal
services for bonding activities and for those outside services that
the attorney general authorizes.
Sec. 282. (1) The department, through its organizational units
responsible for departmental administration, operation, and
finance, shall establish uniform definitions, standards, and
instructions for the classification, allocation, assignment,
calculation, recording, and reporting of administrative costs by
the following entities:
(a) Coordinating agencies on substance abuse and the Salvation
Army harbor light program that receive payment or reimbursement
from funds appropriated under section 104.
(b) Area agencies on aging and local providers that receive
payment or reimbursement from funds appropriated under section 116.
(2) By May 15 of the current fiscal year, the department shall
provide a written draft of its proposed definitions, standards, and
instructions to the house of representatives and senate
appropriations subcommittees on community health, the house and
senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.
Sec. 287. Not later than November 30, the state budget office
shall prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of
the total general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses at the
close of the prior fiscal year. This report shall summarize the
projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation
lapses by major departmental program or program areas. The report
shall be transmitted to the chairpersons of the senate and house
appropriations committees, and the senate and house fiscal
agencies.
Sec. 292. The department shall cooperate with the department
of technology, management, and budget to maintain a searchable
website accessible by the public at no cost that includes, but is
not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by category.
(b) Fiscal year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.
(c) Fiscal year-to-date payments to a selected vendor,
including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and
payment description.
(d) The number of active department employees by job
classification.
(e) Job specifications and wage rates.
Sec. 296. Within 14 days after the release of the executive
budget recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the
state budget office to provide the senate and house appropriations
chairs, the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
community health, and the senate and house fiscal agencies with an
annual report on estimated state restricted fund balances, state
restricted fund projected revenues, and state restricted fund
expenditures for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2013 and
September 30, 2014.
Sec. 297. Total authorized appropriations from all sources
under part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2015 are $89,124,600.00. From this amount, total agency
appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at
$449,676,000.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health
care legacy costs are estimated at $39,448,600.00.
Sec. 298. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
Michigan Medicaid information system line item, $20,000,000.00 in
private revenue will be allocated for the Michigan-Illinois
alliance Medicaid management information systems project.
Sec. 299. No state department or agency shall issue a request
for proposal (RFP) for a contract in excess of $5,000,000.00,
unless the department or agency has first considered issuing a
request for information (RFI) or a request for qualification (RFQ)
relative to that contract to better enable the department or agency
to learn more about the market for the products or services that
are the subject of the RFP. The department or agency shall notify
the department of technology, management, and budget of the
evaluation process used to determine if an RFI or RFQ was not
necessary prior to issuing the RFP.
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Sec. 401. Funds appropriated in part 1 are intended to support
a system of comprehensive community mental health services under
the full authority and responsibility of local CMHSPs or PIHPs. The
department shall ensure that each CMHSP or PIHP provides all of the
following:
(a) A system of single entry and single exit.
(b) A complete array of mental health services that includes,
but is not limited to, all of the following services: residential
and other individualized living arrangements, outpatient services,
acute inpatient services, and long-term, 24-hour inpatient care in
a structured, secure environment.
(c) The coordination of inpatient and outpatient hospital
services through agreements with state-operated psychiatric
hospitals, units, and centers in facilities owned or leased by the
state, and privately-owned hospitals, units, and centers licensed
by the state pursuant to sections 134 through 149b of the mental
health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1134 to 330.1149b.
(d) Individualized plans of service that are sufficient to
meet the needs of individuals, including those discharged from
psychiatric hospitals or centers, and that ensure the full range of
recipient needs is addressed through the CMHSP's or PIHP's program
or through assistance with locating and obtaining services to meet
these needs.
(e) A system of case management or care management to monitor
and ensure the provision of services consistent with the
individualized plan of services or supports.
(f) A system of continuous quality improvement.
(g) A system to monitor and evaluate the mental health
services provided.
(h) A system that serves at-risk and delinquent youth as
required under the provisions of the mental health code, 1974 PA
258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106.
Sec. 402. (1) From funds appropriated in part 1, final
authorizations for non-Medicaid mental health services shall be
made upon the execution of contracts between the department and the
service provider intermediary. The contracts shall contain an
approved plan and budget as well as policies and procedures
governing the obligations and responsibilities of both parties to
the contracts. Each contract that the department is authorized to
enter into under this subsection shall include a provision that the
contract is not valid unless the total dollar obligation for all of
the contracts entered into under this subsection for the current
fiscal year does not exceed the amount of money appropriated in
part 1 for the contracts authorized under this subsection.
(2) The department shall immediately report to the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on community health, the senate
and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director if either
of the following occurs:
(a) Any new contracts that would affect rates or expenditures
are enacted.
(b) Any amendments to contracts that would affect rates or
expenditures are enacted.
(3) The report required by subsection (2) shall include
information about the changes and their effects on rates and
expenditures.
Sec. 403. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for mental
health services for special populations, the department shall
ensure that CMHSPs or PIHPs meet with multicultural service
providers to develop a workable framework for contracting, service
delivery, and reimbursement.
(2) Funds appropriated in part 1 for mental health services
for special populations shall not be utilized for services provided
to illegal immigrants, fugitive felons, and individuals who are not
residents of this state. The department shall maintain contracts
with recipients of multicultural services grants that mandate
grantees establish that recipients of services are legally residing
in the United States. An exception to the contractual provision
shall be allowed to address individuals presenting with emergent
mental health conditions.
(3) The department shall require an annual report from the
independent organizations that receive mental health services for
special populations funding. The annual report, due January 1 of
the current fiscal year, shall include specific information on
services and programs provided, the client base to which the
services and programs were provided, information on any wraparound
services provided, and the expenditures for those services. The
department shall provide the annual reports to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on community health and the senate and
house fiscal agencies.
Sec. 404. (1) Not later than May 31 of the current fiscal
year, the department shall provide a report on the community mental
health services programs to the members of the house and senate
appropriations subcommittees on community health, the house and
senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director that includes
the information required by this section.
(2) The report shall contain information for each CMHSP or
PIHP and a statewide summary, each of which shall include at least
the following information:
(a) A demographic description of service recipients which,
minimally, shall include reimbursement eligibility, client
population, age, ethnicity, housing arrangements, and diagnosis.
(b) Per capita expenditures by client population group.
(c) Financial information that, minimally, includes a
description of funding authorized; expenditures by client group and
fund source; and cost information by service category, including
administration. Service category includes all department-approved
services.
(d) Data describing service outcomes that includes, but is not
limited to, an evaluation of consumer satisfaction, consumer
choice, and quality of life concerns including, but not limited to,
housing and employment.
(e) Information about access to community mental health
services programs that includes, but is not limited to, the
following:
(i) The number of people receiving requested services.
(ii) The number of people who requested services but did not
receive services.
(f) The number of second opinions requested under the code and
the determination of any appeals.
(g) An analysis of information provided by CMHSPs in response
to the needs assessment requirements of the mental health code,
1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106, including information about
the number of individuals in the service delivery system who have
requested and are clinically appropriate for different services.
(h) Lapses and carryforwards during the immediately preceding
fiscal year for CMHSPs or PIHPs.
(i) Information about contracts for mental health services
entered into by CMHSPs or PIHPs with providers, including, but not
limited to, all of the following:
(i) The amount of the contract, organized by type of service
provided.
(ii) Payment rates, organized by the type of service provided.
(iii) Administrative costs for services provided to CMHSPs or
PIHPs.
(j) Information on the community mental health Medicaid
managed care program, including, but not limited to, both of the
following:
(i) Expenditures by each CMHSP or PIHP organized by Medicaid
eligibility group, including per eligible individual expenditure
averages.
(ii) Performance indicator information required to be submitted
to the department in the contracts with CMHSPs or PIHPs.
(k) An estimate of the number of direct care workers in local
residential settings and paraprofessional and other nonprofessional
direct care workers in settings where skill building, community
living supports and training, and personal care services are
provided by CMHSPs or PIHPs as of September 30 of the prior fiscal
year employed directly or through contracts with provider
organizations.
(3) The department shall include data reporting requirements
listed in subsection (2) in the annual contract with each
individual CMHSP or PIHP.
(4) The department shall take all reasonable actions to ensure
that the data required are complete and consistent among all CMHSPs
or PIHPs.
Sec. 406. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the state
disability assistance substance use disorder services program shall
be used to support per diem room and board payments in substance
use disorder residential facilities. Eligibility of clients for the
state disability assistance substance use disorder services program
shall include needy persons 18 years of age or older, or
emancipated minors, who reside in a substance use disorder
treatment center.
(2) The department shall reimburse all licensed substance use
disorder programs eligible to participate in the program at a rate
equivalent to that paid by the department of human services to
adult foster care providers. Programs accredited by department-
approved accrediting organizations shall be reimbursed at the
personal care rate, while all other eligible programs shall be
reimbursed at the domiciliary care rate.
Sec. 407. (1) The amount appropriated in part 1 for substance
use disorder prevention, education, and treatment grants shall be
expended to coordinate care and services provided to individuals
with severe and persistent mental illness and substance use
disorder diagnoses.
(2) The department shall approve managing entity fee schedules
for providing substance use disorder services and charge
participants in accordance with their ability to pay.
(3) The managing entity shall continue current efforts to
collaborate on the delivery of services to those clients with
mental illness and substance use disorder diagnoses with the goal
of providing services in an administratively efficient manner.
Sec. 408. (1) By April 1 of the current fiscal year, the
department shall report the following data from the prior fiscal
year on substance use disorder prevention, education, and treatment
programs to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on
community health, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the
state budget office:
(a) Expenditures stratified by department-designated community
mental health entity, by central diagnosis and referral agency, by
fund source, by subcontractor, by population served, and by service
type. Additionally, data on administrative expenditures by
department-designated community mental health entity shall be
reported.
(b) Expenditures per state client, with data on the
distribution of expenditures reported using a histogram approach.
(c) Number of services provided by central diagnosis and
referral agency, by subcontractor, and by service type.
Additionally, data on length of stay, referral source, and
participation in other state programs.
(d) Collections from other first- or third-party payers,
private donations, or other state or local programs, by department-
designated community mental health entity, by subcontractor, by
population served, and by service type.
(2) The department shall take all reasonable actions to ensure
that the required data reported are complete and consistent among
all department-designated community mental health entities.
Sec. 410. The department shall assure that substance use
disorder treatment is provided to applicants and recipients of
public assistance through the department of human services who are
required to obtain substance use disorder treatment as a condition
of eligibility for public assistance.
Sec. 411. (1) The department shall ensure that each contract
with a CMHSP or PIHP requires the CMHSP or PIHP to implement
programs to encourage diversion of individuals with serious mental
illness, serious emotional disturbance, or developmental disability
from possible jail incarceration when appropriate.
(2) Each CMHSP or PIHP shall have jail diversion services and
shall work toward establishing working relationships with
representative staff of local law enforcement agencies, including
county prosecutors' offices, county sheriffs' offices, county
jails, municipal police agencies, municipal detention facilities,
and the courts. Written interagency agreements describing what
services each participating agency is prepared to commit to the
local jail diversion effort and the procedures to be used by local
law enforcement agencies to access mental health jail diversion
services are strongly encouraged.
Sec. 412. The department shall contract directly with the
Salvation Army harbor light program to provide non-Medicaid
substance use disorder services.
Sec. 418. On or before the tenth of each month, the department
shall report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
on community health, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the
state budget director on the amount of funding paid to PIHPs to
support the Medicaid managed mental health care program in the
preceding month. The information shall include the total paid to
each PIHP, per capita rate paid for each eligibility group for each
PIHP, and number of cases in each eligibility group for each PIHP,
and year-to-date summary of eligibles and expenditures for the
Medicaid managed mental health care program.
Sec. 424. Each PIHP that contracts with the department to
provide services to the Medicaid population shall adhere to the
following timely claims processing and payment procedure for claims
submitted by health professionals and facilities:
(a) A "clean claim" as described in section 111i of the social
welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.111i, shall be paid within 45
days after receipt of the claim by the PIHP. A clean claim that is
not paid within this time frame shall bear simple interest at a
rate of 12% per annum.
(b) A PIHP shall state in writing to the health professional
or facility any defect in the claim within 30 days after receipt of
the claim.
(c) A health professional and a health facility have 30 days
after receipt of a notice that a claim or a portion of a claim is
defective within which to correct the defect. The PIHP shall pay
the claim within 30 days after the defect is corrected.
Sec. 428. Each PIHP shall provide, from internal resources,
local funds to be used as a bona fide part of the state match
required under the Medicaid program in order to increase capitation
rates for PIHPs. These funds shall not include either state funds
received by a CMHSP for services provided to non-Medicaid
recipients or the state matching portion of the Medicaid capitation
payments made to a PIHP.
Sec. 435. A county required under the provisions of the mental
health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106, to provide
matching funds to a CMHSP for mental health services rendered to
residents in its jurisdiction shall pay the matching funds in equal
installments on not less than a quarterly basis throughout the
fiscal year, with the first payment being made by October 1 of the
current fiscal year.
Sec. 474. The department shall ensure that each contract with
a CMHSP or PIHP requires the CMHSP or PIHP to provide each
recipient and his or her family with information regarding the
different types of guardianship and the alternatives to
guardianship. A CMHSP or PIHP shall not, in any manner, attempt to
reduce or restrict the ability of a recipient or his or her family
from seeking to obtain any form of legal guardianship without just
cause.
Sec. 490. (1) The department shall develop a plan to maximize
uniformity and consistency in the standards required of providers
contracting directly with PIHPs and CMHSPs. The standards shall
include, but are not limited to, contract language, training
requirements for direct support staff, performance indicators,
financial and program audits, and billing procedures.
(2) The department shall provide a status report to the senate
and house appropriations subcommittees on community health, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on
implementation of the plan by July 1 of the current fiscal year.
Sec. 491. The department shall explore changes in program
policy in the habilitation supports waiver for persons with
developmental disabilities that would permit the movement of a slot
that has become available to a county that has demonstrated a
greater need for the services.
Sec. 492. If a CMHSP has entered into an agreement with a
county or county sheriff to provide mental health services to the
inmates of the county jail, the department shall not prohibit the
use of state general fund/general purpose dollars by CMHSPs to
provide mental health services to inmates of a county jail.
Sec. 494. (1) Contingent upon federal approval, if a CMHSP,
PIHP, or subcontracting provider agency is reviewed and accredited
by a national accrediting entity for behavioral health care
services, the department, by April 1 of the current fiscal year,
shall consider that CMHSP, PIHP, or subcontracting provider agency
in compliance with state program review and audit requirements that
are addressed and reviewed by that national accrediting entity.
(2) By June 1 of the current fiscal year, the department shall
report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on
community health, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the
state budget office all of the following:
(a) A list of each CMHSP, PIHP, and subcontracting provider
agency that is considered in compliance with state program review
and audit requirements under subsection (1).
(b) For each CMHSP, PIHP, or subcontracting provider agency
described in subdivision (a), all of the following:
(i) The state program review and audit requirements that the
CMHSP, PIHP, or subcontracting provider agency is considered in
compliance with.
(ii) The national accrediting entity that reviewed and
accredited the CMHSP, PIHP, or subcontracting provider agency.
(3) The department shall continue to comply with state and
federal law and shall not initiate an action that negatively
impacts beneficiary safety.
(4) As used in this section, "national accrediting entity"
means the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare
organizations, the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation
facilities, the council of accreditation, the utilization review
accreditation commission, the national committee for quality
assurance, or other appropriate entity, as approved by the
department.
Sec. 497. The population data used in determining the
distribution of substance use disorder block grant funds shall be
from the most recent federal census.
Sec. 498. (1) The department shall use standard program
evaluation measures to assess the effectiveness of heroin and other
opiates treatment programs provided through coordinating agencies
and service providers in reducing and preventing the incidence of
substance use disorders. The measures established by the department
shall be modeled after the program outcome measures and best
practice guidelines for the treatment of heroin and other opiates
as prescribed by the federal substance abuse and mental health
services administration.
(2) By May 15 of the current fiscal year, the department shall
provide a report to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on community health, the house and senate fiscal
agencies, and the state budget office on the effectiveness of
treatment programs for heroin and other opiates.
Sec. 499. The department shall continue efforts to use mental
health funding to address the mental health needs of deaf and hard-
of-hearing persons. The department shall report to the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on community health on the
results of this process by March 1 of the current fiscal year.
Sec. 502. The department shall continue developing an outreach
program on fetal alcohol syndrome services. The department shall
report to the senate and house subcommittees on community health by
April 1 of the current fiscal year on efforts to prevent and combat
fetal alcohol syndrome as well as deficiencies in efforts to reduce
the incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome.
Sec. 503. The department shall consult with CMHSPs from across
this state when developing policies and procedures that will impact
PIHPs or CMHSPs.
Sec. 504. (1) The department shall create a workgroup to make
recommendations to achieve more uniformity in capitation payments
made to the PIHPs.
(2) The workgroup shall include but not be limited to
representatives of the department, PIHPs, and CMHSPs.
(3) The department shall provide the workgroup's
recommendations to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on community health, the senate and house fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director by March 1 of the current
fiscal year.
STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Sec. 601. The department shall continue a revenue recapture
project to generate additional revenues from third parties related
to cases that have been closed or are inactive. A portion of
revenues collected through project efforts may be used for
departmental costs and contractual fees associated with these
retroactive collections and to improve ongoing departmental
reimbursement management functions.
Sec. 602. The purpose of gifts and bequests for patient living
and treatment environments is to use additional private funds to
provide specific enhancements for individuals residing at state-
operated facilities. Use of the gifts and bequests shall be
consistent with the stipulation of the donor. The expected
completion date for the use of gifts and bequests donations is
within 3 years unless otherwise stipulated by the donor.
Sec. 605. (1) The department shall not implement any closures
or consolidations of state hospitals, centers, or agencies until
CMHSPs or PIHPs have programs and services in place for those
individuals currently in those facilities and a plan for service
provision for those individuals who would have been admitted to
those facilities.
(2) All closures or consolidations are dependent upon adequate
department-approved CMHSP and PIHP plans that include a discharge
and aftercare plan for each individual currently in the facility. A
discharge and aftercare plan shall address the individual's housing
needs. A homeless shelter or similar temporary shelter arrangements
are inadequate to meet the individual's housing needs.
(3) Four months after the certification of closure required in
section 19(6) of the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 240,
MCL 38.19, the department shall provide a closure plan to the house
and senate appropriations subcommittees on community health and the
state budget director.
(4) Upon the closure of state-run operations and after
transitional costs have been paid, the remaining balances of funds
appropriated for that operation shall be transferred to CMHSPs or
PIHPs responsible for providing services for individuals previously
served by the operations.
Sec. 606. The department may collect revenue for patient
reimbursement from first- and third-party payers, including
Medicaid and local county CMHSP payers, to cover the cost of
placement in state hospitals and centers. The department is
authorized to adjust financing sources for patient reimbursement
based on actual revenues earned. If the revenue collected exceeds
current year expenditures, the revenue may be carried forward with
approval of the state budget director. The revenue carried forward
shall be used as a first source of funds in the subsequent year.
PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 650. By October 1 of the current fiscal year, the
department shall provide to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on community health a report that includes detailed
information regarding the current process by which fish consumption
advisories are created and revised. The department shall include
all of the following information in the report:
(a) The triggers to begin the process for developing the fish
consumption advisories, such as evidence of human disease, fish
residue data, and biomonitoring data.
(b) The process for developing and modifying a fish
consumption advisory, including the data inputs used, the rationale
behind the selection of particular fish for collection, whether the
process has been independently reviewed and validated by a
scientific panel or benchmarked in any way, and the reasons for the
lack of any independent review, validation, or benchmarking.
(c) The type of data specific to a particular body of water
that would be needed to modify a current fish consumption advisory,
including the data quality criteria that are used to determine if
data are suitable for use in the assessment and exclusions to
bodies of data and the justifications for such exclusions.
(d) Information on the ways stakeholder input is incorporated
into the fish consumption advisory process prior to an advisory
being issued.
(e) Information on how advisory analyses are documented,
including how uncertainty analyses are conducted and reported, with
information as to whether these evaluations are publicly available
and, if not available, an explanation of why any such evaluations
are not publicly available.
Sec. 651. The department shall work with the Michigan health
endowment fund corporation established pursuant to section 653 of
the nonprofit health care corporation reform act, 1980 PA 350, MCL
550.1653, to explore ways to expand health and wellness programs.
Sec. 654. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for health and
wellness initiatives, $500,000.00 shall be allocated for a pilot
before- and after-school healthy exercise program to promote and
advance physical health for school children in kindergarten through
grade 6. The department shall develop a model for program sites
that incorporates evidence-based best practices. The department
shall establish guidelines for program sites, which may include
public schools, community-based organizations, private facilities,
recreation centers, or other similar sites. The program format
shall encourage local determination of site activities and shall
encourage local inclusion of youth in the decision-making regarding
site activities. Program goals shall include children experiencing
good physical health, the reduction of obesity, providing a safe
place to play and exercise, and nutrition education. To be eligible
to participate in the pilot, program sites shall provide a 20%
match to the state funding. The department shall seek financial
support from corporate, foundation, or other private partners for
the program or for individual program sites.
HEALTH POLICY
Sec. 704. The department shall continue to contract with
grantees supported through the appropriation in part 1 for the
emergency medical services program to ensure that a sufficient
number of qualified emergency medical services personnel exist to
serve rural areas of the state.
Sec. 709. (1) The funds appropriated in part 1 for the
Michigan essential health care provider program may also provide
loan repayment for dentists that fit the criteria established by
part 27 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2701 to
333.2727.
(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the Michigan
essential health provider program, the department may reduce the
local and private share of the loan and repayment costs to 25% for
primary care physicians, particularly obstetricians and
gynecologists working in underserved areas.
Sec. 712. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for primary
care services, $250,000.00 shall be allocated to free health
clinics operating in the state. The department shall distribute the
funds equally to each free health clinic. For the purpose of this
appropriation, "free health clinics" means nonprofit organizations
that use volunteer health professionals to provide care to
uninsured individuals.
Sec. 713. The department shall continue support of
multicultural agencies that provide primary care services from the
funds appropriated in part 1.
Sec. 715. The department shall evaluate options for
incentivizing students attending medical schools in this state to
meet their primary care residency requirements in this state and
ultimately, for some period of time, to remain in this state and
serve as primary care physicians.
Sec. 716. (1) The department is encouraged to create and
implement a pilot program limited to counties with a population of
less than 100,000 to incentivize students attending medical schools
in Michigan through a loan repayment program or other approaches
for committing to provide medical services in rural counties with a
medically underserved population. The program shall be limited to
those students or individuals performing primary care or specialty
services as identified by the department.
(2) By no later than September 30 of the current fiscal year,
the department shall prepare a report and submit it to the senate
and house appropriations subcommittees on community health, the
senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director.
The department shall evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot
program, identify potential changes to improve the program, and
Senate Bill No. 763 as amended May 6, 2014
make recommendations for statewide implementation in its report
under this subsection.
Sec. 717. (1) The department may award health innovation
grants to address emerging issues and encourage cutting edge
advances in health care including strategic partners in both the
public and private sectors.
(2) The unexpended funds appropriated for the health
innovation grants are considered work project appropriations, and
any unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried forward into the
following fiscal year. The following is in compliance with section
451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL
18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the project to be carried forward is to
address emerging issues and encourage cutting edge advances in
health care including strategic partners in both the public and
private sectors.
(b) The project will be accomplished by providing incentive
grants.
(c) The estimated cost of this project phase is identified in
the appropriation line item.
(d) The tentative completion date for the work project is
September 30, 2019.
<<Sec. 720. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
statewide trauma system, the department shall allocate funds to
establish and operate statewide systems for trauma, stroke, ST
segment elevation myocardial infarction, perinatal, and other time-dependent systems of care.>>
INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL
Sec. 804. The department, in conjunction with efforts to
implement the Michigan prisoner reentry initiative, shall cooperate
with the department of corrections to share data and information as
they relate to prisoners being released who are HIV positive or
positive for the hepatitis C antibody.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Sec. 851. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
healthy homes program, $1,250,100.00 shall be allocated to continue
lead abatement efforts.
(2) The department shall coordinate its lead abatement efforts
with the Michigan public service commission, specifically on the
issue of window replacement.
LOCAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND GRANTS
Sec. 901. The amount appropriated in part 1 for implementation
of the 1993 additions of or amendments to sections 9161, 16221,
16226, 17014, 17015, and 17515 of the public health code, 1978 PA
368, MCL 333.9161, 333.16221, 333.16226, 333.17014, 333.17015, and
333.17515, shall be used to reimburse local health departments for
costs incurred related to implementation of section 17015(18) of
the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.17015.
Sec. 902. If a county that has participated in a district
health department or an associated arrangement with other local
health departments takes action to cease to participate in such an
arrangement after October 1 of the current fiscal year, the
department shall have the authority to assess a penalty from the
local health department's operational accounts in an amount equal
to no more than 6.25% of the local health department's essential
local public health services funding. This penalty shall only be
assessed to the local county that requests the dissolution of the
health department.
Sec. 904. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 for essential local
public health services shall be prospectively allocated to local
health departments to support immunizations, infectious disease
control, sexually transmitted disease control and prevention,
hearing screening, vision services, food protection, public water
supply, private groundwater supply, and on-site sewage management.
Food protection shall be provided in consultation with the
department of agriculture and rural development. Public water
supply, private groundwater supply, and on-site sewage management
shall be provided in consultation with the department of
environmental quality.
(2) Local public health departments shall be held to
contractual standards for the services in subsection (1).
(3) Distributions in subsection (1) shall be made only to
counties that maintain local spending in the current fiscal year of
at least the amount expended in fiscal year 1992-1993 for the
services described in subsection (1).
CHRONIC DISEASE AND INJURY PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION
Sec. 1001. From the funds appropriated in part 1, $150,100.00
is appropriated for Alzheimer's disease services and shall be
remitted to the Alzheimer's association-Michigan chapters for the
purpose of carrying out a pilot project in Macomb, Monroe, and St.
Joseph Counties. The fiduciary for the funds is the Alzheimer's
association-greater Michigan chapter. The Alzheimer's association
shall provide enhanced services, including 24/7 helpline, continued
care consultation, and support groups, to individuals with
Alzheimer's disease or dementia and their families in the 3
counties, and partner with a Michigan public university to study
whether provision of such in-home support services significantly
delays the need for residential long-term care services for
individuals with Alzheimer's disease or dementia. The study must
also consider potential cost savings related to the delay of long-
term care services, if a delay is shown.
FAMILY, MATERNAL, AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH SERVICES
Sec. 1103. By January 3 of the current fiscal year the
department shall annually issue to the legislature, and to the
public on the Internet, a report providing estimated public funds
administered by the department for family planning, sexually
transmitted infection prevention and treatment, and pregnancies and
births, as well as demographics collected by the department as
voluntarily self-reported by individuals utilizing those services.
The department shall provide the actual expenditures by marital
status or, where actual expenditures are not available, shall
provide estimated expenditures by marital status. The department
may utilize the Plan First application (Form MSA 1582), MIChild,
and Healthy Kids application (DCH 0373) or Assistance Application
(DHS 1171) or any other official application for public assistance
for medical coverage to determine the actual or estimated public
expenditures based on marital status.
Sec. 1104. (1) Before April 1 of the current fiscal year, the
department shall submit a report to the house and senate fiscal
agencies and the state budget director on planned allocations from
the amounts appropriated in part 1 for local MCH services, prenatal
care outreach and service delivery support, family planning local
agreements, and pregnancy prevention programs. Using applicable
federal definitions, the report shall include information on all of
the following:
(a) Funding allocations.
(b) Actual number of women, children, and adolescents served
and amounts expended for each group for the immediately preceding
fiscal year.
(c) A breakdown of the expenditure of these funds between
urban and rural communities.
(2) The department shall ensure that the distribution of funds
through the programs described in subsection (1) takes into account
the needs of rural communities.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "rural" means a county,
city, village, or township with a population of 30,000 or less,
including those entities if located within a metropolitan
statistical area.
Sec. 1106. Each family planning program receiving federal
title X family planning funds under 42 USC 300 to 300a-8 shall be
in compliance with all performance and quality assurance indicators
that the office of population affairs within the United States
department of health and human services specifies in the program
guidelines for project grants for family planning services. An
agency not in compliance with the indicators shall not receive
supplemental or reallocated funds.
Sec. 1108. The funds appropriated in part 1 for pregnancy
prevention programs shall not be used to provide abortion
counseling, referrals, or services.
Sec. 1109. (1) From the amounts appropriated in part 1 for
dental programs, funds shall be allocated to the Michigan dental
association for the administration of a volunteer dental program
that provides dental services to the uninsured.
(2) Not later than December 1 of the current fiscal year, the
department shall report to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on community health and the senate and house standing
committees on health policy the number of individual patients
treated, number of procedures performed, and approximate total
market value of those procedures from the immediately preceding
fiscal year.
Sec. 1119. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for family
planning local agreements or pregnancy prevention programs, no
state funds shall be used to encourage or support abortion
services.
Sec. 1136. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for prenatal
care outreach and service delivery support, $2,200,000.00 shall be
allocated for a pregnancy and parenting support services program as
a pilot project, which program must promote childbirth and
alternatives to abortion. The department shall establish a program
with a qualified contractor that will contract with qualified
service providers to provide free counseling, support, and referral
services to eligible women during pregnancy through 12 months after
birth. As appropriate, the goals for client outcomes shall include
an increase in client support, an increase in childbirth choice, an
increase in adoption knowledge, an improvement in parenting skills,
and improved reproductive health through abstinence education. The
contractor of the program shall provide for program training,
client educational material, program marketing, and annual service
provider site monitoring.
Sec. 1137. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for prenatal
care outreach and service delivery support, not less than
$500,100.00 of funding shall be allocated for evidence-based
programs to reduce infant mortality including nurse family
partnership programs. The funds shall be used for enhanced support
and education to nursing teams or other teams of qualified health
professionals, client recruitment in areas designated as
underserved for obstetrical and gynecological services and other
high-need communities, strategic planning to expand and sustain
programs, and marketing and communications of programs to raise
awareness, engage stakeholders, and recruit nurses.
Sec. 1138. The department shall allocate funds appropriated in
section 113 of part 1 for family, maternal, and children's health
services pursuant to section 1 of 2002 PA 360, MCL 333.1091.
Sec. 1139. (1) By November 1, 2014, the department shall work
jointly with the department of human services and the Michigan
state housing development authority to appoint members to a joint
task force to review housing rehabilitation, energy and
weatherization, and hazard abatement program policies and to make
recommendations for integrating and coordinating project delivery
with the goals of serving more families and achieving better
outcomes by maximizing state and federal resources. The joint task
force must include all of the following:
(a) A representative of the department.
(b) A representative of the healthy homes section, lead safe
home program.
(c) A construction management specialist.
(d) A representative of the community development division.
(e) A representative of the Michigan state housing development
authority.
(f) An energy and weatherization staff representative from the
department of human services.
(g) A local weatherization operator.
(h) A certified lead professional or a certified lead
contractor.
(i) Representatives from at least 2 community organizations
that address harmful housing conditions.
(2) The department and the Michigan state housing development
authority shall organize the initial meeting of the task force and
shall provide administrative support for the task force.
(3) By March 1, 2015, the task force described in subsection
(1) shall provide to the house and senate chairs of the
appropriations subcommittees for the department and the department
of human services, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the
senate and house policy offices a report of its findings and
recommendations.
Sec. 1140. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for prenatal
care outreach and service delivery support, equal consideration
shall be given to all reasonably qualified providers in all regions
in contracting for rural health visitation services.
Sec. 1141. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for special
projects, $250,000.00 shall be allocated to Michigan Blood, the
partner of the match registry of the national marrow donor program.
The department shall use the funds to offset ongoing tissue typing
expenses associated with donor recruitment and collection services
and to expand those services to better serve the citizens of this
state.
CHILDREN'S SPECIAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Sec. 1202. The department may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) Provide special formula for eligible clients with
specified metabolic and allergic disorders.
(b) Provide medical care and treatment to eligible patients
with cystic fibrosis who are 21 years of age or older.
(c) Provide medical care and treatment to eligible patients
with hereditary coagulation defects, commonly known as hemophilia,
who are 21 years of age or older.
(d) Provide human growth hormone to eligible patients.
Sec. 1205. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for medical
care and treatment, the department is authorized to spend up to
$500,000.00 for the continued development and expansion of
telemedicine capacity to allow families with children in the
children's special health care services program to access specialty
providers more readily and in a more timely manner.
CRIME VICTIM SERVICES COMMISSION
Sec. 1302. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for justice
assistance grants, up to $200,000.00 shall be allocated for
expansion of forensic nurse examiner programs to facilitate
training for improved evidence collection for the prosecution of
sexual assault. The funds shall be used for program coordination
and training.
OFFICE OF SERVICES TO THE AGING
Sec. 1403. (1) By February 1 of the current fiscal year, the
office of services to the aging shall require each region to report
to the office of services to the aging and to the legislature home-
delivered meals waiting lists based upon standard criteria.
Determining criteria shall include all of the following:
(a) The recipient's degree of frailty.
(b) The recipient's inability to prepare his or her own meals
safely.
(c) Whether the recipient has another care provider available.
(d) Any other qualifications normally necessary for the
recipient to receive home-delivered meals.
(2) Data required in subsection (1) shall be recorded only for
individuals who have applied for participation in the home-
delivered meals program and who are initially determined as likely
to be eligible for home-delivered meals.
Sec. 1417. The department shall provide to the senate and
house appropriations subcommittees on community health, senate and
house fiscal agencies, and state budget director a report by March
30 of the current fiscal year that contains all of the following:
(a) The total allocation of state resources made to each area
agency on aging by individual program and administration.
(b) Detail expenditure by each area agency on aging by
individual program and administration including both state-funded
resources and locally-funded resources.
Sec. 1421. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for community
services, $1,100,000.00 shall be allocated to area agencies on
aging for locally determined needs.
MEDICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 1501. The unexpended funds appropriated in part 1 for the
electronic health records incentive program are considered work
project appropriations, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds
are carried forward into the following fiscal year. The following
is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget
act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:
(a) The purpose of the project to be carried forward is to
implement the Medicaid electronic health record program that
provides financial incentive payments to Medicaid health care
providers to encourage the adoption and meaningful use of
electronic health records to improve quality, increase efficiency,
and promote safety.
(b) The projects will be accomplished according to the
approved federal advanced planning document.
(c) The estimated cost of this project phase is identified in
the appropriation line item.
(d) The tentative completion date for the work project is
September 30, 2019.
Sec. 1502. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for the
medical services administration, the department shall spend
$300,000.00 general fund/general purpose plus any associated
federal match to create and develop a transparency database
website. This funding is contingent upon enactment of enabling
legislation.
MEDICAL SERVICES
Sec. 1601. The cost of remedial services incurred by residents
of licensed adult foster care homes and licensed homes for the aged
shall be used in determining financial eligibility for the
medically needy. Remedial services include basic self-care and
rehabilitation training for a resident.
Sec. 1603. (1) The department may establish a program for
individuals to purchase medical coverage at a rate determined by
the department.
(2) The department may receive and expend premiums for the
buy-in of medical coverage in addition to the amounts appropriated
in part 1.
(3) The premiums described in this section shall be classified
as private funds.
Sec. 1605. The protected income level for Medicaid coverage
determined pursuant to section 106(1)(b)(iii) of the social welfare
act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.106, shall be 100% of the related public
assistance standard.
Sec. 1606. For the purpose of guardian and conservator
charges, the department may deduct up to $60.00 per month as an
allowable expense against a recipient's income when determining
medical services eligibility and patient pay amounts.
Sec. 1607. (1) An applicant for Medicaid, whose qualifying
condition is pregnancy, shall immediately be presumed to be
eligible for Medicaid coverage unless the preponderance of evidence
in her application indicates otherwise. The applicant who is
qualified as described in this subsection shall be allowed to
select or remain with the Medicaid participating obstetrician of
her choice.
(2) An applicant qualified as described in subsection (1)
shall be given a letter of authorization to receive Medicaid
covered services related to her pregnancy. All qualifying
applicants shall be entitled to receive all medically necessary
obstetrical and prenatal care without preauthorization from a
health plan. All claims submitted for payment for obstetrical and
prenatal care shall be paid at the Medicaid fee-for-service rate in
the event a contract does not exist between the Medicaid
participating obstetrical or prenatal care provider and the managed
care plan. The applicant shall receive a listing of Medicaid
physicians and managed care plans in the immediate vicinity of the
applicant's residence.
(3) In the event that an applicant, presumed to be eligible
pursuant to subsection (1), is subsequently found to be ineligible,
a Medicaid physician or managed care plan that has been providing
pregnancy services to an applicant under this section is entitled
to reimbursement for those services until such time as they are
notified by the department that the applicant was found to be
ineligible for Medicaid.
(4) If the preponderance of evidence in an application
indicates that the applicant is not eligible for Medicaid, the
department shall refer that applicant to the nearest public health
clinic or similar entity as a potential source for receiving
pregnancy-related services.
(5) The department shall develop an enrollment process for
pregnant women covered under this section that facilitates the
selection of a managed care plan at the time of application.
(6) The department shall mandate enrollment of women, whose
qualifying condition is pregnancy, into Medicaid managed care
plans.
(7) The department shall encourage physicians to provide
women, whose qualifying condition for Medicaid is pregnancy, with a
referral to a Medicaid participating dentist at the first
pregnancy-related appointment.
Sec. 1611. (1) For care provided to medical services
recipients with other third-party sources of payment, medical
services reimbursement shall not exceed, in combination with such
other resources, including Medicare, those amounts established for
medical services-only patients. The medical services payment rate
shall be accepted as payment in full. Other than an approved
medical services co-payment, no portion of a provider's charge
shall be billed to the recipient or any person acting on behalf of
the recipient. Nothing in this section shall be considered to
affect the level of payment from a third-party source other than
the medical services program. The department shall require a
nonenrolled provider to accept medical services payments as payment
in full.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), medical services
reimbursement for hospital services provided to dual
Medicare/medical services recipients with Medicare part B coverage
only shall equal, when combined with payments for Medicare and
other third-party resources, if any, those amounts established for
medical services-only patients, including capital payments.
Sec. 1620. (1) For fee-for-service recipients who do not
reside in nursing homes, the pharmaceutical dispensing fee shall be
$2.75 or the pharmacy's usual or customary cash charge, whichever
is less. For nursing home residents, the pharmaceutical dispensing
fee shall be $3.00 or the pharmacy's usual or customary cash
charge, whichever is less.
(2) The department shall require a prescription co-payment for
Medicaid recipients of $1.00 for a generic drug and $3.00 for a
brand-name drug, except as prohibited by federal or state law or
regulation.
Sec. 1629. The department shall utilize maximum allowable cost
pricing for generic drugs that is based on wholesaler pricing to
providers that is available from at least 2 wholesalers who deliver
in the state of Michigan.
Sec. 1631. (1) The department shall require co-payments on
dental, podiatric, and vision services provided to Medicaid
recipients, except as prohibited by federal or state law or
regulation.
(2) Except as otherwise prohibited by federal or state law or
regulations, the department shall require Medicaid recipients to
pay the following co-payments:
(a) Two dollars for a physician office visit.
(b) Three dollars for a hospital emergency room visit.
(c) Fifty dollars for the first day of an inpatient hospital
stay.
(d) One dollar for an outpatient hospital visit.
Sec. 1641. An institutional provider that is required to
submit a cost report under the medical services program shall
submit cost reports completed in full within 5 months after the end
of its fiscal year.
Sec. 1657. (1) Reimbursement for medical services to screen
and stabilize a Medicaid recipient, including stabilization of a
psychiatric crisis, in a hospital emergency room shall not be made
contingent on obtaining prior authorization from the recipient's
HMO. If the recipient is discharged from the emergency room, the
hospital shall notify the recipient's HMO within 24 hours of the
diagnosis and treatment received.
(2) If the treating hospital determines that the recipient
will require further medical service or hospitalization beyond the
point of stabilization, that hospital shall receive authorization
from the recipient's HMO prior to admitting the recipient.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not require an alteration to an
existing agreement between an HMO and its contracting hospitals and
Senate Bill No. 763 as amended May 6, 2014
do not require an HMO to reimburse for services that are not
considered to be medically necessary.
Sec. 1659. The following sections of this part are the only
ones that shall apply to the following Medicaid managed care
programs, including the comprehensive plan, MIChoice long-term care
plan, and the mental health, substance use disorder, and
developmentally disabled services program: 404, 411, 418, 428, 474,
494, 1607, 1657, 1662, 1689, 1699, 1740, 1756, 1764, <<1815,>> 1820,
1832,
1835, 1850, 1881, 1887, and 1888.
Sec. 1662. (1) The department shall assure that an external
quality review of each contracting HMO is performed that results in
an analysis and evaluation of aggregated information on quality,
timeliness, and access to health care services that the HMO or its
contractors furnish to Medicaid beneficiaries.
(2) The department shall require Medicaid HMOs to provide
EPSDT utilization data through the encounter data system, and HEDIS
well child health measures in accordance with the national
committee for quality assurance prescribed methodology.
(3) The department shall provide a copy of the analysis of the
Medicaid HMO annual audited HEDIS reports and the annual external
quality review report to the senate and house of representatives
appropriations subcommittees on community health, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, and the state budget director, within 30
days of the department's receipt of the final reports from the
contractors.
(4) For the purpose of scoring Medicaid HMO performance for
use in the department's auto-assignment algorithm, the department
shall score all Medicaid HMOs by measurement components in each
geographic super region. As used in this subsection, "super region"
means the geographic area currently identified and defined by the
department for use in HMO Medicaid rate setting.
Sec. 1670. (1) The appropriation in part 1 for the MIChild
program is to be used to provide comprehensive health care to all
children under age 19 who reside in families with income at or
below 200% of the federal poverty level, who are uninsured and have
not had coverage by other comprehensive health insurance within 6
months of making application for MIChild benefits, and who are
residents of this state. The department shall develop detailed
eligibility criteria through the medical services administration
public concurrence process, consistent with the provisions of this
part and part 1. Health coverage for children in families between
150% and 200% of the federal poverty level shall be provided
through a state-based private health care program.
(2) The department may provide up to 1 year of continuous
eligibility to children eligible for the MIChild program unless the
family fails to pay the monthly premium, a child reaches age 19, or
the status of the children's family changes and its members no
longer meet the eligibility criteria as specified in the federally
approved MIChild state plan.
(3) Children whose category of eligibility changes between the
Medicaid and MIChild programs shall be assured of keeping their
current health care providers through the current prescribed course
of treatment for up to 1 year, subject to periodic reviews by the
department if the beneficiary has a serious medical condition and
is undergoing active treatment for that condition.
(4) To be eligible for the MIChild program, a child must be
residing in a family with an adjusted gross income of less than or
equal to 200% of the federal poverty level. The department's
verification policy shall be used to determine eligibility.
(5) The department shall contract with Medicaid health plans
to provide physical health services to MIChild enrollees. The
department may continue to obtain physical health services for
MIChild enrollees from health maintenance organizations and
preferred provider organizations currently under contract for
whatever duration is needed as determined by the department. The
department shall contractually require that health plans pay out-
of-network providers at the department fee schedule. The department
shall contract with qualified dental plans to provide dental
coverage for MIChild enrollees.
(6) The department may enter into contracts to obtain certain
MIChild services from community mental health service programs.
(7) The department may make payments on behalf of children
enrolled in the MIChild program from the line-item appropriation
associated with the program as described in the MIChild state plan
approved by the United States department of health and human
services, or from other medical services.
(8) The department shall assure that an external quality
review of each MIChild contractor, as described in subsection (5),
is performed, which analyzes and evaluates the aggregated
information on quality, timeliness, and access to health care
services that the contractor furnished to MIChild beneficiaries.
(9) The department shall develop an automatic enrollment
algorithm that is based on quality and performance factors.
(10) MIChild services shall include treatment for autism
spectrum disorders as defined in the federally approved Medicaid
state plan.
Sec. 1673. The department may establish premiums for MIChild
eligible individuals in families with income above 150% of the
federal poverty level. The monthly premiums shall not be less than
$10.00 or exceed $15.00 for a family.
Sec. 1677. The MIChild program shall provide all benefits
available under the Michigan benchmark plan that are delivered
through contracted providers and consistent with federal law,
including, but not limited to, the following medically necessary
services:
(a) Inpatient mental health services, other than substance use
disorder treatment services, including services furnished in a
state-operated mental hospital and residential or other 24-hour
therapeutically planned structured services.
(b) Outpatient mental health services, other than substance
use disorder services, including services furnished in a state-
operated mental hospital and community-based services.
(c) Durable medical equipment and prosthetic and orthotic
devices.
(d) Dental services as outlined in the approved MIChild state
plan.
(e) Substance use disorder treatment services that may include
inpatient, outpatient, and residential substance use disorder
treatment services.
(f) Care management services for mental health diagnoses.
(g) Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and services for
individuals with speech, hearing, and language disorders.
(h) Emergency ambulance services.
Sec. 1682. (1) The department shall implement enforcement
actions as specified in the nursing facility enforcement provisions
of section 1919 of title XIX, 42 USC 1396r.
(2) In addition to the appropriations in part 1, the
department is authorized to receive and spend penalty money
received as the result of noncompliance with medical services
certification regulations. Penalty money, characterized as private
funds, received by the department shall increase authorizations and
allotments in the long-term care accounts.
(3) The department is authorized to provide civil monetary
penalty funds to the disability network/Michigan to be distributed
to the 15 centers for independent living for the purpose of
assisting individuals with disabilities who reside in nursing homes
to return to their own homes.
(4) The department is authorized to use civil monetary penalty
funds to conduct a survey evaluating consumer satisfaction and the
quality of care at nursing homes. Factors can include, but are not
limited to, the level of satisfaction of nursing home residents,
their families, and employees. The department may use an
independent contractor to conduct the survey.
(5) Any unexpended penalty money, at the end of the year,
shall carry forward to the following year.
Sec. 1689. By April 30 of the current fiscal year, the
department shall provide a report to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on community health and the senate and
house fiscal agencies that presents the number of individuals
transitioned from nursing homes to the home- and community-based
services waiver program, the number of individuals enrolled into
the home- and community-based services waiver program from the
community, the number of unique individuals served, the number of
days of care provided during the fiscal year, the estimated average
cost per day, and the number of individuals on waiting lists for
the home- and community-based services waiver program as of
September 30 of the previous fiscal year.
Sec. 1692. (1) The department is authorized to pursue
reimbursement for eligible services provided in Michigan schools
from the federal Medicaid program. The department and the state
budget director are authorized to negotiate and enter into
agreements, together with the department of education, with local
and intermediate school districts regarding the sharing of federal
Medicaid services funds received for these services. The department
is authorized to receive and disburse funds to participating school
districts pursuant to such agreements and state and federal law.
(2) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for medical services
school-based services payments, the department is authorized to do
all of the following:
(a) Finance activities within the medical services
administration related to this project.
(b) Reimburse participating school districts pursuant to the
fund-sharing ratios negotiated in the state-local agreements
authorized in subsection (1).
(c) Offset general fund costs associated with the medical
services program.
Sec. 1693. The special Medicaid reimbursement appropriation in
part 1 may be increased if the department submits a medical
services state plan amendment pertaining to this line item at a
level higher than the appropriation. The department is authorized
to appropriately adjust financing sources in accordance with the
increased appropriation.
Sec. 1694. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
special Medicaid reimbursement, $378,000.00 of general fund/general
purpose revenue and any associated federal match shall be
distributed for poison control services to an academic health care
system that includes a children's hospital that has a high indigent
care volume.
(2) By March 1 of the current fiscal year, the department
shall report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
on community health and the senate and house fiscal agencies on the
adequacy of the payment described in subsection (1).
Sec. 1699. (1) The department may make separate payments in
the amount of $45,000,000.00 directly to qualifying hospitals
serving a disproportionate share of indigent patients and to
hospitals providing GME training programs. If direct payment for
GME and DSH is made to qualifying hospitals for services to
Medicaid clients, hospitals shall not include GME costs or DSH
payments in their contracts with HMOs.
(2) The department shall allocate $45,000,000.00 in DSH
funding using the distribution methodology used in fiscal year
2003-2004.
(3) By September 30 of the current fiscal year, the department
shall report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees
on community health and the senate and house fiscal agencies on the
new distribution of funding to each eligible hospital from the GME
and DSH pools.
Sec. 1724. The department shall allow licensed pharmacies to
purchase injectable drugs for the treatment of respiratory
syncytial virus for shipment to physicians' offices to be
administered to specific patients. If the affected patients are
Medicaid eligible, the department shall reimburse pharmacies for
the dispensing of the injectable drugs and reimburse physicians for
the administration of the injectable drugs.
Sec. 1740. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for health
plan services, the department shall assure that all GME funds
continue to be promptly distributed to qualifying hospitals using
the methodology developed in consultation with the graduate medical
education advisory group during fiscal year 2006-2007.
Sec. 1756. The department shall develop a plan to expand and
improve the beneficiary monitoring program. The department shall
submit this plan to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on community health, the house and senate fiscal
agencies, and the state budget director by April 1 of the current
fiscal year.
Sec. 1757. The department shall direct the department of human
services to obtain proof from all Medicaid recipients that they are
legal United States citizens or otherwise legally residing in this
country and that they are residents of this state before approving
Medicaid eligibility.
Sec. 1764. (1) The department shall annually certify rates
paid to Medicaid health plans and specialty prepaid inpatient
health plans as being actuarially sound in accordance with federal
requirements and shall provide a copy of the rate certification and
approval immediately to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on community health and the house and senate fiscal
agencies. The department shall require all Medicaid policy
bulletins affecting Medicaid health plans issued after the federal
approval of rates to include an economic analysis demonstrating
that the approved rates will not be compromised due to the new
policy.
(2) To fully implement actuarial soundness, the department
shall include language in the contract between this state and
Medicaid health plans that provides that this state will annually
reimburse the contractor the full cost of all taxes imposed by this
state and the federal government, including the health insurer fee
that the contractor incurs and becomes obligated to pay under
section 9010 of the patient protection and affordable care act,
Public Law 111-148, as amended by the health care and education
reconciliation act of 2010, Public Law 111-152, due to its receipt
of Medicaid premiums pursuant to the contract. For purposes of this
subsection, the full cost of the health insurer fee includes both
the health insurer fee and the allowance to reflect the federal
income tax.
Sec. 1770. Pursuant to the consultation requirements of the
social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, and except
as otherwise provided in this section, the department shall attempt
to make the effective date for a proposed Medicaid policy bulletin
or adjustment to the Medicaid provider manual on October 1, January
1, April 1, or July 1 after the end of the consultation period. The
department may provide an effective date for a proposed Medicaid
policy bulletin or adjustment to the Medicaid provider manual other
than provided for in this section if necessary to be in compliance
with federal or state law, regulations, or rules or with an
executive order of the governor.
Sec. 1775. If the state's application for a waiver to
implement managed care for dual Medicare/Medicaid eligibles is
approved by the federal government, the department shall provide
quarterly reports to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on community health and the senate and house fiscal
agencies on progress in implementing the waiver.
Sec. 1777. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for long-term
care services, the department shall permit, in accordance with
applicable federal and state law, nursing homes to use dining
assistants to feed eligible residents if legislation to permit the
use of dining assistants is enacted into law. The department shall
not be responsible for costs associated with training dining
assistants.
Sec. 1804. The department, in cooperation with the department
of human services and the department of military and veterans
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affairs, shall work with the federal public assistance reporting
information system to identify Medicaid recipients who are veterans
and who may be eligible for federal veterans health care benefits
or other benefits.
<<Sec. 1815. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for health plan services, the department shall not implement a capitation withhold as part of the overall capitation rate schedule that exceeds the 0.19% withhold administered during fiscal year 2008-2009.>>
Sec. 1820. (1) In order to avoid duplication of efforts, the
department shall utilize applicable national accreditation review
criteria to determine compliance with corresponding state
requirements for Medicaid health plans that have been reviewed and
accredited by a national accrediting entity for health care
services.
(2) Upon submission by Medicaid health plans of a listing of
program requirements that are part of the state program review
criteria but are not reviewed by an applicable national accrediting
entity, the department shall review the listing and provide a
recommendation to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees
on community health, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the
state budget office as to whether or not state program review
should continue. The Medicaid health plans may request the
department to convene a workgroup to fulfill this section.
(3) The department shall continue to comply with state and
federal law and shall not initiate an action that negatively
impacts beneficiary safety.
(4) As used in this section, "national accrediting entity"
means the national committee for quality assurance, the utilization
review accreditation committee, or other appropriate entity, as
approved by the department.
(5) By July 1 of the current fiscal year, the department shall
provide a progress report to the house and senate appropriations
subcommittees on community health, the house and senate fiscal
agencies, and the state budget office on implementation of this
section.
Sec. 1832. (1) The department shall continue efforts to
standardize billing formats, referral forms, electronic
credentialing, primary source verification, electronic billing and
attachments, claims status, eligibility verification, and reporting
of accepted and rejected encounter records received in the
department data warehouse.
(2) The department shall convene a workgroup on
standardization for the Medicaid program. The workgroup shall
include representatives from medical provider organizations,
Medicaid HMOs, the Michigan association of health plans, and the
department. The department shall report to the legislature on the
findings of the workgroup by April 1 of the current fiscal year.
(3) The department shall provide a report by April 1 of the
current fiscal year to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on community health and the senate and house fiscal
agencies detailing the percentage of claims for Medicaid
reimbursement provided to the department that were initially
rejected in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013-2014 and the
percentage of Medicaid health plan encounters rejected during the
same period.
Sec. 1835. The department shall further enhance encounter data
reporting processes through the current encounter data quality
initiative that would do all of the following:
(a) Make each health plan's encounter data as complete as
possible.
(b) Provide a fair measure of acuity for each health plan's
enrolled population for risk adjustment purposes, capitation rate
setting, DRG rate setting, and research and analysis of program
efficiencies while minimizing health plan administrative expense.
Sec. 1837. The department shall explore utilization of
telemedicine and telepsychiatry as strategies to increase access to
services for Medicaid recipients in medically underserved areas.
Sec. 1842. (1) Subject to the availability of funds, the
department shall adjust the hospital outpatient Medicaid
reimbursement rate for qualifying hospitals as provided in this
section. The Medicaid reimbursement rate for qualifying hospitals
shall be adjusted to provide each qualifying hospital with its
actual cost of delivering outpatient services to Medicaid
recipients.
(2) As used in this section, "qualifying hospital" means a
hospital that has not more than 50 staffed beds and is either
located outside a metropolitan statistical area or in a
metropolitan statistical area but within a city, village, or
township with a population of not more than 12,000 according to the
official 2000 federal decennial census and within a county with a
population of not more than 165,000 according to the official 2000
federal decennial census.
Sec. 1846. (1) The department shall conduct research on the
effectiveness of graduate medical education funding.
(2) The research shall do all of the following:
Senate Bill No. 763 as amended May 6, 2014
(a) Identify physician shortages by practice and geographic
area.
(b) Consider efforts by other states to use graduate medical
education funding to address shortages.
(c) Consider policy changes to the graduate medical education
program to reduce practitioner shortages.
(3) The department shall report the results of the research to
the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on community
health, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state budget
director by April 1 of the current fiscal year.
Sec. 1847. The department shall create a structure for an
ambulance quality assurance assessment program in consultation with
the Michigan association of ambulance services by April 1 of the
current fiscal year.
<<Sec. 1848. It is the intent of the legislature that the healthy kids dental program be expanded in fiscal year 2015-2016 to cover Kent, Oakland, and Wayne counties.>>
Sec. 1850. The department may allow Medicaid health plans to
assist with the redetermination process through outreach activities
to ensure continuation of Medicaid eligibility and enrollment in
managed care. This may include mailings, telephone contact, or
face-to-face contact with beneficiaries enrolled in the individual
Medicaid health plan. Health plans may offer assistance in
completing paperwork for beneficiaries enrolled in their plan.
Sec. 1854. The department shall work with a provider of kidney
dialysis services and renal care as authorized under section 2703
of the patient protection and affordable care act, Public Law 111-
148, to develop a chronic condition health home program for
Medicaid enrollees identified with chronic kidney disease and who
are beginning dialysis. When initiated, the department shall
develop metrics that evaluate program effectiveness and submit a
report by June 1 of the current fiscal year to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on community health. Metrics shall
include cost savings and clinical outcomes.
Sec. 1855. The department may develop alternatives to
emergency department utilization for nonemergent beneficiaries.
Such alternatives may be coordinated with Medicaid health plans and
the Michigan association of health plans.
Sec. 1857. It is the intent of the legislature that the
department not reduce Medicaid reimbursement for wheelchairs.
Sec. 1858. Medicaid services shall include treatment for
autism spectrum disorders as defined in the federally approved
Medicaid state plan. Such alternatives may be coordinated with the
Medicaid health plans and the Michigan association of health plans.
Sec. 1861. (1) The department shall conduct a review of the
efficiency and effectiveness of the current nonemergency
transportation system funded in part 1. For nonemergency
transportation services provided outside the current broker
coverage, the review is contingent on available detailed travel
data, including methods of travel, number of people served, travel
distances, number of trips, and costs of trips. The department
shall report the results of the review required under this
subsection to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on
community health and the house and senate fiscal agencies no later
than September 30 of the current fiscal year.
(2) The department shall create a pilot nonemergency
transportation system in at least 2 counties with priority given to
Berrien and Muskegon Counties to provide nonemergency
transportation services encouraging use of nonprofit entities. The
transportation providers selected by the department are responsible
for ensuring that federal and state safety and training standards
are met.
Sec. 1862. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall increase payment rates for Medicaid obstetrical
services to medicare levels effective October 1, 2014.
Sec. 1865. Upon federal approval of the department's proposal
for integrated care for individuals who are dual Medicare/Medicaid
eligibles, the department shall provide the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on community health and the senate and
house fiscal agencies its plan and organizational chart for
administering and providing oversight of this proposal. The plan
shall include information on how the department intends to organize
staff in an integrated manner to ensure that key components of the
proposal are implemented effectively.
Sec. 1866. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
hospital services and therapy, $12,000,000.00 in general
fund/general purpose revenue and any associated federal match shall
be awarded to hospitals that meet criteria established by the
department for services to low-income rural residents. One of the
reimbursement components of the distribution formula shall be
assistance with labor and delivery services.
(2) No hospital or hospital system shall receive more than
5.0% of the total funding referenced in subsection (1).
(3) To allow hospitals to understand their rural payment
amounts under this section, the department shall provide hospitals
with the methodology for distribution under this section and
provide each hospital with its applicable data that are used to
determine the payment amounts by August 1 of the current fiscal
year. The department shall publish the distribution of payments for
the current fiscal year and the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(4) The department shall report to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on community health and the senate and
house fiscal agencies on the distribution of funds referenced in
subsection (1) by April 1 of the current fiscal year.
Sec. 1870. The department shall work in collaboration with
Michigan-based medical schools that choose to participate in the
creation of a graduate medical education consortium known as
MIDocs. The purpose of MIDocs is to develop freestanding residency
training programs in primary care and other ambulatory care-based
specialties. MIDocs shall design residency training programs to
address physician shortage needs in this state, including placing
physicians post-residency in underserved communities across this
state. MIDocs shall give special consideration to small and rural
hospitals with a GME program director. MIDocs' voting members will
include any Michigan-based university with a medical school or an
affiliated faculty practice physician group that is making a
substantial contribution to MIDocs programs. The department shall
be a permanent nonvoting member of MIDocs. The department, in
collaboration with MIDocs voting members, may also appoint
nonvoting members to MIDocs to represent various stakeholders. As
the sponsoring institution and fiduciary, MIDocs shall assure
initial and continued accreditation from the accreditation council
for graduate medical education or ACGME, financial accountability,
clinical quality, and compliance. The department shall require an
annual report from MIDocs detailing per resident costs for medical
training and clinical quality measures. The department shall create
MIDocs no later than January 10, 2015. MIDocs shall provide the
department with a report proposing the creation of new residency
programs and an actionable plan for retaining consortium related
students post-residency, especially in underserved communities.
From the funds appropriated in part 1, $500,000.00 is allocated to
prepare the report, legally create the consortium, prepare to
obtain ACGME accreditation, and develop new residency programs.
Sec. 1871. From the amounts appropriated in part 1,
$500,000.00 is appropriated to create the infrastructure necessary
for new options for physician residencies in this state. The
department shall use the funds to support the creation of new
sponsoring bodies for physician residency in underserved areas. The
department shall use 50% of the funding to create a consortium of
medical schools as a sponsoring body for physician residency and
50% of the funding to develop family practice and primary care
residency programs at hospitals with fewer than 100 beds.
Sec. 1872. The department shall create a pilot program to
prevent or reduce the costs associated with lower extremity
diabetic care, ulcerations, and amputations. The department shall
work with the Michigan podiatric medical association to improve the
quality of lower extremity diabetic care.
Sec. 1873. The department shall work to implement the findings
of the workgroup established to discuss new ways to distribute
hospital funding through the Michigan access to care initiative,
the hospital rate adjustor payments, and the quality assurance
assessment program. The department shall report to the senate and
house subcommittees on community health on the findings of the
workgroup by April 1 of the current fiscal year.
Sec. 1874. The department may explore ways to work with
private providers to develop fraud management solutions to reduce
fraud, waste, and abuse in this state's Medicaid program.
Sec. 1875. The department shall continue the expansion of
home- and community-based services and continue to seek enhanced
match funding pursuant to federal law.
Sec. 1878. In any project negotiated with the federal
government for integrated health care of individuals dually
enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare, the department shall seek to
assure the existence of an ombudsman program that is not associated
with any project service manager or provider. For activities to be
undertaken by the ombudsman program, the department shall include,
but is not limited to, assisting beneficiaries with navigating
complaint and dispute resolution mechanisms, identifying problems
in the project's complaint and dispute resolution mechanisms, and
reporting to the executive and legislative branches on any such
problems and potential solutions for them.
Sec. 1879. In any program of integrated service for persons
dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare that the department
negotiates with the federal government, the department shall seek
to use the Medicare Part D benefit for prescription drug coverage.
Sec. 1881. The department shall create a default eligibility
and enrollment determination for newborns so that newborns are
assigned to the same Medicaid health plan as the mother at the time
of birth.
Sec. 1883. For the purposes of more effectively managing
inpatient care for Medicaid health plans and Medicaid fee-for-
service, the department shall consider developing an appropriate
policy and rate for observation stays.
Sec. 1886. The department shall work in conjunction with the
workgroup established by the department of human services to
determine how the state can maximize Medicaid claims for community-
based and outpatient treatment services to foster care children and
adjudicated youths who are placed in community-based treatment
programs. The department shall report to the senate and house
appropriations subcommittees on community health, the senate and
house fiscal agencies, the senate and house policy offices, and the
state budget office by March 1 of the current fiscal year on the
findings of the workgroup.
Sec. 1887. The department shall work with the Michigan
association of health plans in the development and implementation
of strategies for the use of information technology services for a
variety of Medicaid research activities. This state's data
warehouse shall be a user-friendly tool for the research functions
following all privacy and security regulations.
Sec. 1888. The department shall establish contract performance
standards for Medicaid health plans 3 months in advance of the
implementation of those standards. The determination of whether
performance standards have been met shall be based on recognized
concepts such as 1-year continuous enrollment and the healthcare
effectiveness data and information set, HEDIS, audited data.
Sec. 1889. (1) The department shall establish and implement a
bid process to identify a single contractor to provide Medicaid
covered nonemergency transportation services in no fewer than 2 of
the prosperity regions identified and defined by the department of
technology, management, and budget.
(2) The department shall reimburse mileage for nonemergency
transportation at a rate that encourages contractors to
participate.
(3) The competitively selected contractor shall be a nonprofit
organized and operated exclusively for the tax exempt purposes set
forth in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26
USC 501, and must meet or exceed the quality and safety standards
required under federal and state law for public transportation
agencies, including, but not limited to, ongoing training
requirements for motor vehicle operators.
Sec. 1890. The department shall ensure Medicaid recipients
access to breast pumps to support and encourage breastfeeding. The
department shall adjust Medicaid policy to, at a minimum, provide
an individual double electric style pump to a breastfeeding mother
when a physician prescribes such a device based on diagnosis of
mother or infant. If the distribution method for pumps or other
equipment is a department contract with durable medical equipment
providers, the department shall guarantee providers stock and rent
to Medicaid recipients without delay or undue restriction.
Sec. 1891. (1) The department shall ensure, in counties where
program of all-inclusive care for the elderly or PACE services are
available, that PACE is included as an option in all options
counseling and enrollment brokering for aging services and managed
care programs. Such options counseling must include approved
marketing and discussion materials.
(2) The department shall seek approval from the federal
centers for Medicare and Medicaid services for the use of
alternative care settings, as described in 42 CFR, 460.98(c), when
the needs of at least 10 individuals can be met in this single
additional setting by an established PACE provider.
(3) The department shall establish a workgroup to address PACE
program issues as identified within the state contract with PACE
providers. The workgroup shall, at a minimum, address all of the
following concerns:
(a) Contract consistency across program providers.
(b) Approved technical assistance providers.
(c) Timely eligibility processing.
(d) Section C reporting requirements.
(e) Interdisciplinary team assessment plan requirements.
(f) Barriers to new enrollment.
(g) Future expansion criteria.
Sec. 1892. The department shall conduct a workgroup jointly
with the department of human services, the department of
transportation, the department of corrections, the strategic fund
in the department of treasury, and members from both the senate and
house of representatives to determine how the state can maximize
its services and funding for transportation for low-income,
elderly, and disabled individuals through consolidating all of the
current transportation services for these populations under 1
department.
Sec. 1893. (1) By December 1 of the current fiscal year, the
department, jointly with the department of human services, shall
submit a waiver request to the United States government to provide
Medicaid coverage to children in need of secure residential
treatment in this state. The department shall include in the waiver
request a plan to provide secure stabilization services,
assessment, and treatment. The department shall include in the
waiver request recommendations to make 1 or more of the public
juvenile detention facilities or private secure residential
facilities eligible to be Medicaid providers. To the extent
feasible, the department shall use in the waiver request the
Medicaid reimbursement model that is currently in place in Vermont
at the Woodside juvenile rehabilitation center.
(2) The department shall collaborate with the department of
human services to submit to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on the department budget, the senate and house fiscal
agencies, the senate and house policy offices, and the state budget
office by December 15 of the current fiscal year a copy of the
waiver request described in subsection (1).
(3) The department shall collaborate with the department of
human services to submit to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on the department budget, the senate and house fiscal
agencies, the senate and house policy offices, and the state budget
office by March 1 of the current fiscal year a report on the status
of the Medicaid waiver request described in subsection (1).
Sec. 1895. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for medical
services, the department is authorized to make a disproportionate
share payment of $6,500,000.00 in general fund/general purpose
revenue and any associated federal match for the final year of a
general fund/general purpose payment for Hutzel Hospital.
Sec. 1896. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall take steps to identify the impact of gestational
diabetes and reduce the impact of the condition on the Medicaid
program. These steps shall include all of the following:
(a) Reviewing Medicaid claims information and data to
determine the average cost of a case of gestational diabetes in
comparison to the cost of a noncomplicated pregnancy and the cost
of pregnancy for a woman with gestational diabetes.
(b) Determining the percentage and number of pregnant women
screened for gestational diabetes per established medical criteria.
(c) Determining the percentage and number of pregnant women
diagnosed with gestational diabetes in the Medicaid program each
year in comparison to all pregnant women in the Medicaid program.
(2) By September 30 of the current fiscal year, the department
shall submit a report to the legislature on steps taken and
proposed to increase the screening rate for gestational diabetes in
the Medicaid program, to reduce the number of women with
undiagnosed gestational diabetes giving birth in the Medicaid
program, to increase the number of pregnant women with gestational
diabetes receiving appropriate medical care in the Medicaid
program, and steps taken to improve the health of unborn and
newborn children of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes.
Sec. 1897. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1, the
department shall take steps to identify the performance of the
Medicaid program on all diabetes-specific performance measures as
measured by the national committee for quality assurance and the
utilization review accreditation commission. These steps shall
include:
(a) Reviewing Medicaid claims information and data to
determine the performance of the Medicaid program's fee for service
and managed care plans for diabetes-specific and diabetes-related
measures as assessed by the national committee for quality
assurance and the utilization review accreditation commission over
the past 5 years.
(b) Comparing the claims information and data to the national
averages for diabetes-specific and diabetes-related measures as
assessed by the national committee for quality assurance and the
utilization review accreditation commission over the past 5 years.
(c) Identifying areas of strength and deficiencies for these
measures specific to the Medicaid program.
(2) By September 30 of the current fiscal year, the department
shall submit a report on steps taken and proposed to improve
national committee for quality assurance and utilization review
accreditation commission measure scores for all forms of diabetes
within the Medicaid program to the legislature.
Sec. 1898. By December 1 of the current fiscal year, the
department shall report to the senate and house appropriations
subcommittees on community health and the senate and house fiscal
agencies on the status and effectiveness of the contract for
hospital admissions review and certification that was executed on
January 1, 2010. The report shall include an explanation and review
of the effectiveness of services provided under the contract, the
current status of the department's contract for hospital admission
review and certification, and the department's intent to issue a
request for proposals for vendors interested in providing hospital
admission review and certification.
Sec. 1899. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for personal
care services, the department shall increase the personal care
services rate by 6% effective October 1 of the current fiscal year.
ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 1902. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for
university autism centers and services, the department shall make
the following allocations:
(a) $1,000,000.00 to the Eastern Michigan University autism
center.
(b) $500,000.00 to the Central Michigan University central
assessment lending library.
(c) $500,000.00 to the Oakland University center for autism
research, education, and support.
(d) $1,000,000.00 to the Western Michigan University autism
center of excellence.
(e) $1,000,000.00 to Michigan State University autism
services.
(f) $1,500,000.00 to the autism alliance for autism support
services designed to aid individuals and families in choosing
treatment and other service options.
PART 2A
PROVISIONS CONCERNING ANTICIPATED APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015-2016
GENERAL SECTIONS
Sec. 2001. It is the intent of the legislature to provide
appropriations for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2016 for
the line items listed in part 1. The fiscal year 2015-2016
appropriations are anticipated to be the same as those for fiscal
year 2014-2015, except that the line items will be adjusted for
changes in caseload and related costs, federal fund match rates,
economic factors, and available revenue. These adjustments will be
determined after the January 2015 consensus revenue estimating
conference.