Bill Text: MI SB0117 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Appropriations: other; omnibus budget appropriations; provide for fiscal year 2022-2023. Creates appropriation act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-01 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0117 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2023-SB0117-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL NO. 117

March 01, 2023, Introduced by Senators ALBERT, WEBBER, DALEY, VICTORY, OUTMAN, LAUWERS, BELLINO, RUNESTAD and THEIS and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

A bill to make, supplement, and adjust appropriations for various state departments and agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023; to provide for certain conditions on appropriations; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.

the people of the state of michigan enact:


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part 1

line-item appropriations

Sec. 101. There is appropriated for various state departments and agencies to supplement appropriations for the fiscal year


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ending September 30, 2023, from the following funds:

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

 

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

21,200,000

Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

 

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers

 

 

0

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

21,200,000

Federal revenues:

 

 

 

Total federal revenues

 

 

700,000

Special revenue funds:

 

 

 

Total local revenues

 

 

0

Total private revenues

 

 

0

Total other state restricted revenues

 

 

0

State general fund/general purpose

 

$

20,500,000

Sec. 102. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

 

 

(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

 

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

21,200,000

Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

 

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers

 

 

0

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

21,200,000

Federal revenues:

 

 

 

Total federal revenues

 

 

700,000

Special revenue funds:

 

 

 

Total local revenues

 

 

0

Total private revenues

 

 

0

Total other state restricted revenues

 

 

0


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State general fund/general purpose

 

$

20,500,000

(2) CHILDREN'S SERVICES AGENCY – CHILD WELFARE

 

 

 

Adoption support services

 

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12,000,000

GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

12,000,000

Appropriated from:

 

 

 

State general fund/general purpose

 

$

12,000,000

(3) FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES

 

 

 

Maternal navigator pilot program

 

$

3,000,000

Maternity home program

 

 

4,000,000

Pregnancy resource centers

 

 

1,500,000

Prenatal care outreach and service delivery support

 

 

700,000

GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

9,200,000

Appropriated from:

 

 

 

Federal revenues:

 

 

 

Social security act, temporary assistance for needy families

 

 

700,000

State general fund/general purpose

 

$

8,500,000

 

part 2

provisions concerning appropriations

general sections

Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources under part 1 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023 is $20,500,000.00 and total state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government is $0.00.

Sec. 202. The appropriations made and expenditures authorized under this part and part 1 and the departments, commissions,


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boards, offices, and programs for which appropriations are made under this part and part 1 are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Sec. 301. As used in this act:

(a) "Current fiscal year" means the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.

(b) "Department" means the department of health and human services.

(c) "Temporary assistance for needy families" or "TANF" or "title IV-A" means part A of subchapter IV of the social security act, 42 USC 601 to 619.

Sec. 302. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for adoption support services, the department shall allocate $2,000,000.00 to fund a tax credit to adoptive parents. The department shall coordinate with the department of treasury to ensure timely processing and issuance of tax credits to adoptive parents.

(2) It is the intent of the legislature that the tax credit funded under this section will have all of the following attributes and that a bill to accomplish this will be enacted into law:

(a) The credit will be $2,000.00 per credit, but may be less if there are more than 1,000 claims of the credit.

(b) If there are more than 1,000 claims of the credit, the state treasury shall give the maximum credit possible per claim, using the full $2,000,000.00.

Sec. 303. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for adoption support services, the department shall allocate $10,000,000.00 to


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fund marketing programs that promote the adoption of infants and to develop factual educational information materials on adoption as an alternative to abortion, including the ability of the birth mother to establish a prebirth plan. The department shall issue a request for proposal for a contract for the development of marketing programs and information materials. The department shall notify the senate and house appropriations subcommittees on the department budget, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the senate and house policy offices on vendors submitting bids for the contract, vendors receiving the contract, the evaluation process, and criteria used by the department to award the contract for marketing programs.

Sec. 304. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for prenatal care outreach and service delivery support, $700,000.00 of TANF revenue shall be allocated for a pregnancy and parenting support services program, which must promote childbirth, alternatives to abortion, and grief counseling. 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. The department shall submit a report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on the department budget and the house


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and senate fiscal agencies by April 1 of the current fiscal year on the number of clients served.

Sec. 305. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for maternity home program, the department shall allocate $4,000,000.00 for grants and other expenditures for safe housing and comprehensive supportive services without charge for pregnant women who are without a safe home and in need statewide, which must include access to health and prenatal care, parenting and life skill development, and services and education for a stable transition to independent living. The department shall provide grants of up to $50,000.00 to support and expand existing maternity home housing and services programs as described under this section. The department shall conduct a statewide assessment to identify underserved communities in need of greater access to maternity home programs.

Sec. 306. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for maternal navigator pilot program, the department must establish not less than 2 geographically diverse maternal navigator pilot programs. An eligible maternal navigator pilot program grantee must be a nonprofit counseling or other similar nonprofit service organization that promotes childbirth and alternatives to abortion. The services provided by the maternal navigator pilot programs must include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Referral services, and partial or full reimbursement, for counseling for victims of rape and other forms of abuse and violence that result in pregnancy.

(b) Referral services, and partial or full reimbursement, for specialized substance use disorder services, including residential services.


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(c) Referral services, and partial or full reimbursement, to a hospital or health system for information and services for women of childbearing age who are seeking nutritional, prenatal, childbirth, and postnatal care and who are also in need of assistance with understanding recent advances in prenatal and postnatal medicines.

(d) Referral services, and partial or full reimbursement, for counseling, emotional support services, genetic counseling, and other services to individuals and couples experiencing difficulties or having genetic concerns related to pregnancy or parenting.

Sec. 307. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for pregnancy resource centers, the department shall allocate $1,500,000.00 as grants to pregnancy resource centers operating in this state. The department shall accept applications from pregnancy resource centers through December 31 of the current fiscal year and distribute the grant funds equally to each eligible pregnancy resource center applicant.

(2) As used in this section, "pregnancy resource centers" means private nonprofit organizations that promote childbirth and alternatives to abortion, provide referrals and information, and may also provide other services related to pregnancy or postpregnancy.

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