Signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that appropriates $1.4 billion from the general budget to address the state nursing shortage.

Highlights:

• Appropriates a total of $1.4 billion from the general budget to address the state healthcare worker shortage (Part 1, Sec. 101).

• Requires the state Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Military and Veterants Affairs to allocate (Part 1, Sec 101):

• $25 million to qualified providers to assist eligible residents who have a financial burden that have accumulated a water bill balance and have had or are at risk or having services shut off;

• $67 million for the creation of a nursing home workforce grants to nursing home operators and nonprofit healthcare training organizations that provide recruitment, retention, trainin,g or career development initiatives;

• $10 million to support community providers of violence intervention services, with 50% of funds going towards communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic;

• $75 million to support healthcare employees through recruitment, retention, and training programs, allocated to the Michigan Health and Hospital Association for adminstration to acute care and behavioral healthcare providers;

• $750,000 in grants to groups that provide outreach for suicide prevention services; and

• 2% increase in funds to nursing homes for variable and plant costs for Medicaid reimburseemnts retroactive to January 1, 2023.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that appropriates $1.4 billion from the general budget to address the state healthcare worker shortage.

Highlights:

• Appropriates a total of $1.4 billion from the general budget to address the state healthcare worker shortage (Part 1, Sec. 101).

• Requires the state Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Military and Veterants Affairs to allocate (Part 1, Sec 101):

• $25 million to qualified providers to assist eligible residents who have a financial burden that have accumulated a water bill balance and have had or are at risk or having services shut off;

• $67 million for the creation of a nursing home workforce grants to nursing home operators and nonprofit healthcare training organizations that provide recruitment, retention, trainin,g or career development initiatives;

• $10 million to support community providers of violence intervention services, with 50% of funds going towards communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic;

• $75 million to support healthcare employees through recruitment, retention, and training programs, allocated to the Michigan Health and Hospital Association for adminstration to acute care and behavioral healthcare providers;

• $750,000 in grants to groups that provide outreach for suicide prevention services; and

• 2% increase in funds to nursing homes for variable and plant costs for Medicaid reimburseemnts retroactive to January 1, 2023.

Full Bill Text