SENATE BILL No. 902

December 4, 2001, Introduced by Senator MC COTTER and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

A bill to amend 1909 PA 139, entitled

"An act relative to the maintenance and construction of hospitals

and sanatoria within the counties of this state and to provide a

tax to raise moneys therefor,"

by amending section 5 (MCL 331.105).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 5. Any A sanatorium , established under the provi-

2 sions of this act solely for the treatment of tuberculosis and

3 which shall have THAT HAS expended at least 10,000 dollars

4 $10,000.00 in buildings and equipment, may, upon application to

5 the state board of DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY health, be placed

6 upon the approved list of county sanatoriums. , and once ONCE A

7 SANATORIUM IS entered upon said THE approved list, THE

8 SANATORIUM may remain listed and be entitled to state aid so long

9 as the scope and character of its work are maintained in such A

10 manner as to meet THAT MEETS the approval of the state board

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1 of DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY health. On the first day of July of

2 each year the secretary of the board of said THE sanatorium on

3 the approved list, shall report under oath to the state board

4 of DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY health, the character of the work

5 done and the treatment given, the number and names of the persons

6 employed and patients treated and on said THAT date remaining

7 in such THE sanatorium, the amount contributed by said THE

8 county or counties for the support of such THE sanatorium, and

9 such other matters as may be required by the state board of

10 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY health. Upon the receipt of such THE

11 report, if it shall appear APPEARS that the sanatorium has been

12 maintained in a satisfactory manner, the secretary of the state

13 board of DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY health shall

14 make a certificate to that effect, together with the cost of

15 maintenance for the year and the amount actually contributed by

16 each county, therefor, and file it with the auditor general

17 STATE TREASURER. Upon receiving such THE certificate the

18 auditor general STATE TREASURER shall draw his OR HER warrant

19 payable to the treasurer of each county contributing toward the

20 maintenance of such THE sanatorium, for a sum equal to 1/2 the

21 amount actually contributed by said THAT county for the support

22 of such THE sanatorium for the preceding year. : Provided,

23 That HOWEVER, the total sum so paid as state aid shall not

24 exceed the sum of 3,000 dollars $3,000.00 for any 1 sanatorium

25 in any 1 year. The auditor general shall annually, beginning in

26 the year 1918, include and apportion in the state tax such sums

27 as shall have been so paid.

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