SB-0286, As Passed House, June 17, 2003                                     

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                               HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR                             

                                                                                

                               SENATE BILL NO. 286                              

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to make appropriations for the department of consumer and                  

                                                                                

    industry services and certain other state purposes for the fiscal year      

                                                                                

    ending September 30, 2004; to provide for the expenditure of those          

                                                                                

    appropriations; to provide for the imposition of certain fees; to           

                                                                                

    provide for the disposition of fees and other income received by the        

                                                                                

    state agencies; to provide for reports to certain persons; and to           

                                                                                

    prescribe powers and duties of certain state departments and certain        

                                                                                

    state and local agencies and officers.                                      

                                                                                

                  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                    

                                                                                

1                                   PART 1                                      

                                                                                

2                          LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS                             

                                                                                

3       Sec. 101.  The amounts listed in this part are appropriated for             

                                                                                

4   the department of consumer and industry services, subject to the            

                                                                                

5   conditions set forth in this act, for the fiscal year ending                

                                                                                

6   September 30, 2004, from the funds identified in this part.  The            

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   following is a summary of the appropriations in this part:                  

                                                                                

2   DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES                                

                                                                                

3   APPROPRIATION SUMMARY:                                                      

                                                                                

4       Full-time equated unclassified positions.......63.5                     

                                                                                

5       Full-time equated classified positions......3,472.0                     

                                                                                

6     GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $     603,591,700    

                                                                                

7       Interdepartmental grant revenues:                                       

                                                                                

8     Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental                      

                                                                                

9       transfers.........................................           111,100    

                                                                                

10    ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................ $     603,480,600    

                                                                                

11      Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

12    Total federal revenues..............................       283,831,500    

                                                                                

13      Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

14    Total local revenues................................                 0    

                                                                                

15    Total private revenues..............................           770,000    

                                                                                

16    Total other state restricted revenues...............       298,694,400    

                                                                                

17    State general fund/general purpose.................. $      20,184,700    

                                                                                

18      Sec. 102.  EXECUTIVE DIRECTION                                              

                                                                                

19      Full-time equated unclassified positions.......63.5                     

                                                                                

20      Full-time equated classified positions........142.0                     

                                                                                

21    Unclassified salaries............................... $       5,568,200    

                                                                                

22    Energy office--9.0 FTE positions....................         2,654,200    

                                                                                

23    Executive director programs--27.0 FTE positions.....         2,881,400    

                                                                                

24    Policy development--16.0 FTE positions..............         1,746,800    

                                                                                

25    Utility consumer representation.....................           550,000    

                                                                                

26    Regulatory efficiency improvements/backlog reduction                      

                                                                                

27      initiative........................................           750,000    


                                                                                

1     MES board of review program--18.0 FTE positions.....         1,773,900    

                                                                                

2     Bureau of hearings--72.0 FTE positions..............         8,070,800    

                                                                                

3     GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      23,995,300    

                                                                                

4         Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

5       Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

6     DOE-OEERE, multiple grants..........................         2,179,100    

                                                                                

7     DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance.....................         8,518,400    

                                                                                

8     DOL, multiple grants for safety and health..........           160,300    

                                                                                

9       Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

10    Private-oil overcharge..............................            30,000    

                                                                                

11    Bank fees...........................................           165,200    

                                                                                

12    Boiler fee revenue..................................            33,500    

                                                                                

13    Construction code fund..............................           438,800    

                                                                                

14    Consumer finance fees...............................            61,200    

                                                                                

15    Corporation fees....................................         2,178,500    

                                                                                

16    Credit union fees...................................           112,700    

                                                                                

17    Elevator fees.......................................            37,400    

                                                                                

18    Fees and collections/asbestos.......................            11,100    

                                                                                

19    Health professions regulatory fund..................         1,277,800    

                                                                                

20    Health systems fees and collections.................           184,300    

                                                                                

21    Insurance regulatory fees...........................           531,900    

                                                                                

22    Licensing and regulation fees.......................           742,600    

                                                                                

23    Liquor license fees.................................           100,000    

                                                                                

24    Liquor purchase revolving fund......................         1,594,100    

                                                                                

25    Manufactured housing commission fees................           272,800    

                                                                                

26    Michigan state housing development authority fees                         

                                                                                

27      and charges.......................................           444,100    


                                                                                

1     Motor carrier fees..................................            36,100    

                                                                                

2     Public utility assessments..........................         1,296,600    

                                                                                

3     Safety education and training fund..................           226,200    

                                                                                

4     Second injury fund..................................            82,300    

                                                                                

5     Securities fees.....................................         2,094,800    

                                                                                

6     Self-insurers security fund.........................            22,300    

                                                                                

7     Silicosis and dust disease fund.....................            32,700    

                                                                                

8     Tax tribunal fees...................................             1,100    

                                                                                

9     Utility consumer representation fund................           550,000    

                                                                                

10    Worker's compensation administrative revolving fund.            80,800    

                                                                                

11    State general fund/general purpose.................. $         498,600    

                                                                                

12      Sec. 103.  MANAGEMENT SERVICES                                              

                                                                                

13      Full-time equated classified positions........136.0                     

                                                                                

14    Administrative services--136.0 FTE positions........ $       9,982,600    

                                                                                

15    Building occupancy charges - property development                         

                                                                                

16      services..........................................        12,727,400    

                                                                                

17    Rent................................................        12,884,100    

                                                                                

18    Worker's compensation...............................         1,714,000    

                                                                                

19    Special project advances............................           740,000    

                                                                                

20    GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      38,048,100    

                                                                                

21        Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

22      Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

23    DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance.....................        14,835,100    

                                                                                

24    DOL, multiple grants for safety and health..........           610,700    

                                                                                

25    Federal funds.......................................           418,000    

                                                                                

26    HHS, federal funds..................................            45,600    

                                                                                

27      Special revenue funds:                                                  


                                                                                

1     Private-special project advances....................           740,000    

                                                                                

2     Bank fees...........................................           439,800    

                                                                                

3     Boiler fee revenue..................................           227,600    

                                                                                

4     Construction code fund..............................         1,217,900    

                                                                                

5     Consumer finance fees...............................           162,500    

                                                                                

6     Corporation fees....................................         3,048,100    

                                                                                

7     Credit union fees...................................           324,500    

                                                                                

8     Elevator fees.......................................           242,500    

                                                                                

9     Fees and collections/asbestos.......................            52,600    

                                                                                

10    Fire service fees...................................            62,000    

                                                                                

11    Health professions regulatory fund..................           963,200    

                                                                                

12    Health systems fees and collections.................           343,300    

                                                                                

13    Insurance regulatory fees...........................           776,000    

                                                                                

14    Licensing and regulation fees.......................           947,500    

                                                                                

15    Licensing fees......................................             5,800    

                                                                                

16    Liquor purchase revolving fund......................         3,929,300    

                                                                                

17    Manufactured housing commission fees................           319,300    

                                                                                

18    Michigan state housing development authority fees                         

                                                                                

19      and charges.......................................         3,078,900    

                                                                                

20    Motor carrier fees..................................           209,200    

                                                                                

21    Public utility assessments..........................         1,293,300    

                                                                                

22    Safety education and training fund..................           539,600    

                                                                                

23    Second injury fund..................................           185,700    

                                                                                

24    Securities fees.....................................         2,196,100    

                                                                                

25    Self-insurers security fund.........................            50,800    

                                                                                

26    Silicosis and dust disease fund.....................            75,200    

                                                                                

27    Tax tribunal fees...................................            33,100    


                                                                                

1     Worker's compensation administrative revolving fund.           674,900    

                                                                                

2     State general fund/general purpose.................. $               0    

                                                                                

3       Sec. 104.  OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE                                

                                                                                

4   SERVICES                                                                    

                                                                                

5       Full-time equated classified positions........254.0                     

                                                                                

6     Administration--8.0 FTE positions................... $       2,583,300    

                                                                                

7     Financial evaluation--133.0 FTE positions...........        18,076,100    

                                                                                

8     Policy conduct and consumer assistance--113.0 FTE                         

                                                                                

9       positions.........................................        12,158,900    

                                                                                

10    GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      32,818,300    

                                                                                

11        Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

12      Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

13    Federal regulatory project revenue..................            50,400    

                                                                                

14      Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

15    Bank fees...........................................         6,147,300    

                                                                                

16    Consumer finance fees...............................         3,102,000    

                                                                                

17    Credit union fees...................................         4,292,200    

                                                                                

18    Insurance continuing education fees.................           700,900    

                                                                                

19    Insurance licensing and regulation fees.............         3,112,000    

                                                                                

20    Insurance regulatory fees...........................        12,721,700    

                                                                                

21    Multiple employer welfare arrangement...............            65,700    

                                                                                

22    Securities fees.....................................         2,626,100    

                                                                                

23    State general fund/general purpose.................. $               0    

                                                                                

24      Sec. 105.  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION                                        

                                                                                

25      Full-time equated classified positions........138.0                     

                                                                                

26    Administration, planning and regulation--138.0 FTE                        

                                                                                

27      positions......................................... $      16,687,500    


                                                                                

1     Low-income/energy efficiency assistance fund........        57,000,000    

                                                                                

2     GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      73,687,500    

                                                                                

3         Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

4       Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

5     DOE-OEERE, multiple grants..........................           149,000    

                                                                                

6     DOT-RSPA, gas pipeline safety.......................           285,900    

                                                                                

7       Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

8     Low-income and energy efficiency assistance fund....        57,000,000    

                                                                                

9     Motor carrier fees..................................         1,856,600    

                                                                                

10    Public utility assessments..........................        14,396,000    

                                                                                

11    State general fund/general purpose.................. $               0    

                                                                                

12      Sec. 106.  LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION                                        

                                                                                

13      Full-time equated classified positions........152.0                     

                                                                                

14    Management support services--28.0 FTE positions..... $       2,709,300    

                                                                                

15    Liquor licensing and enforcement--124.0 FTE                               

                                                                                

16      positions.........................................        10,968,000    

                                                                                

17    Liquor law enforcement grants.......................         6,000,000    

                                                                                

18    Grant to department of agriculture, wine industry                         

                                                                                

19      council...........................................           457,200    

                                                                                

20    GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      20,134,500    

                                                                                

21        Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

22      Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

23    Liquor license revenue..............................        11,076,700    

                                                                                

24    Liquor purchase revolving fund......................         8,600,600    

                                                                                

25    Non-retail liquor license revenue...................           457,200    

                                                                                

26    State general fund/general purpose.................. $               0    

                                                                                

27      Sec. 107.  MICHIGAN STATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT                               


                                                                                

1   AUTHORITY                                                                   

                                                                                

2       Full-time equated classified positions........232.0                     

                                                                                

3     Payments on behalf of tenants....................... $     120,000,000    

                                                                                

4     Housing and rental assistance program--232.0 FTE                          

                                                                                

5       positions.........................................        30,337,800    

                                                                                

6     GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $     150,337,800    

                                                                                

7         Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

8       Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

9     HUD, lower income housing assistance program........       136,280,900    

                                                                                

10      Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

11    Michigan state housing development authority fees                         

                                                                                

12      and charges.......................................        14,056,900    

                                                                                

13    State general fund/general purpose.................. $               0    

                                                                                

14      Sec. 108.  TAX TRIBUNAL                                                     

                                                                                

15      Full-time equated classified positions.........12.0                     

                                                                                

16    Operations--12.0 FTE positions...................... $       1,276,000    

                                                                                

17    GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $       1,276,000    

                                                                                

18        Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

19      Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

20    Tax tribunal fees...................................           640,500    

                                                                                

21    State general fund/general purpose.................. $         635,500    

                                                                                

22      Sec. 109.  GRANTS                                                           

                                                                                

23    Fire protection grants.............................. $      15,839,000    

                                                                                

24    GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      15,839,000    

                                                                                

25        Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

26      Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

27    Liquor purchase revolving fund......................        15,839,000    


                                                                                

1     State general fund/general purpose.................. $               0    

                                                                                

2       Sec. 110.  HEALTH REGULATORY SYSTEMS                                        

                                                                                

3       Full-time equated classified positions........336.0                     

                                                                                

4     Health systems administration--184.0 FTE positions.. $      17,180,700    

                                                                                

5     Emergency medical services program state staff--7.0                       

                                                                                

6       FTE positions.....................................           904,600    

                                                                                

7     Radiological health administration and                                    

                                                                                

8       projects--25.0 FTE positions......................         2,023,600    

                                                                                

9     Substance abuse program administration--4.0 FTE                           

                                                                                

10      positions.........................................           397,800    

                                                                                

11    Emergency medical services grants and contracts.....         1,046,100    

                                                                                

12    Health services--116.0 FTE positions................        14,207,000    

                                                                                

13    GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      35,759,800    

                                                                                

14        Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

15      Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

16    Federal funds.......................................        12,952,400    

                                                                                

17      Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

18    Pain management education and controlled substances,                      

                                                                                

19      electronic monitoring and anti-diversion fund.....         1,362,300    

                                                                                

20    Health professions regulatory fund..................        11,333,700    

                                                                                

21    Health systems fees and collections.................         4,468,500    

                                                                                

22    Nurse professional fund.............................           823,100    

                                                                                

23    State general fund/general purpose.................. $       4,819,800    

                                                                                

24      Sec. 111.  REGULATORY SERVICES                                              

                                                                                

25      Full-time equated classified positions........219.0                     

                                                                                

26    AFC, children's welfare and day care                                      

                                                                                

27      licensure--219.0 FTE positions.................... $      22,980,200    


                                                                                

1     GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      22,980,200    

                                                                                

2         Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

3       Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

4     HHS, federal funds..................................        11,093,700    

                                                                                

5       Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

6     Health systems fees and collections.................            94,200    

                                                                                

7     Licensing fees......................................           490,500    

                                                                                

8     State general fund/general purpose.................. $      11,301,800    

                                                                                

9       Sec. 112.  OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION                                          

                                                                                

10      Full-time equated classified positions........389.0                     

                                                                                

11    Commissions and boards.............................. $          49,700    

                                                                                

12    Code enforcement--157.0 FTE positions...............        13,757,800    

                                                                                

13    Boiler inspection program--23.0 FTE positions.......         2,195,200    

                                                                                

14    Elevator inspection program--27.0 FTE positions.....         2,280,400    

                                                                                

15    Commercial services--149.0 FTE positions............        13,993,400    

                                                                                

16    Local manufactured housing communities inspections..           250,000    

                                                                                

17    Manufactured housing and land resources                                   

                                                                                

18      program--22.0 FTE positions.......................         2,625,000    

                                                                                

19    Property development group--11.0 FTE positions......         1,338,700    

                                                                                

20    Remonumentation grants..............................         6,000,000    

                                                                                

21    GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      42,490,200    

                                                                                

22        Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

23      Interdepartmental grant revenues:                                       

                                                                                

24    IDG from department of community health, inspection                       

                                                                                

25      contract..........................................           111,100    

                                                                                

26      Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

27    Federal funds.......................................           872,300    


                                                                                

1       Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

2     Boiler fee revenue..................................         2,344,000    

                                                                                

3     Construction code fund..............................        13,164,000    

                                                                                

4     Corporation fees....................................         4,837,100    

                                                                                

5     Elevator fees.......................................         2,389,800    

                                                                                

6     Homeowner construction lien recovery fund...........         1,532,800    

                                                                                

7     Licensing and regulation fees.......................         7,843,100    

                                                                                

8     Limited liability partnership revenue...............            10,000    

                                                                                

9     Manufactured housing commission fees................         2,276,900    

                                                                                

10    Property development fees...........................           241,300    

                                                                                

11    Remonumentation fees................................         6,605,300    

                                                                                

12    Real estate appraiser continuing education fund.....            45,000    

                                                                                

13    Real estate education fund..........................           217,500    

                                                                                

14    State general fund/general purpose.................. $               0    

                                                                                

15      Sec. 113.  EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS                                             

                                                                                

16      Full-time equated classified positions.........25.0                     

                                                                                

17    Fact finding and arbitration........................ $         137,000    

                                                                                

18    Employment and labor relations--25.0 FTE positions..         2,774,300    

                                                                                

19    GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $       2,911,300    

                                                                                

20        Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

21      Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

22    EEOC, federal funds.................................            10,000    

                                                                                

23    State general fund/general purpose.................. $       2,901,300    

                                                                                

24      Sec. 114.  SAFETY AND REGULATION                                            

                                                                                

25      Full-time equated classified positions........229.0                     

                                                                                

26    Commissions and boards.............................. $          21,400    

                                                                                

27    Subgrantees.........................................         1,226,900    


                                                                                

1     Occupational safety and health--229.0 FTE positions.        21,209,800    

                                                                                

2     GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      22,458,100    

                                                                                

3         Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

4       Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

5     DOL, multiple grants for safety and health..........        10,366,100    

                                                                                

6       Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

7     Corporation fees....................................         1,851,300    

                                                                                

8     Fees and collections/asbestos.......................           704,300    

                                                                                

9     Licensing and regulation fees.......................         1,000,000    

                                                                                

10    Safety education and training fund..................         6,685,300    

                                                                                

11    Securities fees.....................................         1,851,100    

                                                                                

12    State general fund/general purpose.................. $               0    

                                                                                

13      Sec. 115.  BUREAU OF WORKER'S AND UNEMPLOYMENT                              

                                                                                

14  COMPENSATION                                                                

                                                                                

15      Full-time equated classified positions......1,208.0                     

                                                                                

16    Administration--96.6 FTE positions.................. $       8,130,100    

                                                                                

17    Appellate commission administration--11.4 FTE                             

                                                                                

18      positions.........................................           435,300    

                                                                                

19    Board of magistrates administration--8.0 FTE                              

                                                                                

20      positions.........................................         1,916,800    

                                                                                

21    Employment standards enforcement--31.0 FTE positions         2,194,300    

                                                                                

22    Insurance funds administration--28.0 FTE positions..         5,500,800    

                                                                                

23    Supplemental benefit fund...........................         1,300,000    

                                                                                

24    Grant to department of career development, hire the                       

                                                                                

25      handicapped program...............................            50,000    

                                                                                

26    Unemployment program--955.7 FTE positions...........        67,980,300    

                                                                                

27    Advocacy assistance program--8.0 FTE positions......         1,500,000    


                                                                                

1     Expanded fraud control program--33.2 FTE positions..         2,566,200    

                                                                                

2     Special audit and collections program--34.0 FTE                           

                                                                                

3       positions.........................................         2,245,900    

                                                                                

4     Training program for agency staff--2.1 FTE positions         1,756,400    

                                                                                

5     GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      95,576,100    

                                                                                

6         Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

7       Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

8     DOL-ETA, employment and training administration.....           529,200    

                                                                                

9     DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance.....................        69,786,100    

                                                                                

10    Federal Reed act funds..............................         4,233,500    

                                                                                

11      Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

12    Corporation fees....................................         1,804,000    

                                                                                

13    Contingent fund, penalty and interest account.......         8,933,700    

                                                                                

14    Licensing and regulation fees.......................           650,000    

                                                                                

15    Second injury fund..................................         3,021,500    

                                                                                

16    Securities fees.....................................         1,803,900    

                                                                                

17    Self-insurers security fund.........................         1,386,500    

                                                                                

18    Silicosis and dust disease fund.....................         1,142,800    

                                                                                

19    Worker's compensation administrative revolving fund.         2,115,400    

                                                                                

20    State general fund/general purpose.................. $         169,500    

                                                                                

21      Sec. 116.  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY                                           

                                                                                

22    Information technology services and projects........ $      25,479,600    

                                                                                

23    GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $      25,479,600    

                                                                                

24        Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

25      Federal revenues:                                                       

                                                                                

26    DOL-ETA, unemployment insurance.....................        10,360,300    

                                                                                

27    DOL, multiple grants for safety and health..........            38,000    


                                                                                

1     Federal funds.......................................            56,500    

                                                                                

2       Special revenue funds:                                                  

                                                                                

3     Bank fees...........................................           223,800    

                                                                                

4     Boiler fee revenue..................................            94,300    

                                                                                

5     Construction code fund..............................           724,600    

                                                                                

6     Consumer finance fees...............................            85,800    

                                                                                

7     Contingent fund, penalty and interest account.......           122,800    

                                                                                

8     Corporation fees....................................         1,672,100    

                                                                                

9     Credit union fees...................................           157,900    

                                                                                

10    Elevator fees.......................................            89,800    

                                                                                

11    Fees and collections/asbestos.......................            17,500    

                                                                                

12    Health professions regulatory fund..................           484,800    

                                                                                

13    Health systems fees and collections.................           244,500    

                                                                                

14    Insurance regulatory fees...........................           471,700    

                                                                                

15    Licensing and regulation fees.......................           979,700    

                                                                                

16    Liquor purchase revolving fund......................         4,270,300    

                                                                                

17    Manufactured housing commission fees................            47,500    

                                                                                

18    Michigan state housing development authority fees                         

                                                                                

19      and charges.......................................         1,182,400    

                                                                                

20    Motor carrier fees..................................           164,700    

                                                                                

21    Public utility assessments..........................         1,092,200    

                                                                                

22    Safety education and training fund..................           178,200    

                                                                                

23    Second injury fund..................................           215,300    

                                                                                

24    Securities fees.....................................         1,410,900    

                                                                                

25    Self-insurers security fund.........................            76,800    

                                                                                

26    Silicosis and dust disease fund.....................            99,600    

                                                                                

27    Worker's compensation administrative revolving fund.           859,300    


                                                                                

1     State general fund/general purpose.................. $          58,300    

                                                                                

2       Sec. 117.  ADMINISTRATIVE SAVINGS                                           

                                                                                

3     Administrative savings.............................. $        (200,100)   

                                                                                

4     GROSS APPROPRIATION................................. $        (200,100)   

                                                                                

5         Appropriated from:                                                    

                                                                                

6     State general fund/general purpose.................. $        (200,100)   

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

7                                     PART 2                                    

                                                                                

8                      PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS                     

                                                                                

9   GENERAL SECTIONS                                                            

                                                                                

10      Sec. 201.  Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state                

                                                                                

11  constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources under       

                                                                                

12  part 1 for fiscal year 2003-2004 is $318,879,100.00 and state spending      

                                                                                

13  from state resources to be paid to local units of government for            

                                                                                

14  fiscal year 2003-2004 is $29,315,900.00.  The itemized statement below      

                                                                                

15  identifies appropriations from which spending to units of local             

                                                                                

16  government will occur:                                                      

                                                                                

17  DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES                                

                                                                                

18   Fire protection grants.............................. $      15,839,000    

                                                                                

19    Liquor law enforcement..............................         6,000,000    

                                                                                

20    Local manufactured housing inspections..............           250,000    

                                                                                

21    Remonumentation grants..............................         6,000,000    

                                                                                

22    Subgrantees.........................................         1,226,900    

                                                                                

23    Total department of consumer and industry services.. $      29,315,900    

                                                                                

24      Sec. 202.  The appropriations authorized under this act are                 

                                                                                

25  subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to       


                                                                                

1   18.1594.                                                                    

                                                                                

2       Sec. 203.  As used in this appropriation act:                               

                                                                                

3       (a)  "AFC" means adult foster care.                                         

                                                                                

4       (b)  "Department" means the department of consumer and industry             

                                                                                

5   services.                                                                   

                                                                                

6       (c)  "DOE" means the United States department of energy.                    

                                                                                

7       (d)  "DOE-OEERE" means the DOE office of energy efficiency and              

                                                                                

8   renewable energy.                                                           

                                                                                

9       (e)  "DOL" means the United States department of labor.                     

                                                                                

10      (f)  "DOL-ETA" means the DOL employment and training administration.        

                                                                                

11      (g)  "DOT" means the United States department of transportation.            

                                                                                

12      (h)  "DOT-RSPA" means the DOT research and special programs                 

                                                                                

13  administration.                                                             

                                                                                

14      (i)  "EEOC" means equal employment opportunity commission.                  

                                                                                

15      (j)  "Fiscal agencies" means Michigan house fiscal agency and               

                                                                                

16  Michigan senate fiscal agency.                                              

                                                                                

17      (k)  "FTE" means full-time equated.                                         

                                                                                

18      (l)  "HHS" means the United States department of health and human           

                                                                                

19  services.                                                                   

                                                                                

20      (m)  "HUD" means the United States department of housing and urban          

                                                                                

21  development.                                                                

                                                                                

22      (n)  "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.                                   

                                                                                

23      (o)  "MES" means Michigan employment security.                              

                                                                                

24      (p)  "Subcommittees" means all members of the subcommittees                 

                                                                                

25  of the house and senate appropriations committees with jurisdiction over    

                                                                                

26  the                                                                         

                                                                                

27  budget for the department.                                                  


                                                                                

1       Sec. 204.  The department of civil service shall bill departments           

                                                                                

2   and agencies at the end of the first fiscal quarter for the 1% charge       

                                                                                

3   authorized by section 5 of article XI of the state constitution of          

                                                                                

4   1963.  Payments shall be made for the total amount of the billing by        

                                                                                

5   the end of the second fiscal quarter.                                       

                                                                                

6       Sec. 205.  (1) A hiring freeze is imposed on the state classified           

                                                                                

7   civil service.  State departments and agencies are prohibited from          

                                                                                

8   hiring any new full-time state classified civil service employees and       

                                                                                

9   prohibited from filling any vacant state classified civil service           

                                                                                

10  positions.  This hiring freeze does not apply to internal transfers of      

                                                                                

11  classified employees from 1 position to another within a department or      

                                                                                

12  state classified civil service positions funded by federal funds.           

                                                                                

13      (2) The state budget director shall grant exceptions to this                

                                                                                

14  hiring freeze when the state budget director believes that the hiring       

                                                                                

15  freeze will result in rendering a state department or agency unable to      

                                                                                

16  deliver basic services, cause a loss of revenue to the state, result        

                                                                                

17  in the inability of the state to receive federal funds, or would            

                                                                                

18  necessitate additional expenditures that exceed any savings from            

                                                                                

19  maintaining a vacancy.  The state budget director shall report              

                                                                                

20  quarterly to the chairpersons of the senate and house of                    

                                                                                

21  representatives standing committees on appropriations the number of         

                                                                                

22  exceptions to the hiring freeze approved during the previous month and      

                                                                                

23  the reasons to justify the exception.                                       

                                                                                

24      Sec. 207.  At least 60 days before beginning any effort to                  

                                                                                

25  privatize, the department shall submit a complete project plan to the       

                                                                                

26  subcommittees and the fiscal agencies.  The plan shall include the          

                                                                                

27  criteria under which the privatization initiative will be evaluated.        


                                                                                

1   The evaluation shall be completed and submitted to the fiscal agencies      

                                                                                

2   and to the subcommittees within 30 months.                                  

                                                                                

3       Sec. 208.  Unless otherwise specified, the department shall use             

                                                                                

4   the Internet to fulfill the reporting requirements of this act.  This       

                                                                                

5   may include transmission of reports via electronic mail to the              

                                                                                

6   recipients identified for each reporting requirement or it may include      

                                                                                

7   placement of reports on the Internet or Intranet site.                      

                                                                                

8       Sec. 209.  Funds appropriated in part 1 shall not be used for the           

                                                                                

9   purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if competitively            

                                                                                

10  priced and of comparable quality American goods or services, or both,       

                                                                                

11  are available.  Preference should be given to goods or services or          

                                                                                

12  both manufactured or provided by Michigan businesses if they are            

                                                                                

13  competitively priced and of comparable value.                               

                                                                                

14      Sec. 210.  The director of each department receiving                        

                                                                                

15  appropriations in part 1 is encouraged to take all reasonable steps to      

                                                                                

16  ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for         

                                                                                

17  and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both.  Each       

                                                                                

18  director will strongly encourage firms with which the department            

                                                                                

19  contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and         

                                                                                

20  deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.                       

                                                                                

21      Sec. 211.  The department shall establish and maintain                      

                                                                                

22  affirmative action programs based on guidelines developed by the state      

                                                                                

23  equal opportunity workforce planning council which was created by           

                                                                                

24  Executive Order No. 1996-13 in order to receive general fund/general        

                                                                                

25  purpose dollars.                                                            

                                                                                

26      Sec. 212.  The departments and state agencies receiving                     

                                                                                

27  appropriations under this act shall receive and retain copies of all        


                                                                                

1   reports funded from appropriations in part 1.  These departments and        

                                                                                

2   state agencies shall follow federal and state guidelines for                

                                                                                

3   short-term and long-term retention of these reports and records.            

                                                                                

4       Sec. 213.  From the funds appropriated in part 1 for information            

                                                                                

5   technology, the department shall pay user fees to the department of         

                                                                                

6   information technology for technology-related services and projects.        

                                                                                

7   Such user fees shall be subject to provisions of an interagency             

                                                                                

8   agreement between the department and the department of information          

                                                                                

9   technology.                                                                 

                                                                                

10      Sec. 214.  Amounts appropriated in part 1 for information                   

                                                                                

11  technology may be designated as work projects and carried forward to        

                                                                                

12  support technology projects under the direction of the department of        

                                                                                

13  information technology.  Funds designated in this manner are not            

                                                                                

14  available for expenditure until approved as work projects under             

                                                                                

15  section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,                 

                                                                                

16  MCL 18.1451a.                                                               

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

17  DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY SERVICES                                

                                                                                

18      Sec. 301.  The appropriation in part 1 for fire protection grants           

                                                                                

19  from the liquor purchase revolving fund shall be appropriated to            

                                                                                

20  cities, villages, and townships with state-owned facilities for fire        

                                                                                

21  services, instead of taxes, in accordance with 1977 PA 289,                 

                                                                                

22  MCL 141.951 to 141.956.                                                     

                                                                                

23      Sec. 302.  The funds collected by the office of financial and               

                                                                                

24  insurance services in connection with a conservatorship pursuant to         

                                                                                

25  section 32 of the mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing        

                                                                                

26  act, 1987 PA 173, MCL 445.1682, shall be appropriated for all expenses      


                                                                                

1   necessary to provide for the required services.  Funds are available        

                                                                                

2   for expenditure when they are received by the department of treasury        

                                                                                

3   and shall not lapse to the general fund at the end of the fiscal            

                                                                                

4   year.                                                                       

                                                                                

5       Sec. 303.  The funds collected by the department from                       

                                                                                

6   corporations being liquidated pursuant to the insurance code of 1956,       

                                                                                

7   1956 PA 218, MCL 500.100 to 500.8302, shall be appropriated for all         

                                                                                

8   expenses necessary to provide for the required services.  Funds are         

                                                                                

9   available for expenditure when they are received by the department of       

                                                                                

10  treasury and shall not lapse to the general fund at the end of the          

                                                                                

11  fiscal year.                                                                

                                                                                

12      Sec. 304.  The department may make available to interested                  

                                                                                

13  entities otherwise unavailable customized listings of nonconfidential       

                                                                                

14  information in its possession, such as names and addresses of               

                                                                                

15  licensees, and charge for this information as follows:  base fee for 1      

                                                                                

16  to 1,000 records at the cost to the department; 1,001 to 10,000             

                                                                                

17  records at 2.5 cents per record; and 10,001 or more records at .5           

                                                                                

18  cents per record.  The revenue received from this service may be used       

                                                                                

19  to offset expenses of programs as appropriated in part 1.  The balance      

                                                                                

20  of this revenue collected and unexpended at the end of the fiscal year      

                                                                                

21  shall revert to the appropriate restricted revenue account or fund or,      

                                                                                

22  in absence of such an account or fund, to the general fund.  The            

                                                                                

23  department shall submit an annual report on or before December 1 of         

                                                                                

24  each year to the state budget office and the subcommittees that states      

                                                                                

25  the amount of revenue received from the sale of information.                

                                                                                

26      Sec. 306.  The Michigan state housing development authority shall           

                                                                                

27  annually present a report to the state budget office and the                


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1   subcommittees on the status of the authority's housing production           

                                                                                

2   goals under all financing programs established or administered by the       

                                                                                

3   authority.  The report shall give special attention to efforts to           

                                                                                

4   raise affordable multifamily housing production goals.                      

                                                                                

5       Sec. 307.  The department shall assess and collect fees in the              

                                                                                

6   licensing and regulation of child care organizations as defined in          

                                                                                

7   1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111 to 722.128, and adult foster care facilities       

                                                                                

8   as defined in the adult foster care facility licensing act, 1979            

                                                                                

9   PA 218, MCL 400.701 to 400.737.  Fees collected by the department           

                                                                                

10  shall be used exclusively for the purpose of licensing and regulating       

                                                                                

11  child care organizations and adult foster care facilities.                  

          [Sec. 308. The funds collected by the department for licenses, permits, and other elevator regulation fees set forth in R 408.8151 of the Michigan administrative code and as determined under section 8 of 1976 PA 333, MCL 338.2158, and section 16 of 1967 PA 227, MCL 408.816, that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall carry forward to the subsequent fiscal year. The department shall submit a report on an annual basis to the state budget office and the subcommittees on the amount of funds available under this section.

    Sec. 309. If the revenue collected by the department for occupational safety and health, health systems administration, or radiological health administration and projects from fees and collections exceeds the amount appropriated in part 1, the revenue may be carried forward 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.]                                                    

12      Sec. 310.  Money appropriated under this act for fire safety                

                                                                                

13  programs shall not be expended unless, in accordance with section 2c        

                                                                                

14  of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.2c, inspection and         

                                                                                

15  plan review fees will be charged according to the following schedule:       

                                                                                

16                 Operation and maintenance inspection fee                     

                                                                                

17  Facility type                            Facility                           

18                                             size               Fee           

                                                                                

19    Hospitals                                Any           $8.00 per bed      

                                                                                

20  Plan review and construction inspection fees for hospitals and schools      

                                                                                

21    Project cost range                                     Fee                

22    $101,000.00 or less                             minimum fee of $155.00    

23    $101,001.00 to $1,500,000.00                       $1.60 per $1,000.00    

24    $1,500,001.00 to $10,000,000.00                    $1.30 per $1,000.00    

25    $10,000,001.00 or more                             $1.10 per $1,000.00    

                                                                                

26                                           or a maximum fee of $60,000.00.    

                                                                                

27      Sec. 311.  The department shall furnish the clerk of the house,             

                                                                                

28  the secretary of the senate, the state budget office, and all members       

                                                                                

29  of the house and senate appropriations committees with a summary of         

                                                                                


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1   any evaluation reports and subsequent approvals or disapprovals of          

                                                                                

2   juvenile residential facilities operated by the family independence         

                                                                                

3   agency, as required by section 6 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.116.  If no        

                                                                                

4   evaluations are conducted during the fiscal year, the department shall      

                                                                                

5   notify the fiscal agencies and all members of the appropriate               

                                                                                

6   subcommittees of the house and senate appropriations committees.            

                                                                                

7       Sec. 312.  (1) From the amount appropriated in part 1 to health             

                                                                                

8   systems administration, the department shall provide funding for not        

                                                                                

9   less than 113 inspectors to annually survey and investigate the care        

                                                                                

10  and services delivered in nursing homes, county medical care                

                                                                                

11  facilities, and hospital long-term care units in accordance with            

                                                                                

12  provisions in the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to          

                                                                                

13  333.25211, and federal Medicare and Medicaid certification standards.       

                                                                                

14      (2) The department, in keeping with the severity of the                     

                                                                                

15  allegations, shall investigate complaints alleging poor care and            

                                                                                

16  services occurring on nights or weekends in nursing homes, county           

                                                                                

17  medical care facilities, and hospital long-term care units by               

                                                                                

18  conducting on-site investigations on nights or weekends.                    

        [Sec. 313.  If the revenue collected by the department from licensing and regulation fees exceeds the amount appropriated in part 1, the revenue may be carried forward 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.]                                                                          

19      Sec. 314.  Funds earned or authorized by the United States                  

                                                                                

20  department of labor in excess of the gross appropriation in part 1 for      

                                                                                

21  the bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation from the United        

                                                                                

22  States department of labor are appropriated and may be expended for         

                                                                                

23  staffing and related expenses incurred in the operation of its              

                                                                                

24  programs.  These funds may be spent after the department notifies the       

                                                                                

25  state budget office and the subcommittees of the purpose and amount of      

                                                                                

26  each grant award.                                                           

                                                                                

27      Sec. 315.  The department shall sell documents at a price not to            


                                                                                

1   exceed the cost of production and distribution.  Money received from        

                                                                                

2   the sale of these documents shall revert to the department.  The funds      

                                                                                

3   are available for expenditure when they are received by the department      

                                                                                

4   of treasury and may only be used for costs directly related to the          

                                                                                

5   continued updating and distribution of the documents pursuant to this       

                                                                                

6   section.  This section applies only for the following documents:            

                                                                                

7       (a) Corporation and securities division documents, reports, and             

                                                                                

8   papers required or permitted by law pursuant to section 1060(5) of the      

                                                                                

9   business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.2060.                        

                                                                                

10      (b) The subdivision control manual, the state boundary commission           

                                                                                

11  operations manual, and other local government assistance manuals.           

                                                                                

12      (c) The Michigan liquor control code of 1998, 1998 PA 58,                   

                                                                                

13  MCL 436.1101 to 436.2303.                                                   

                                                                                

14      (d) The mobile home commission act, 1987 PA 96, MCL 125.2301 to             

                                                                                

15  125.2349; the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.1101 to        

                                                                                

16  450.2098; the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to       

                                                                                

17  450.3192; and the uniform securities act, 1964 PA 265, MCL 451.501 to       

                                                                                

18  451.818.                                                                    

                                                                                

19      (e) Labor law books.                                                        

                                                                                

20      (f) Worker's compensation health care services rules.                       

                                                                                

21      (g) Minimum design standards for health care facilities.                    

                                                                                

22      (h) Construction code manuals.                                              

                                                                                

23      (i) Copies of transcripts from administrative law hearings.                 

                                                                                

24      Sec. 316.  The department shall provide electronic notification             

                                                                                

25  to the state budget office, the fiscal agencies, and the subcommittees      

                                                                                

26  on April 30 and October 31 on the initial and follow-up surveys             

                                                                                

27  conducted on all nursing homes in this state.  The notification shall       


                                                                                

1   contain the location of the Internet site where the report is posted.       

                                                                                

2   The report shall include all of the following information:                  

                                                                                

3       (a) The number of surveys conducted.                                        

                                                                                

4       (b) The number requiring follow-up surveys.                                 

                                                                                

5       (c) The number referred to the Michigan public health institute             

                                                                                

6   for remediation.                                                            

                                                                                

7       (d) The number of citations per home.                                       

                                                                                

8       (e) The number of night and weekend complaints filed.                       

                                                                                

9       (f) The number of night and weekend responses to complaints                 

                                                                                

10  conducted by the department.                                                

                                                                                

11      (g) The average length of time for the department to respond to a           

                                                                                

12  complaint filed against a nursing home.                                     

                                                                                

13      (h) The number and percentage of citations appealed.                        

                                                                                

14      (i) The number and percentage of citations overturned and/or                

                                                                                

15  modified.                                                                   

                                                                                

16      Sec. 317.  The department, bureau of safety and regulation, shall           

                                                                                

17  provide an annual report by February 1 of each year to the state            

                                                                                

18  budget office, the fiscal agencies, and the subcommittees on the            

                                                                                

19  number of individuals killed and the number of individuals injured on       

                                                                                

20  the job within industries regulated by the bureau during the most           

                                                                                

21  recent year for which data are available.                                   

                                                                                

22      Sec. 318.  The department shall report by November 1 to the state           

                                                                                

23  budget office, the legislature, and the fiscal agencies the status of       

                                                                                

24  the nursing home complaint investigation backlog.                           

                                                                                

25      Sec. 319.  As a condition for receiving the general fund/general            

                                                                                

26  purpose appropriations in part 1 for health systems administration,         

                                                                                

27  the department shall provide assistance to any person making an oral        


                                                                                

1   request for a nursing home investigation in putting his or her request      

                                                                                

2   into writing, shall initiate investigations on all written nursing          

                                                                                

3   home complaints filed with the department within 15 days of receipt of      

                                                                                

4   the complaint, and shall provide a written response to the complainant      

                                                                                

5   within 30 days of receipt of the written complaint.                         

                                                                                

6       Sec. 320.  The bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation,            

                                                                                

7   during its transition to the remote initial claims system, may operate      

                                                                                

8   a sufficient number of unemployment agency offices, including               

                                                                                

9   itinerant or satellite offices, within Michigan's Upper Peninsula to        

                                                                                

10  ensure that the citizens of the Upper Peninsula can access these            

                                                                                

11  offices without excessive travel or, in cases where unemployment            

                                                                                

12  claims are filed or renewed by phone, without excessive long-distance       

                                                                                

13  toll charges.                                                               

                                                                                

14      Sec. 321.  The department shall continue to work with grantees              

                                                                                

15  supported through the appropriation in part 1 for emergency medical         

                                                                                

16  services grants and contracts to ensure that a sufficient number of         

                                                                                

17  qualified emergency medical services personnel exist to serve rural         

                                                                                

18  areas of the state.                                                         

                                                                                

19      Sec. 322.  From the funds appropriated in part 1 for utility                

                                                                                

20  consumer representation, the department shall produce and facilitate        

                                                                                

21  the airing of public service announcements that inform utility              

                                                                                

22  customers of the availability and purpose of these funds.  The utility      

                                                                                

23  consumer participation board shall report to the subcommittees, fiscal      

                                                                                

24  agencies, and state budget office by September 30 on its efforts in         

                                                                                

25  this area, including the amount of expenditures made for this               

                                                                                

26  purpose.                                                                    

                                                                                

27      Sec. 323.  (1) The department in consultation with nursing home             


                                                                                

1   provider groups, the department of community health, the state              

                                                                                

2   long-term care ombudsman, and the federal health care finance               

                                                                                

3   administration shall continue to work to clarify the following terms        

                                                                                

4   as those terms are used in title XVIII and title XIX and applied by         

                                                                                

5   the department to provide more consistent regulation of nursing homes       

                                                                                

6   in Michigan:                                                                

                                                                                

7       (a) Immediate jeopardy.                                                     

                                                                                

8       (b) Harm.                                                                   

                                                                                

9       (c) Potential harm.                                                         

                                                                                

10      (d) Avoidable.                                                              

                                                                                

11      (e) Unavoidable.                                                            

                                                                                

12      (2) The department shall semiannually provide for joint training            

                                                                                

13  with nursing home surveyors and providers on at least 1 of the 10 most      

                                                                                

14  frequently issued federal citations in this state during the past           

                                                                                

15  calendar year.  The department shall provide a mechanism to measure         

                                                                                

16  the effect of the training and shall report to the legislature and the      

                                                                                

17  state budget office on the effect of the training by January 15.            

                                                                                

18      Sec. 324.  The bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation             

                                                                                

19  shall work collaboratively with the department of career development        

                                                                                

20  to ensure each 1-stop center has the ability to assist individuals or       

                                                                                

21  respond to inquiries regarding unemployment benefits and the remote         

                                                                                

22  initial claims system.                                                      

                                                                                

23      Sec. 325.  (1) The department shall post on the Internet the                

                                                                                

24  executive summary of the latest inspection for each licensed nursing        

                                                                                

25  home.                                                                       

                                                                                

26      (2) The department shall work toward posting inspection summaries           

                                                                                

27  for licensed day care centers on the Internet.                              


                                                                                

1       Sec. 327.  When hiring any new nursing home inspectors funded               

                                                                                

2   through appropriations in part 1, the department shall make every           

                                                                                

3   effort to hire individuals with past experience in the long-term care       

                                                                                

4   industry.                                                                   

                                                                                

5       Sec. 329.  It is the intent of the legislature that the funds               

                                                                                

6   appropriated in part 1 for the nurse scholarship program, established       

                                                                                

7   in section 16315 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL                

                                                                                

8   333.16315, are used to increase the number of nurses practicing in          

                                                                                

9   Michigan.  The board of nursing is encouraged to structure                  

                                                                                

10  scholarships funded under this act in a manner that rewards recipients      

                                                                                

11  who practice nursing in Michigan.  In addition, it is the intent of         

                                                                                

12  the legislature that the department and the board of nursing work           

                                                                                

13  cooperatively with the Michigan higher education assistance authority       

                                                                                

14  to identify and monitor the location in which scholarship recipients        

                                                                                

15  practice nursing.                                                           

                                                                                

16      Sec. 330.  (1) The bureau of worker's and unemployment                      

                                                                                

17  compensation shall include in the remote initial claims center (RICCS)      

                                                                                

18  automated phone system a choice to speak with an employee of the            

                                                                                

19  unemployment agency as an option.  This option should be provided in        

                                                                                

20  the system as early as possible as deemed appropriate in the system         

                                                                                

21  design.  The department shall monitor the system to ensure compliance       

                                                                                

22  with these guidelines.                                                      

                                                                                

23      (2) The bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation should             

                                                                                

24  continue to provide training opportunities to employees affected with       

                                                                                

25  the implementation of the RICCS.                                            

                                                                                

26      Sec. 331.  Nursing facilities shall report in the quarterly staff           

                                                                                

27  report to the department, the total patient care hours provided each        


                                                                                

1   month, by state licensure and certification classification, and the         

                                                                                

2   percentage of pool staff, by state licensure and certification              

                                                                                

3   classification, used each month during the preceding quarter.  The          

                                                                                

4   department shall make available to the public, the quarterly staff          

                                                                                

5   report compiled for all facilities including the total patient care         

                                                                                

6   hours and the percentage of pool staff used, by classification.             

                                                                                

7       Sec. 332.  It is the intent of the legislature that the                     

                                                                                

8   department make every effort to hold administrative law hearings on         

                                                                                

9   actions initiated by the department against regulated businesses or         

                                                                                

10  against individuals in regulated occupations in locations that are          

                                                                                

11  within 150 miles of the regulated business or of the office of the          

                                                                                

12  individual in a regulated occupation.  In addition, it is the intent        

                                                                                

13  of the legislature that the department make every effort to hold            

                                                                                

14  administrative law hearings on actions initiated by an individual           

                                                                                

15  outside the department in locations within 150 miles of the home of         

                                                                                

16  the individual bringing the action if that individual wishes to             

                                                                                

17  testify at the hearing.                                                     

                                                                                

18      Sec. 335.  (1) The public service commission shall report by June           

                                                                                

19  1 of each year to the subcommittees, the state budget office, and the       

                                                                                

20  fiscal agencies on the distribution of funds appropriated in part 1         

                                                                                

21  for the low-income/energy efficiency assistance program.                    

                                                                                

22      (2) Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for low-income/energy               

                                                                                

23  efficiency assistance, $3,000,000.00 shall be allocated to community        

                                                                                

24  action agencies across the state to support shut-off protection             

                                                                                

25  programs for low-income individuals.  Funds shall be distributed to         

                                                                                

26  the community action agencies no later than November 1 of each year.        

                                                                                

27  The community action agencies shall abide by any reporting and              


                                                                                

1   monitoring requirements imposed by the public service commission on         

                                                                                

2   other grant recipients receiving funding through this program.              

                                                                                

3       Sec. 336.  The department shall provide the subcommittees, fiscal           

                                                                                

4   agencies, and state budget director with a report on or before              

                                                                                

5   December 1 outlining actual expenditures for the last completed fiscal      

                                                                                

6   year for each division within the office of financial and insurance         

                                                                                

7   services.                                                                   

                                                                                

8       Sec. 337.  The department shall work cooperatively with the                 

                                                                                

9   family independence agency and with representatives from the Michigan       

                                                                                

10  federation of private child and family agencies to form a licensing         

                                                                                

11  and contract compliance review team pilot to coordinate and conduct         

                                                                                

12  joint reviews of 1 child placing agency and 1 child caring institution      

                                                                                

13  between October 1 and February 1.  The Michigan federation of private       

                                                                                

14  child and family agencies will survey team participants and involved        

                                                                                

15  agencies regarding the process and provide feedback to the                  

                                                                                

16  department.  The department shall report during the annual budget           

                                                                                

17  presentation to the subcommittees regarding pilot outcomes.                 

                                                                                

18      Sec. 340.  The office of financial and insurance services shall             

                                                                                

19  provide copies of the quarterly and annual financial filings of health      

                                                                                

20  maintenance organizations to the senate and house fiscal agencies on a      

                                                                                

21  timely basis.                                                               

                                                                                

22      Sec. 341.  The report required under section 911 of the business            

                                                                                

23  corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.1911, shall be filed with the         

                                                                                

24  administrator together with a $25.00 filing fee.  The filing fee under      

                                                                                

25  this section shall be adjusted to accommodate any inflationary changes      

                                                                                

26  as reflected in the latest Detroit consumer price index as of the           

                                                                                

27  effective date of this act.                                                 


                                                                                

1       Sec. 342.  A report required under section 911 of the nonprofit             

                                                                                

2   corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2911, shall be filed with the         

                                                                                

3   administrator together with a $20.00 filing fee.  The filing fee under      

                                                                                

4   this section shall be adjusted to accommodate any inflationary changes      

                                                                                

5   as reflected in the latest Detroit consumer price index as of the           

                                                                                

6   effective date of this act.                                                 

                                                                                

7       Sec. 343.  (1) Subject to subsection (7) and pursuant to section            

                                                                                

8   1101 of the Michigan limited liability company act, 1993 PA 23, MCL         

                                                                                

9   450.5101, the fees to be paid to the administrator when the documents       

                                                                                

10  described in this subsection are delivered to him or her for filing         

                                                                                

11  are as follows:                                                             

                                                                                

12    (a) Certificate of correction....................... $           25.00    

                                                                                

13    (b) Articles of organization........................ $           50.00    

                                                                                

14    (c) Amendment to the articles of organization....... $           25.00    

                                                                                

15    (d) Restated articles of organization............... $           50.00    

                                                                                

16    (e) Application for reservation of name............. $           25.00    

                                                                                

17    (f) Certificate of assumed name or a certificate of                       

                                                                                

18      termination of assumed name....................... $           25.00    

                                                                                

19    (g) Annual statement of resident agent and                                

                                                                                

20      registered office................................. $           25.00    

                                                                                

21    (h) Certificate of restoration of good standing..... $           50.00    

                                                                                

22    (i) Notice of resignation of resident agent or                            

                                                                                

23      statement of change of registered office or                             

                                                                                

24      resident agent.................................... $            5.00    

                                                                                

25    (j) Certificate of merger as provided in article 7.. $          100.00    

                                                                                

26    (k) Certificate of abandonment...................... $           10.00    

                                                                                

27    (l) Certificate of conversion....................... $           25.00    


                                                                                

1     (m) Certificate of dissolution...................... $           10.00    

                                                                                

2     (n) Application of a foreign limited liability                            

                                                                                

3       company for a certificate of authority to transact                      

                                                                                

4       business in this state............................ $           50.00    

                                                                                

5     (o) Certificate correcting statement contained in an                      

                                                                                

6       application for a certificate of authority to                           

                                                                                

7       transact business in this state................... $           25.00    

                                                                                

8     (p) Certificate attesting to the occurrence of a                          

                                                                                

9       merger of a foreign limited liability company, as                       

                                                                                

10      provided in section 1005.......................... $           10.00    

                                                                                

11    (q) Application for withdrawal and issuance of a                          

                                                                                

12      certificate of withdrawal of a foreign limited                          

                                                                                

13      liability company................................. $           10.00    

                                                                                

14      (2) Subject to subsection (7) and in addition to a fee required to          

                                                                                

15  file a document, the administrator may charge a fee of $50.00 if the        

                                                                                

16  document is filed by facsimile or other electronic transmission or the      

                                                                                

17  administrator is requested to transmit a document by facsimile or           

                                                                                

18  other electronic transmission.                                              

                                                                                

19      (3) The fees prescribed in subsections (1) and (2), no part of              

                                                                                

20  which shall be refunded, when collected shall be paid into the              

                                                                                

21  treasury of the state and credited to the administrator to be used          

                                                                                

22  solely by the department in carrying out those duties required by           

                                                                                

23  law.                                                                        

                                                                                

24      (4) Subject to subsection (7), a minimum charge of $1.00 for each           

                                                                                

25  certificate and 50 cents per folio shall be paid to the administrator       

                                                                                

26  for certifying a part of a file or record pertaining to a domestic or       

                                                                                

27  foreign limited liability company if a fee is not set forth in              


                                                                                

1   subsection (1).  The administrator may furnish copies of documents,         

                                                                                

2   reports, and papers required or permitted by law to be filed with the       

                                                                                

3   administrator and shall charge for those copies pursuant to a schedule      

                                                                                

4   of fees that the administrator shall adopt with the approval of the         

                                                                                

5   state administrative board.  The administrator shall retain the             

                                                                                

6   revenue collected under this subsection to be used by the department        

                                                                                

7   to defray the costs of its copying and certifying services.                 

                                                                                

8       (5) If a domestic or foreign limited liability company pays fees            

                                                                                

9   or penalties by check and the check is dishonored, the fee is               

                                                                                

10  considered unpaid and the filing of all related documents will be           

                                                                                

11  rescinded.                                                                  

                                                                                

12      (6) The administrator may accept a credit card, instead of cash or          

                                                                                

13  check, as payment of a fee under this act.  The administrator shall         

                                                                                

14  determine which credit cards may be accepted for payment.                   

                                                                                

15      (7) The filing fees under this section shall be adjusted to                 

                                                                                

16  accommodate any inflationary changes as reflected in the latest             

                                                                                

17  Detroit consumer price index as of the effective date of this act.          

                                                                                

18      Sec. 344.  Pursuant to section 202 of the uniform securities act,           

                                                                                

19  1964 PA 265, MCL 451.602, every applicant for registration shall pay a      

                                                                                

20  filing fee and every registrant shall pay an annual fee of $300.00 in       

                                                                                

21  the case of a broker-dealer, $65.00 in the case of an agent, and            

                                                                                

22  $200.00 in the case of an investment adviser.  Every applicant filing       

                                                                                

23  an application for registration of a successor pursuant to section          

                                                                                

24  202(d) of the uniform securities act, 1964 PA 265, MCL 451.602, shall       

                                                                                

25  pay a filing fee of $125.00 for the unexpired portion of the year.  A       

                                                                                

26  registered agent who has terminated his or her connection with a            

                                                                                

27  broker-dealer shall pay a transfer fee of $20.00 when transferring his      


                                                                                

1   or her connection to another broker-dealer.  The filing fee under this      

                                                                                

2   section shall be adjusted to accommodate any inflationary changes as        

                                                                                

3   reflected in the latest Detroit consumer price index as of the              

                                                                                

4   effective date of this act.                                                 

                                                                                

5       Sec. 345.  (1) The fees appropriated by this section shall be               

                                                                                

6   used only to offset the cost of operating the department.                   

                                                                                

7       (2) Subject to subsection (3), fees for a person certified,                 

                                                                                

8   registered, or licensed or seeking certification, registration, or          

                                                                                

9   licensure to engage in the following professions under the                  

                                                                                

10  occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.101 to 339.2721, are as             

                                                                                

11  follows:                                                                    

                                                                                

12      PUBLIC ACCOUNTING                                                           

                                                                                

13    (a) Application processing fee...................... $           35.00    

                                                                                

14    (b) License to practice and registration of                               

                                                                                

15      certificate, per year............................. $           40.00    

                                                                                

16    (c) Registration:                                                         

                                                                                

17    Individual's registration of certificate, per year.. $           15.00    

                                                                                

18    Firm or corporation, or branch office, per year..... $           35.00    

                                                                                

19    (d) Permit for temporary practice................... $           15.00    

                                                                                

20      ARCHITECT                                                                   

                                                                                

21    (a) Application processing.......................... $           30.00    

                                                                                

22    (b) Supplemental application processing............. $           20.00    

                                                                                

23    (c) License fee, per year........................... $           35.00    

                                                                                

24      PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER                                                       

                                                                                

25    (a) Application processing.......................... $           35.00    

                                                                                

26    (b) Supplemental application fee processing......... $           20.00    

                                                                                

27    (c) License fee, per year........................... $           40.00    


                                                                                

1       LAND SURVEYOR                                                               

                                                                                

2     (a) Application processing fee...................... $           35.00    

                                                                                

3     (b) Supplemental application processing fee......... $           20.00    

                                                                                

4     (c) Examination fees:                                                     

                                                                                

5     Complete examination................................ $          110.00    

                                                                                

6     Part 1 of the examination (fundamentals)............ $           55.00    

                                                                                

7     Part 2a of the examination (principles and practice) $           45.00    

                                                                                

8     Part 2b of the examination (Michigan practice)...... $           40.00    

                                                                                

9     (d) Examination review.............................. $           20.00    

                                                                                

10    (e) License fee, per year........................... $           50.00    

                                                                                

11      LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT                                                         

                                                                                

12    (a) Application processing fee...................... $           35.00    

                                                                                

13    (b) Supplemental application processing fee......... $           20.00    

                                                                                

14    (c) Examination fees:                                                     

                                                                                

15    Complete examination................................ $          265.00    

                                                                                

16    Section 1 of the examination........................ $           25.00    

                                                                                

17    Section 2 of the examination........................ $           35.00    

                                                                                

18    Section 3 of the examination........................ $          100.00    

                                                                                

19    Section 4 of the examination........................ $          125.00    

                                                                                

20    (d) Examination review.............................. $           25.00    

                                                                                

21    (e) Registration fee, per year...................... $           40.00    

                                                                                

22      BARBER, STUDENT BARBER, STUDENT INSTRUCTOR, OR BARBER INSTRUCTOR,           

                                                                                

23  BARBERSHOP OR BARBER COLLEGE                                                

                                                                                

24    (a) Application processing fees:                                          

                                                                                

25    Student barber, barber, student instructor, barber                        

                                                                                

26      instructor........................................ $           20.00    

                                                                                

27    Barbershop.......................................... $           50.00    


                                                                                

1     Barber college...................................... $           75.00    

                                                                                

2     (b) Examination fees:                                                     

                                                                                

3     Complete barber or instructor examination........... $           75.00    

                                                                                

4     Written portion only................................ $           35.00    

                                                                                

5     Practical portion only.............................. $           45.00    

                                                                                

6     (c) Examination review.............................. $           20.00    

                                                                                

7     (d) License fees, per year:                                               

                                                                                

8     Student barber, barber, student instructor.......... $           30.00    

                                                                                

9     Barber instructor................................... $           40.00    

                                                                                

10    Barbershop.......................................... $           40.00    

                                                                                

11    Barber college...................................... $          150.00    

                                                                                

12    (e) Demonstrator's or demonstration temporary permit $           15.00    

                                                                                

13      COLLECTION AGENCY; COLLECTION AGENCY MANAGER                                

                                                                                

14      Compiled Laws are as follows:                                               

                                                                                

15    (a) Application processing fees:                                          

                                                                                

16    Agency nonowner manager............................. $           35.00    

                                                                                

17    Agency.............................................. $          100.00    

                                                                                

18    (b) Examination fee................................. $           50.00    

                                                                                

19    (c) Examination review fee.......................... $           20.00    

                                                                                

20    (d) License fee, per year:                                                

                                                                                

21    Agency nonowner manager............................. $           50.00    

                                                                                

22    Agency.............................................. $          125.00    

                                                                                

23      PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNER                                              

                                                                                

24    (a) Application processing fee...................... $           35.00    

                                                                                

25    (b) Supplemental application processing fee......... $           20.00    

                                                                                

26    (c) Examination fee; Michigan portion............... $          100.00    

                                                                                

27    (d) Examination review.............................. $           25.00    


                                                                                

1     (e) Registration fee, per year...................... $           50.00    

                                                                                

2       COSMETOLOGIST, MANICURIST, NATURAL HAIR CULTURIST, ESTHETICIAN,             

                                                                                

3   ELECTROLOGIST, OR INSTRUCTOR OR COSMETOLOGY ESTABLISHMENT OR SCHOOL OF      

                                                                                

4   COSMETOLOGY                                                                 

                                                                                

5     (a) Application processing fees:                                          

                                                                                

6     Apprenticeship program or cosmetology establishment. $           25.00    

                                                                                

7     Cosmetologist, manicurist, natural hair culturist,                        

                                                                                

8       esthetician, electrologist, or instructor......... $           15.00    

                                                                                

9     School of cosmetology............................... $          100.00    

                                                                                

10    (b) Examination fees:                                                     

                                                                                

11    Complete examination for cosmetologist, manicurist,                       

                                                                                

12      natural hair culturist, esthetician,                                    

                                                                                

13      electrologist, or instructor...................... $           25.00    

                                                                                

14    Written portion only or practical portion only...... $           15.00    

                                                                                

15    Examination review.................................. $           20.00    

                                                                                

16    (c) License fees, per year:                                               

                                                                                

17    Cosmetologist, manicurist, natural hair culturist,                        

                                                                                

18      esthetician, electrologist, or instructor......... $           24.00    

                                                                                

19    Cosmetology establishment........................... $           25.00    

                                                                                

20    School of cosmetology............................... $          100.00    

                                                                                

21    (d) Student registration or transfer fee............ $           15.00    

                                                                                

22      EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTING AGENT; PERSONNEL AGENCY                            

                                                                                

23    (a) Application processing fees:                                          

                                                                                

24    Personnel agency.................................... $          225.00    

                                                                                

25    Employment or consulting agent...................... $           30.00    

                                                                                

26    Officer or stockholder change....................... $           25.00    

                                                                                

27    (b) Examination fee................................. $           50.00    


                                                                                

1     (c) Examination review.............................. $           20.00    

                                                                                

2     (d) License fee, per year:                                                

                                                                                

3     Personnel agency.................................... $          125.00    

                                                                                

4     Employment or consulting agent...................... $           40.00    

                                                                                

5       FORESTER                                                                    

                                                                                

6     (a) Application processing fee...................... $           50.00    

                                                                                

7     (b) Registration fee, per year...................... $           40.00    

                                                                                

8       HEARING AID DEALER, SALESPERSON                                             

                                                                                

9     (a) Application processing fees:                                          

                                                                                

10    Dealer or salesperson............................... $           20.00    

                                                                                

11    Trainee............................................. $           10.00    

                                                                                

12    (b) Examination fees:                                                     

                                                                                

13    Complete dealer or salesperson examination.......... $          100.00    

                                                                                

14    Dealer examination, per part........................ $           35.00    

                                                                                

15    Salesperson examination, per part................... $           30.00    

                                                                                

16    (c) Examination review.............................. $           20.00    

                                                                                

17    (d) License fees, per year:                                               

                                                                                

18    Dealer.............................................. $           80.00    

                                                                                

19    Salesperson......................................... $           50.00    

                                                                                

20    Trainee............................................. $           40.00    

                                                                                

21      REAL ESTATE BROKER, ASSOCIATE BROKER, SALESPERSON, OR BRANCH                

                                                                                

22    (a) Application processing fees:                                          

                                                                                

23    Brokers and associate brokers....................... $           35.00    

                                                                                

24    Salespersons or branch office....................... $           10.00    

                                                                                

25    (b) License fees, per year:                                               

                                                                                

26    Brokers and associate brokers....................... $           36.00    

                                                                                

27    Salespersons........................................ $           26.00    


                                                                                

1     (c) Branch office fee, per year..................... $           20.00    

                                                                                

2     (d) Sale of out of state property:                                        

                                                                                

3     Application to sell or renewal of approval to sell.. $           20.00    

                                                                                

4     Property registration............................... $          500.00    

                                                                                

5                                                                                A fee shall not be required for the registration of property                      

                                                                                

6   approved under the land sales act, 1972 PA 286, MCL 565.801 to              

                                                                                

7   565.835.                                                                    

                                                                                

8       STATE LICENSED REAL ESTATE APPRAISER, CERTIFIED GENERAL REAL                

                                                                                

9   ESTATE APPRAISER, CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE APPRAISER, OR A         

                                                                                

10  LIMITED REAL ESTATE APPRAISER                                               

                                                                                

11    (a) Application processing fees for certified                             

                                                                                

12      general real estate appraiser, certified                                

                                                                                

13      residential real estate appraiser, state licensed                       

                                                                                

14      real estate appraiser, limited real estate                              

                                                                                

15      appraiser......................................... $           35.00    

                                                                                

16    (b) Examination fees, if the department conducts its                      

                                                                                

17      own examinations certified general real estate                          

                                                                                

18      appraiser, certified residential real estate                            

                                                                                

19      appraiser, state licensed real estate appraiser... $          100.00    

                                                                                

20    (c) License fee, per year:                                                

                                                                                

21    Certified general real estate appraiser, certified                        

                                                                                

22      residential real estate appraiser, state licensed                       

                                                                                

23      real estate appraiser............................. $          175.00    

                                                                                

24    Limited real estate appraisers or temporary permit                        

                                                                                

25      fee............................................... $          125.00    

                                                                                

26      The license fee includes a fee imposed by the federal government            

                                                                                

27  under sections 1113 and 1114 of title XI of the financial institutions      


                                                                                

1   reform, recovery and enforcement act of 1989, Public Law 101-73, 12         

                                                                                

2   U.S.C. 3331 to 3351, for certified general real estate appraisers,          

                                                                                

3   certified residential real estate appraisers, and state licensed real       

                                                                                

4   estate appraisers, which shall not exceed $50.00 per licensee and           

                                                                                

5   which the department shall collect and pay to the federal government        

                                                                                

6   pursuant to section 2637 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL         

                                                                                

7   339.2637.                                                                   

                                                                                

8       RESIDENTIAL BUILDER OR RESIDENTIAL MAINTENANCE AND ALTERATION               

                                                                                

9   CONTRACTOR, SALESPERSON, OR BRANCH OFFICE                                   

                                                                                

10    (a) Application processing fee...................... $           15.00    

                                                                                

11    (b) Examination fees:                                                     

                                                                                

12    Complete builder or maintenance and alteration                            

                                                                                

13      contractor exam................................... $           50.00    

                                                                                

14    Law and rules portion or practice or trades or                            

                                                                                

15      salesperson exam.................................. $           30.00    

                                                                                

16    (c) Examination review.............................. $           20.00    

                                                                                

17    (d) License fee, per year........................... $           40.00    

                                                                                

18      MORTUARY SCIENCE; FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT; RESIDENT TRAINEE;                  

                                                                                

19  EMBALMER OR FUNERAL DIRECTOR                                                

                                                                                

20    (a) Application processing fees:                                          

                                                                                

21    Mortuary science license............................ $           20.00    

                                                                                

22    Funeral establishment license....................... $          115.00    

                                                                                

23    Resident trainee.................................... $           15.00    

                                                                                

24    (b) Examination fees:                                                     

                                                                                

25    Complete examination................................ $          200.00    

                                                                                

26    National examination only........................... $          150.00    

                                                                                

27    State examination only.............................. $           50.00    


                                                                                

1     (c) Examination review.............................. $           25.00    

                                                                                

2     (d) License fees, per year:                                               

                                                                                

3     Mortuary science.................................... $           40.00    

                                                                                

4     Funeral establishment............................... $           55.00    

                                                                                

5     Embalmer or funeral director........................ $           40.00    

                                                                                

6     Resident trainee.................................... $           30.00    

                                                                                

7       PROFESSIONAL BOXER, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER, JUDGE, MANAGER,                  

                                                                                

8   REFEREE, TIMEKEEPER, ANNOUNCER, SECOND, BOXING CLUB, PROMOTER,              

                                                                                

9   MATCHMAKER, OR PHYSICIAN                                                    

                                                                                

10    (a) Application processing fees:                                          

                                                                                

11    Professional boxer license and passport............. $           35.00    

                                                                                

12    All other licenses.................................. $           30.00    

                                                                                

13    (b) License fee, per year:                                                

                                                                                

14    Professional boxer, professional wrestler, second... $           20.00    

                                                                                

15    Judge, physician, announcer, timekeeper............. $           30.00    

                                                                                

16    Boxing club......................................... $           40.00    

                                                                                

17    Manager or matchmaker or amateur referee............ $           50.00    

                                                                                

18    Professional referee................................ $           75.00    

                                                                                

19    Professional promoter............................... $          250.00    

                                                                                

20    (c) Professional boxing or wrestling permit fee, per                      

                                                                                

21      show.............................................. $           50.00    

                                                                                

22    (d) Duplicate boxer passport fee.................... $           30.00    

                                                                                

23      OCULARIST; APPRENTICE OCULARIST                                             

                                                                                

24    (a) Application processing fee...................... $           35.00    

                                                                                

25    (b) Registration fee, per year:                                           

                                                                                

26    Ocularist........................................... $           40.00    

                                                                                

27    Apprentice.......................................... $           20.00    


                                                                                

1       (3) The filing fees under this section shall be adjusted to                 

                                                                                

2   accomodate any inflationary changes as reflected in the latest Detroit      

                                                                                

3   consumer price index as of the effective date of this act.                  

                                                                                

4       Sec. 346.  (1) Fees authorized by this section shall be used only           

                                                                                

5   to offset the costs of operating the department.                            

                                                                                

6       (2) Subject to subsection (12), money appropriated under this act           

                                                                                

7   for health facility regulation shall not be expended unless the             

                                                                                

8   department assesses annual fees for health facility and agency              

                                                                                

9   licenses and assesses fees for permits, surveys, and plan reviews in        

                                                                                

10  accordance with the following fee schedule:                                 

                                                                                

11    (a) Hospitals....................................... $   10.00 per bed    

                                                                                

12    (b) Nursing homes, county medical care facilities,                        

                                                                                

13      and hospital long-term care units................. $   10.00 per bed    

                                                                                

14    (c) Freestanding surgical outpatient facilities..... $      450.00 per    

                                                                                

15                                                                  facility    

                                                                                

16    (d) Hospice residences.............................. $      200.00 per    

                                                                                

17                                                               survey plus    

                                                                                

18                                                            $20.00 per bed    

                                                                                

19    (e) Psychiatric hospitals........................... $  600.00 renewal    

                                                                                

20                                                           fee plus $10.00    

                                                                                

21                                                                   per bed    

                                                                                

22    (f) Psychiatric treatment positions................. $        7.50 per    

                                                                                

23                                                                 treatment    

                                                                                

24                                                                  position    

                                                                                

25    (g) Construction permit reviews.....................       1% of first    

                                                                                

26                                                           $1.0 million of    

                                                                                

27                                                                   capital    


                                                                                

1                                                            expenditure and    

                                                                                

2                                                            .85% of capital    

                                                                                

3                                                                expenditure    

                                                                                

4                                                                  over $1.0    

                                                                                

5                                                            million (not to    

                                                                                

6                                                                     exceed    

                                                                                

7                                                             $60,000.00 per    

                                                                                

8                                                                   project)    

                                                                                

9     (h) Substance abuse programs........................ $          100.00    

                                                                                

10    (i) EMS life support agencies (ambulance operations,                      

                                                                                

11      nontransport prehospital life support operations,                       

                                                                                

12      or aircraft transport operations)................. $          100.00    

                                                                                

13    (j) Ambulance, nontransport prehospital life support                      

                                                                                

14      vehicle, or aircraft transport vehicle............ $     35.00 land;    

                                                                                

15                                                              $100.00 air.    

                                                                                

16      (3) Subject to subsection (12), a person shall pay, and the                 

                                                                                

17  department shall accept, fees established in this section in lieu of        

                                                                                

18  any equivalent licensure survey or review fee established by the            

                                                                                

19  public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211.  Fees not       

                                                                                

20  addressed in this section shall be assessed and collected as                

                                                                                

21  prescribed by law.                                                          

                                                                                

22      (4) Subject to subsection (12), if a hospital requests the                  

                                                                                

23  department to conduct a certification survey for purposes of title          

                                                                                

24  XVIII or title XIX, the hospital shall pay a license fee surcharge of       

                                                                                

25  $23.00 per bed.  As used in this subsection, "title XVIII" and "title       

                                                                                

26  XIX" mean those terms as defined in section 20155 of the public health      

                                                                                

27  code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20155.                                           


                                                                                

1       (5) The license renewal fees described in subsection (2) shall be           

                                                                                

2   assessed annually regardless of the term of a license.                      

                                                                                

3       (6) Fees described in this section are payable to the department            

                                                                                

4   at the time they are assessed.  If an application is denied or if a         

                                                                                

5   license or permit is revoked before its expiration date, the                

                                                                                

6   department shall not refund fees paid to the department.                    

                                                                                

7       (7) The fee for an initial, provisional, or upgrade license or              

                                                                                

8   temporary permit is the same as for a license.  A license may be            

                                                                                

9   issued at the expiration date of a temporary permit without an              

                                                                                

10  additional fee for the balance of the period for which the fee was          

                                                                                

11  paid if the requirements for licensure are met.                             

                                                                                

12      (8) Subject to subsection (12), the application fee for a waiver            

                                                                                

13  under section 21564 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL             

                                                                                

14  333.21564, is $200.00 plus $40.00 per hour for the professional             

                                                                                

15  services and travel expenses directly related to processing the             

                                                                                

16  application.  The travel expenses shall be calculated in accordance         

                                                                                

17  with the state standardized travel regulations of the department of         

                                                                                

18  management and budget in effect at the time of the travel.                  

                                                                                

19      (9) Subject to subsection (12), if an application for renewal of            

                                                                                

20  an ambulance operation, nontransport prehospital life support               

                                                                                

21  operation, or aircraft transport operation license is received by the       

                                                                                

22  department after the expiration date of the license, the applicant          

                                                                                

23  shall pay a late fee in the amount of $300.00 in addition to the            

                                                                                

24  renewal fee.  If an application for renewal is not received by the          

                                                                                

25  department within 60 days after the license expires, the department         

                                                                                

26  shall not issue a renewal license unless the licensee completes the         

                                                                                

27  requirements for initial licensure and pays the late fee.                   


                                                                                

1       (10) Subject to subsection (12), if an application for renewal of           

                                                                                

2   an ambulance or nontransport prehospital life support vehicle or            

                                                                                

3   aircraft transport vehicle license is received by the department after      

                                                                                

4   the expiration date of the license, the applicant shall pay a late fee      

                                                                                

5   in the amount of $100.00 in addition to the renewal fee.  If an             

                                                                                

6   application for renewal is not received by the department within 60         

                                                                                

7   days after the license expires, the department shall not issue a            

                                                                                

8   renewal license unless the licensee completes the requirements for          

                                                                                

9   initial licensure and pays the late fee.                                    

                                                                                

10      (11) The department shall give nursing home providers the                   

                                                                                

11  voluntary option of requesting an informal review of the                    

                                                                                

12  appropriateness of a citation by an independent agency with                 

                                                                                

13  qualifications to conduct informal deficiency dispute resolutions as        

                                                                                

14  required by federal law.  The department shall enter a contract with a      

                                                                                

15  qualified agency for these reviews and shall charge a fee to a              

                                                                                

16  facility requesting an independent review sufficient to cover the           

                                                                                

17  actual cost.  The independent agency shall be required to formulate         

                                                                                

18  trends and develop outcomes on areas within the OBRA rules and              

                                                                                

19  regulations that need clarification.  Providers shall be allowed to         

                                                                                

20  challenge citations of noncompliance whether or not a remedy is             

                                                                                

21  imposed, challenge the scope and severity of a citation, and challenge      

                                                                                

22  the recommended remedy, including the modification to related               

                                                                                

23  citations.  The independent agency shall provide facilities with the        

                                                                                

24  opportunity to request a face-to-face review of the proposed                

                                                                                

25  decision.  The decision of the independent agency shall be binding on       

                                                                                

26  the parties.                                                                

                                                                                

27      (12) The filing fees under this section shall be adjusted to                


                                                                                

1   accommodate any inflationary changes as reflected in the latest             

                                                                                

2   Detroit consumer price index as of the effective date of this act.          

                                                                                

3       Sec. 347.  Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for the fire                 

                                                                                

4   protection grants, $12,128,500.00 of this funding is contingent upon        

                                                                                

5   statutory changes that would increase the deposit into the liquor           

                                                                                

6   purchase revolving fund.                                                    

                                                                                

7       Sec. 348.  It is the intent of the legislature that the next                

                                                                                

8   vacancy on the worker's compensation board of magistrates be filled by      

                                                                                

9   an individual that is a permanent resident in the Upper Peninsula.          

                                                                                

10      Sec. 349.  It is the intent of the legislature that the                     

                                                                                

11  department and the Michigan state housing development authority work        

                                                                                

12  collaboratively with other state departments and agencies to maximize       

                                                                                

13  the use of available Michigan state housing development authority fund      

                                                                                

14  equity to provide senior assisted living that offers a continuum of         

                                                                                

15  care from independent apartments to assisted living to nursing care         

                                                                                

16  and Alzheimer programs.                                                     

                                                                                

17      Sec. 350.  (1) The department shall allocate funds to promote               

                                                                                

18  awareness of the right of a policyholder, subscriber, member,               

                                                                                

19  enrollee, or other individual participating in a health benefit plan,       

                                                                                

20  after the covered person has exhausted the health carrier's internal        

                                                                                

21  grievance process provided for by law, to request an external review        

                                                                                

22  for an adverse determination.                                               

                                                                                

23      (2) As used in this section, "covered person" means that term as            

                                                                                

24  defined in section 3 of the patient's right to independent review act,      

                                                                                

25  2000 PA 251, MCL 550.1903.                                                  

                                                                                

26      Sec. 351.  (1) The department shall issue a report to the                   

                                                                                

27  subcommittees by the end of each calendar year, but not later than          


                                                                                

1   December 31 of each year, showing the date each real estate continuing      

                                                                                

2   education course was submitted for approval and the date of final           

                                                                                

3   disposition, approval, or denial.                                           

                                                                                

4       (2) The department shall post on its website the approved real              

                                                                                

5   estate continuing education courses, as well as the dates, times,           

                                                                                

6   instructors, locations, and credit hours of the courses.                    

                                                                                

7       (3) The department shall have available to the public the                   

                                                                                

8   prelicensure and continuing education course approvals.  The                

                                                                                

9   information described in this subsection shall be available online not      

                                                                                

10  later than November 15, 2003.                                               

                                                                                

11      (4) It is the intent of the legislature that sponsors of                    

                                                                                

12  continuing education be able to report an applicant's or licensee's         

                                                                                

13  completion of courses to the department via electronic methods and          

                                                                                

14  such reporting procedure shall be in place not later than the end of        

                                                                                

15  fiscal year 2004.                                                           

                                                                                

16      Sec. 352.  Of the funds appropriated in part 1 for activities of            

                                                                                

17  the board of magistrates and the worker's compensation appellate            

                                                                                

18  commission, expenditures shall be made so that the 2 bodies shall           

                                                                                

19  decide worker's compensation cases in a timely manner.                      

                                                                                

20      Sec. 353.  All existing and new state and federal regulatory                

                                                                                

21  requirements to the OBRA process affecting the operations of a nursing      

                                                                                

22  home must go through a process of review, definition, and agreement         

                                                                                

23  between the department and stakeholders as defined in section 20155 of      

                                                                                

24  the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20155, before                  

                                                                                

25  implementation.                                                             

                                                                                

26      Sec. 354.  (1) The department's nursing home survey agency shall            

                                                                                

27  perform its functions in the time frame set forth in the state              


     Senate Bill No. 286 (H-1) as amended June 17, 2003

   

1   operations manual.                                                          

                                                                                

2       (2) In the event the department fails to adhere to the timeline             

                                                                                

3   set forth in the state operations manual and that failure results in        

                                                                                

4   negative enforcement against a nursing home provider, the department        

                                                                                

5   shall delay the implementation of any enforcement remedy equal to the       

                                                                                

6   delay caused by the failure to meet the obligations set forth in the        

                                                                                

7    state operations manual.

    [Sec. 355.  Before issuing a license for a day care facility, the department shall, as part of licensing review and facility inspection, inspect for the presence of lead and lead-based paint in that facility.]