SENATE BILL No. 985

 

 

January 24, 2006, Introduced by Senators HARDIMAN, GEORGE, CROPSEY, KUIPERS, BISHOP, BIRKHOLZ, STAMAS, McMANUS, BROWN, TOY, ALLEN and CASSIS and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 109i.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 109i. The department of community health shall establish

 

and implement a program to offer incentives to encourage medical

 

assistance recipients to make lifestyle choices that promote or

 

maintain good health. The department of community health shall seek

 

a waiver from the centers for medicare and medicaid services in the

 

United States department of human services to implement the

 

provisions of this section.