September 21, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Rutledge, McBroom, Barrett, Hughes, Talabi, Santana, Kivela and Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1885 PA 152, entitled
"An act to authorize the establishment of facilities for former
members of the armed forces of the United States in the state of
Michigan; to create funds; and to provide for the promulgation of
rules,"
(MCL 36.1 to 36.12) by adding section 10.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 10. (1) The board shall annually file a written report on
its activities of the immediately preceding year with the governor
and each house of the legislature. The board shall submit this
report not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year.
This report must specify all of the following:
(a) The status of development of each Michigan veterans'
facility.
(b) A statement whether a Michigan veterans' facility will
likely be closing in the next fiscal year.
(c) The census of each Michigan veterans' facility.
(d) Accounting of all revenues received and expended.
(e) Statistics on veterans who resided in each Michigan
veterans' facility.
(f) Recommendations for improvements at each Michigan
veterans' facility.
(g) Salaries and benefit costs of all staff positions at all
Michigan veterans' facilities.
(h) Any other matters the board considers pertinent.
(2) If the board indicates that a Michigan veterans' facility
will likely be closing in the next fiscal year under subsection
(1)(b), then the board shall file a supplemental report on its
activities every 90 days until the Michigan veterans' facility is
closed and no longer operational. The board shall file the
supplemental report with the governor and each house of the
legislature not later than 60 days after the 90-day period covered
in the supplemental report. The supplemental report must specify
all the items described in subsection (1)(a) to (h).
(3) The board's accounts must be subject to annual audits by
the state auditor general or a certified public accountant
appointed by the auditor general. The auditor general shall perform
a performance audit if a Michigan veterans' facility receives a
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services survey finding that
indicates a "substandard quality of care" as that phrase is defined
in 42 CFR 488.301, an unsatisfactory audit from the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs, upon request by either house of the
legislature, or as otherwise determined by the auditor general.
Records must be maintained according to generally accepted auditing
principles.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5919 (request no.
06359'16) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.