FY 2017-18 INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES BUDGET S.B. 136 (S-1):  SENATE-PASSED

Senate Bill 136 (S-1 as passed by the Senate)                                                                                                            

Committee:  Appropriations

			CHANGES FROM FY 2016-17 YEAR-TO-DATE
FULL-TIME EQUATED (FTE) CLASSIFIED POSITIONS/FUNDING SOURCE	FY 2016-17 YEAR-TO-DATE	FY 2017-18 SENATE-PASSED	AMOUNT	PERCENT
FTE Positions..............................................................	336.5	336.5	0.0	0.0
GROSS.........................................................................	66,257,200	66,741,400	484,200	0.7
Less:
Interdepartmental Grants Received.....................	707,600	707,600	0	0.0
ADJUSTED GROSS..................................................	65,549,600	66,033,800	484,200	0.7
Less:
Federal Funds..........................................................	2,000,000	2,014,700	14,700	0.7
Local and Private....................................................	0	0	0	0.0
TOTAL STATE SPENDING.......................................	63,549,600	64,019,100	469,500	0.7
Less:
Other State Restricted Funds................................	63,399,600	63,869,100	469,500	0.7
GENERAL FUND/GENERAL PURPOSE..............	150,000	150,000	0	0.0
PAYMENTS TO LOCALS..........................................	0	0	0	0.0

FY 2016-17 Year-to-Date Gross Appropriation.....................................................................

$66,257,200

Changes from FY 2016-17 Year-to-Date:
1. FY 2016-17 Employee Lump Sum Payments. Technical adjustment to remove these payments to employees.	(340,800)
2. Economic Adjustments. $825,000 Gross and $0 GF/GP for economic adjustments.	825,000
3. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. The Senate is $0 Gross and $0 GF/GP over/under the Governor.

Total Changes.....................................................................................................................	$484,200
FY 2017-18 Senate-Passed Gross Appropriation.................................................................	$66,741,400

Boilerplate Changes from FY 2016-17 Year-to-Date:

1. Out-of-State Travel Report. The Senate retained this section after the Governor recommended a less detailed reporting requirement and removed travel restrictions. (Sec. 207)

2. Contingency Funds. The Senate retained this section from the previous year after the Governor recommended reorganizing the language. No substantive change to the section was recommended. (Sec. 210)

3. Report Retention. The Governor removed a requirement that reports be retained according to State and Federal laws and the Senate concurred. (Sec. 217)

4. Restored Provisions. The Senate restored the following sections that were removed by the Governor: a section prohibiting the Department from taking disciplinary action against employees who communicate with the Legislature (Sec. 218); a section prohibiting the Department from developing radio or TV productions (Sec. 219); a section requiring the Department to notify the State Budget Office and fiscal agencies of any changes to the existing accounting structure for costs associated with Healthy Michigan (Sec. 220); and a section that limited GF/GP expenditures regarding the Healthy Michigan Plan to meeting reporting requirements (Sec. 221).

5. Health Insurance Rate Filings Report. The Senate retained a section that the Governor removed requiring the Department to report to the legislature on the annual rate filings from health insurance issuers. The Senate removed one requirement for this report from the previous fiscal year; that the Department include in its report an estimated percentage of the State's population that is without coverage for more than 6 months in the calendar year. (Sec. 301)

Date Completed:  5-4-17                                                                                            Fiscal Analyst:  Michael Siracuse

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.