Bill Text: MI SB0460 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Human services; medical services; all medical assistance program recipients; enroll in certain certified qualified health plans. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 105c. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0459'13
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-08-27 - Placed On Order Of Third Reading With Substitute S-1 [SB0460 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SB0460-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 460
July 31, 2013, Introduced by Senator COLBECK and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 105c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 105c. (1) Beginning January 1, 2015 or upon termination
of the current contracted health plans, all current medical
assistance recipients will be migrated to an individual health
savings account wherein they can purchase a qualified health plan
with the balance of funds provided by eligible government
assistance.
(2) Eligible government assistance amount is determined on an
annual basis as a result of surveying the commercial health care
market in the state and establishing the average cost of a
qualified health plan that is composed of direct primary care
services and a high-deductible insurance plan. The average cost
would be the government assistance amount.
(3) Migration savings is the difference between the current
medicaid cost for all enrollees minus the average government
assistance amount for all enrollees times the number of enrollees.
(4) A portion of the migration savings described in subsection
(3) shall be deposited into the low-income trust fund at an amount
not to exceed the amount necessary to pay the lesser of gap
insurance or the average deductible under a high-deductible health
insurance plan component of a qualified health plan until the
individual's health savings account balance has been determined
actuarially sufficient to cover the deductible of the health
insurance plan without money from the low-income trust fund.
(5) Before implementing the provisions of this section, the
department of community health shall request a waiver from the
United States department of health and human services.
(6) As used in this section:
(a) "Low-income trust fund" means the low-income trust fund
created in section 11 of the patient-centered care act.
(b) "Qualified health plan" means the qualified health plan
certified under the patient-centered care act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 459 of the 97th Legislature is enacted into
law.
