Bill Text: MI SB0858 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Appropriations; zero budget; department of insurance and financial services; provide for fiscal year 2018-2019. Creates appropriation act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-05-08 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0858 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SB0858-Engrossed.html

SB-0858, As Passed Senate, May 3, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 858

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to make appropriations for the department of insurance

 

and financial services for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2019; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

PART 1

 

LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 101. There is appropriated for the department of

 

insurance and financial services for the fiscal year ending

 

September 30, 2019, from the following funds:

 

DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

 

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 336.5

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     67,971,900


   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-LARA, for debt management..........................           713,800

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental

 

   transfers............................................           713,800

 

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION........................... $     67,258,100

 

   Federal revenues:

 

Total federal revenues.................................         2,017,300

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Bank fees..............................................         6,474,900

 

Captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund......           292,100

 

Consumer finance fees..................................         3,291,300

 

Credit union fees......................................         9,372,400

 

Deferred presentment service transaction fees..........         3,700,700

 

Insurance bureau fund..................................        24,699,300

 

Insurance continuing education fees....................         1,044,000

 

Insurance licensing and regulation fees................         9,064,300

 

MBLSLA fund............................................         6,867,000

 

Multiple employer welfare arrangement..................           284,800

 

Total other state restricted revenues..................        65,090,800

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        150,000

 

   Sec. 102. DEPARTMENT SERVICES

 

   Full-time equated unclassified positions.......... 6.0

 

   Full-time equated classified positions........... 22.5

 

Unclassified salaries--6.0 FTE positions............... $        784,500

 

Administrative hearings................................           182,500

 

Department services--19.0 FTE positions................         3,801,200

 

Executive director programs--3.5 FTE positions.........         1,075,900


Property management....................................         1,245,400

 

Worker's compensation..................................             4,200

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      7,093,700

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Bank fees..............................................           512,300

 

Captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund......             2,900

 

Consumer finance fees..................................           201,100

 

Credit union fees......................................           862,200

 

Deferred presentment service transaction fees..........           272,000

 

Insurance bureau fund..................................         2,451,800

 

Insurance continuing education fees....................            64,200

 

Insurance licensing and regulation fees................         1,915,600

 

MBLSLA fund............................................           660,300

 

Multiple employer welfare arrangement..................             1,300

 

State general fund/general purpose..................... $        150,000

 

   Sec. 103. INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION

 

   Full-time equated classified positions.......... 314.0

 

Insurance evaluation--118.0 FTE positions.............. $     24,789,600

 

Financial institutions evaluation--132.0 FTE positions.        24,633,100

 

Consumer services and protection--64.0 FTE positions...         8,803,600

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $     58,226,300

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

IDG-LARA, for debt management..........................           713,800

 

   Federal revenue:

 

Federal revenues.......................................         2,017,300


   Special revenue funds:

 

Bank fees..............................................         5,737,100

 

Captive insurance regulatory and supervision fund......           289,200

 

Consumer finance fees..................................         2,997,200

 

Credit union fees......................................         8,141,100

 

Deferred presentment service transaction fees..........         3,315,400

 

Insurance bureau fund..................................        21,406,800

 

Insurance continuing education fees....................           957,000

 

Insurance licensing and regulation fees................         6,421,100

 

MBLSLA fund............................................         5,946,800

 

Multiple employer welfare arrangement..................           283,500

 

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

 

   Sec. 104. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

Information technology services and projects........... $       2,251,900

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $      2,251,900

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Bank fees..............................................           225,500

 

Consumer finance fees..................................            93,000

 

Credit union fees......................................           369,100

 

Deferred presentment service transaction fees..........           113,300

 

Insurance bureau fund..................................           440,700

 

Insurance continuing education fees....................            22,800

 

Insurance licensing and regulation fees................           727,600

 

MBLSLA fund............................................           259,900

 

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

 

   Sec. 105. ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS


Insurance evaluation enhancement....................... $         400,000

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION.................................... $        400,000

 

    Appropriated from:

 

   Special revenue funds:

 

Insurance bureau fund..................................           400,000

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

PART 2

 

PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS

 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019

 

GENERAL SECTIONS

 

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

 

constitution of 1963, total state spending from state resources

 

under part 1 for fiscal year 2018-2019 is $65,240,800.00 and state

 

spending from state resources to be paid to local units of

 

government for fiscal year 2018-2019 is $0.

 

     Sec. 202. The appropriations authorized under this part and

 

part 1 are subject to the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431,

 

MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.

 

     Sec. 203. As used in this part and part 1:

 

     (a) "Department" means the department of insurance and

 

financial services.

 

     (b) "Director" means the director of the department.

 

     (c) "FTE" means full-time equated.

 

     (d) "IDG" means interdepartmental grant.

 

     (e) "LARA" means the department of licensing and regulatory

 


affairs.

 

     (f) "MBLSLA fund" means the restricted account established

 

under section 8 of the mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers

 

licensing act, 1987 PA 173, MCL 445.1658.

 

     (g) "Subcommittees" means the subcommittees of the house of

 

representatives and senate appropriations committees with

 

jurisdiction over the budget for the department.

 

     Sec. 204. The departments and agencies receiving

 

appropriations in part 1 shall use the internet to fulfill the

 

reporting requirements of this part. This requirement may include

 

transmission of reports via electronic mail to the recipients

 

identified for each reporting requirement, or it may include

 

placement of reports on an internet or intranet site.

 

     Sec. 205. Funds appropriated in part 1 must not be used for

 

the purchase of foreign goods or services, or both, if

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality American goods or

 

services, or both, are available. Preference must be given to goods

 

or services, or both, manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses, if they are competitively priced and of comparable

 

quality. In addition, preference must be given to goods or

 

services, or both, that are manufactured or provided by Michigan

 

businesses owned and operated by veterans, if they are

 

competitively priced and of comparable quality.

 

     Sec. 206. The director shall take all reasonable steps to

 

ensure businesses in deprived and depressed communities compete for

 

and perform contracts to provide services or supplies, or both. The

 

director shall strongly encourage firms with which the department


contracts to subcontract with certified businesses in depressed and

 

deprived communities for services, supplies, or both.

 

     Sec. 207. (1) Out-of-state travel shall be limited to

 

situations where the travel is approved by a departmental

 

employee's immediate supervisor and in which 1 or more of the

 

following conditions apply:

 

     (a) The travel is required by legal mandate or court order or

 

for law enforcement purposes.

 

     (b) The travel is necessary to protect the health or safety of

 

Michigan citizens or visitors or to assist other states in similar

 

circumstances.

 

     (c) The travel is necessary to produce budgetary savings or to

 

increase state revenues, including protecting existing federal

 

funds or securing additional federal funds.

 

     (d) The travel is necessary to comply with federal

 

requirements.

 

     (e) The travel is necessary to secure specialized training for

 

staff that is not available within this state.

 

     (f) The travel is financed entirely by federal or nonstate

 

funds.

 

     (2) The department shall not approve the travel of more than 1

 

departmental employee to a specific professional development

 

conference or training seminar that is located outside of this

 

state unless a professional development conference or training

 

seminar is funded by a federal or private funding source and

 

requires more than 1 individual from a department to attend, or the

 

conference or training seminar includes multiple issues in which 1


employee from the department does not have expertise.

 

     (3) Not later than January 1, the department shall prepare a

 

travel report listing all travel by classified and unclassified

 

employees outside this state in the immediately preceding fiscal

 

year that was funded in whole or in part with funds appropriated in

 

the department's budget. The department shall submit the report to

 

the senate and house of representatives standing committees on

 

appropriations, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director. The report must include the following information:

 

     (a) The name of each person receiving reimbursement for travel

 

outside this state or whose travel costs were paid by this state.

 

     (b) The destination of each travel occurrence.

 

     (c) The dates of each travel occurrence.

 

     (d) A brief statement of the reason for each travel

 

occurrence.

 

     (e) The transportation and related costs of each travel

 

occurrence, including the proportion funded with state general

 

fund/general purpose revenues, the proportion funded with state

 

restricted revenues, the proportion funded with federal revenues,

 

and the proportion funded with other revenues.

 

     (f) A total of all out-of-state travel funded for the

 

immediately preceding fiscal year.

 

     Sec. 208. Funds appropriated in part 1 must not be used by a

 

principal executive department, state agency, or authority to hire

 

a person to provide legal services that are the responsibility of

 

the attorney general. This prohibition does not apply to legal

 

services for bonding activities and for those outside services that


the attorney general authorizes.

 

     Sec. 209. Not later than November 30, the state budget office

 

shall prepare and transmit a report that provides for estimates of

 

the total general fund/general purpose appropriation lapses at the

 

close of the prior fiscal year. This report must summarize the

 

projected year-end general fund/general purpose appropriation

 

lapses by major departmental program or program areas. The state

 

budget office shall transmit the report to the chairpersons of the

 

senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and

 

the senate and house fiscal agencies.

 

     Sec. 210. (1) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1,

 

there is appropriated an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 for

 

federal contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in part 1 under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     (2) In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, there is

 

appropriated an amount not to exceed $5,000,000.00 for state

 

restricted contingency funds. These funds are not available for

 

expenditure until they have been transferred to another line item

 

in part 1 under section 393(2) of the management and budget act,

 

1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1393.

 

     Sec. 211. The department shall cooperate with the department

 

of technology, management, and budget to maintain a searchable

 

website accessible by the public at no cost that includes, but is

 

not limited to, all of the following for each department or agency:

 

     (a) Fiscal-year-to-date expenditures by category.


     (b) Fiscal-year-to-date expenditures by appropriation unit.

 

     (c) Fiscal-year-to-date payments to a selected vendor,

 

including the vendor name, payment date, payment amount, and

 

payment description.

 

     (d) The number of active department employees by job

 

classification.

 

     (e) Job specifications and wage rates.

 

     Sec. 212. Within 14 days after the release of the executive

 

budget recommendation, the department shall cooperate with the

 

state budget office to provide the senate and house of

 

representatives appropriations committee chairs, the senate and

 

house appropriations subcommittees chairs, and the senate and house

 

fiscal agencies with an annual report on estimated state restricted

 

fund balances, state restricted fund projected revenues, and state

 

restricted fund expenditures for the fiscal years ending September

 

30, 2018 and September 30, 2019.

 

     Sec. 213. The department shall maintain, on a publicly

 

accessible website, a department scorecard that identifies, tracks,

 

and regularly updates key metrics that are used to monitor and

 

improve the department's performance.

 

     Sec. 214. Total authorized appropriations from all sources in

 

part 1 for legacy costs for the fiscal year ending September 30,

 

2019 are $9,513,100.00. From this amount, total agency

 

appropriations for pension-related legacy costs are estimated at

 

$4,385,700.00. Total agency appropriations for retiree health care

 

legacy costs are estimated at $5,127,400.00.

 

     Sec. 215. Unless prohibited by law, the department may accept


credit card or other electronic means of payment for licenses,

 

fees, or permits.

 

     Sec. 218. The department shall not take disciplinary action

 

against an employee for communicating with a member of the

 

legislature or his or her staff.

 

     Sec. 219. The department shall not develop or produce any

 

television or radio productions.

 

     Sec. 220. The department, in conjunction with the department

 

of health and human services, shall maintain an accounting

 

structure within this state's accounting system that will allow

 

expenditures associated with the administration of the Healthy

 

Michigan plan to be identified.

 

     Sec. 221. The amount appropriated from the general fund in

 

part 1 for executive director programs may only be expended to

 

comply with reporting requirements regarding the Healthy Michigan

 

plan under section 105d(9) of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280,

 

MCL 400.105d.

 

 

 

INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION

 

     Sec. 301. The department shall provide a report to the

 

subcommittees, the senate and house fiscal agencies, and the state

 

budget director by September 30 based on the annual rate filings

 

from health insurance issuers that includes all of the following:

 

     (a) The number that are approved by the department.

 

     (b) The number that are denied by the department.

 

     (c) The percentage of rate filings processed within the

 

applicable statutory time frames.

 


     (d) The average number of calendar days to process rate

 

filings.

 

     Sec. 302. In addition to the funds appropriated in part 1, the

 

funds collected by the department in connection with a

 

conservatorship under section 32 of the mortgage brokers, lenders,

 

and servicers licensing act, 1987 PA 173, MCL 445.1682, and funds

 

collected by the department from corporations being liquidated

 

under the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.100 to

 

500.8302, must be appropriated for all expenses necessary to

 

provide for the required services. Funds are available for

 

expenditure when they are received by the department of treasury

 

and must not lapse to the general fund at the end of the fiscal

 

year.

 

     Sec. 303. The department may make available to interested

 

entities customized listings of nonconfidential information in its

 

possession. The department may establish and collect a reasonable

 

charge to provide this service. The revenue from this service is

 

appropriated when received and must be used to offset expenses to

 

provide the service. Any balance of this revenue collected and

 

unexpended at the end of the fiscal year must lapse to the

 

appropriate restricted fund.

 

 

 

ONE-TIME APPROPRIATIONS

 

     Sec. 401. (1) From the funds appropriated in part 1 for

 

insurance evaluation enhancement, by January 31, 2019, the

 

department must complete a study led by an actuarial firm capable

 

of supporting this state's pursuit of a state innovation waiver

 


under section 1332 of the patient protection and affordable care

 

act. The study must meet all criteria for a section 1332 state

 

innovation waiver found at 45 CFR Part 155. The study must include

 

analyses, actuarial certifications data, assumptions, targets, and

 

other information sufficient to provide the secretary of the United

 

States Department of Health and Human Services and the secretary of

 

the United States Department of Treasury with the necessary data to

 

determine whether this state's proposed waiver would do all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Provide coverage that is at least as comprehensive as the

 

coverage defined in section 1203(b) of the patient protection and

 

affordable care act.

 

     (b) Provide coverage and cost sharing protections against

 

excessive out-of-pocket spending that are at least as affordable as

 

the provisions of title I of the patient protection and affordable

 

care act.

 

     (c) Provide coverage to a comparable number of its residents

 

as the provisions of title I of the patient protection and

 

affordable care act would provide.

 

     (d) Not increase the federal deficit.

 

     (2) The study under subsection (1) must create any actuarial

 

analyses and certifications necessary to determine whether the

 

estimates will comply with the above requirements. The study must

 

produce an economic analysis to provide a detailed 10 year budget

 

plan that is deficit neutral to the federal government and detailed

 

analyses regarding the estimated impact of the waiver on health

 

insurance coverage in this state.

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