Bill Text: MI SB0861 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: State financing and management: other; money received from settlement of state lawsuits against opioid manufacturers; require to be used for substance use prevention and treatment. Amends sec. 2 of 2000 PA 489 (MCL 12.252) & adds sec. 3.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-24 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0861 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0861-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 861
April 24, 2020, Introduced by Senator LUCIDO
and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 2000 PA 489, entitled
"Michigan trust fund act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 12.252), as amended by 2016 PA 193, and by adding section 3.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
(a) "Community
district education trust fund" means the community district education
trust fund created in section 12.
(b) "Medicaid
benefits trust fund" means the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund
established in section 5.
(c) "Medicaid
program" means a program for medical assistance established under title
XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-5.
(d) "Medicaid
special financing payments" means the Medicaid special adjustor payments
each year authorized in the department of community health appropriations act.
(e) "Michigan merit
award trust fund" means the Michigan merit award trust fund established in
section 9.
(f)
"Opioid settlement proceeds" means money received by this state
attributable to a statewide or nationwide settlement of litigation against
opioid drug manufacturers due to the opioid drug crisis.
(g)
"Opioid settlement trust fund" means the opioid settlement trust fund
created in section 3.
(h)
(f) "Tobacco settlement revenue" means money
received by this state that is attributable to the master settlement agreement
incorporated into a consent decree and final judgment entered into on December
7, 1998 in Kelly Ex Rel. Michigan v Philip Morris Incorporated,
et al., Kelly Ex Rel. Michigan v Philip Morris Incorporated, et
al., Ingham
County circuit court, docket no. 96-84281CZ, including any rights to receive
money attributable to the master settlement agreement that has been sold by
this state.
(i)
(g) "21st century jobs trust fund" means the
21st century jobs trust fund established in section 7.
Sec. 3. (1) The opioid settlement trust fund is created within the state treasury.
(2) The state treasurer shall deposit opioid settlement proceeds into the opioid settlement trust fund. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the opioid settlement trust fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the opioid settlement trust fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the opioid settlement trust fund interest and earnings from opioid settlement trust fund investments.
(3) Money in the opioid settlement trust fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the opioid settlement trust fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(4) The department of treasury shall be the administrator of the opioid settlement trust fund for auditing purposes.
(5) The department of treasury shall expend money from the opioid settlement trust fund, upon appropriation, only for state-sponsored opioid treatment, and awareness programs.