HOUSE BILL No. 6146

 

 

June 12, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Green, Sowerby, Zemke, Yanez, Pagan, Geiss, Chang, Camilleri, Faris, Gay-Dagnogo and Jones and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Trade.

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 104.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 104. (1) The department shall annually, not later than

 

February 1, prepare and submit a public health program beneficiary

 

employer report to identify the 50 employers that have the highest

 

number of employees who receive medical assistance under this act.

 

The report must be submitted to the senate majority leader, the

 

speaker of the house of representatives, the chairs of the senate

 

and house of representatives appropriations committees, the chairs

 

of the senate and house of representatives appropriations

 

subcommittees on the department of health and human services

 


budget, and the chairs of the senate and house of representatives

 

standing committees on health policy. The report must also be made

 

available on the department's website.

 

     (2) The report must include all of the following:

 

     (a) The name and address of the employer.

 

     (b) The size of the employer.

 

     (c) The number of medical assistance program recipients who

 

are an employee of that employer.

 

     (d) The number of medical assistance program recipients who

 

are a spouse or dependent of an employee of that employer.

 

     (e) Whether the employer offers health benefits to its

 

employees.

 

     (f) The cost to the state of providing medical assistance

 

program benefits for the employer's employees and enrolled

 

dependents, if available.

 

     (g) Whether the employer offered health benefits to its

 

employees who are medical assistance program recipients and, if so,

 

the number of those employees.

 

     (3) The report shall not include the name of any individual

 

medical assistance program recipient and is subject to privacy

 

standards according to the health insurance portability and

 

accountability act of 1996, Public Law 104-191. The department may

 

establish interagency agreements to collect information to fulfill

 

the requirements of this section.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.