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.