SENATE BILL NO. 338

March 25, 2021, Introduced by Senators RUNESTAD, JOHNSON, DALEY, BUMSTEAD, ZORN, STAMAS, BARRETT, THEIS, LASATA, NESBITT, VANDERWALL, LAUWERS, VICTORY and SCHMIDT and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

A bill to make, supplement, and adjust appropriations for various state departments and agencies and the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021; and to provide for the expenditure of the appropriations.

the people of the state of michigan enact:


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part 1

line-item appropriations

Sec. 101. There is appropriated for various state departments and agencies and the legislative branch to supplement appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, from


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the following funds:

APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

 

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

250,000

Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

 

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers

 

 

0

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

250,000

Federal revenues:

 

 

 

Total other federal revenues

 

 

0

Special revenue funds:

 

 

 

Total local revenues

 

 

0

Total private revenues

 

 

0

Total other state restricted revenues

 

 

0

State general fund/general purpose

 

$

250,000

Sec. 102.  LEGISLATURE

 

 

 

(1) APPROPRIATION SUMMARY

 

 

 

GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

250,000

Interdepartmental grant revenues:

 

 

 

Total interdepartmental grants and intradepartmental transfers

 

 

0

ADJUSTED GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

250,000

Federal revenues:

 

 

 

Total other federal revenues

 

 

0

Special revenue funds:

 

 

 

Total local revenues

 

 

0

Total private revenues

 

 

0

Total other state restricted revenues

 

 

0

State general fund/general purpose

 

$

250,000


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(2) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

 

 

 

COVID-19 special investigator

 

 

250,000

GROSS APPROPRIATION

 

$

250,000

Appropriated from:

 

 

 

State general fund/general purpose

 

$

250,000

 

part 2

provisions concerning appropriations

general sections

Sec. 201. Pursuant to section 30 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, total state spending from state sources under part 1 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 is $250,000.00 and total state spending from state sources to be paid to local units of government is $0.00.

Sec. 202. The appropriations made and expenditures authorized under this part and part 1 and the departments, commissions, boards, offices, and programs for which appropriations are made 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. If the state administrative board, acting under section 3 of 1921 PA 2, MCL 17.3, transfers funds from an amount appropriated under this act, the legislature may, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house, inter-transfer funds within this act for the particular department, board, commission, office, or institution.

 

LEGISLATURE

Sec. 301. From the funds appropriated in part 1, the COVID-19 special investigator shall pursue an appropriate and reasonable


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investigation into the long-term care and residential care facility policies implemented by the governor and the Michigan department of health and human services, and the reported data on infection and transmission rates, tracking, tracing, and number of deaths associated with these facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sec. 302. The COVID-19 special investigator shall provide, on at least a quarterly basis until 6 months after the investigation has been completed, public updates on the status of the investigation to the senate committee on health policy and human services and the house committee on health policy.