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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 550.1763

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 550.1753
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fund: means the insurance provider fund created in section 13. See Michigan Laws 550.1753
  • Insurance provider: means a Medicaid managed care organization or a health insurer. See Michigan Laws 550.1753
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
    (1) All money received and collected under this act shall be deposited by the department in the insurance provider fund established in this section.
    (2) The insurance provider fund is created within the state treasury and shall be administered by the department for auditing purposes.
    (3) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.
    (4) The department shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, only for 1 or more of the following purposes:
    (a) Beginning in the 2018-2019 state fiscal year, the first $14,000,000.00 to be appropriated for the payment of actuarially sound capitation rates to Medicaid managed care organizations, and each state fiscal year thereafter, the amount necessary to continue to support the payment of actuarially sound capitation rates to Medicaid managed care organizations.
    (b) For the 2018-2019 state fiscal year, to appropriate an amount not to exceed $315,000,000.00 to offset the net revenue lost under the health insurance claims assessment act, 2011 PA 142, MCL 550.1731 to 550.1741.
    (c) For the 2019-2020 state fiscal year, to appropriate an amount not to exceed $240,000,000.00 to offset the net revenue lost under the health insurance claims assessment act, 2001 PA 142, MCL 550.1731 to 550.1741.
    (d) To pay administrative and compliance costs in accordance with section 15.
    (e) The balance of the fund remaining after the appropriations described in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) shall be transferred to a separate restricted account within the insurance provider fund and only used as appropriated by the legislature.
    (5) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.