Signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands healthcare access in rural Michigan through amending restrictions on the funding Michigan hospitals receive from the state budget.

Highlights:

• Expands state Medicaid and healthcare access for rural hospitals via amending restrictions on the funding Michigan hospitals receive from the state budget (Sec. 110a).

• Appropriates $26 million from the general budget to improve rural hospital access and services to low-income residents (Sec.110a).

• Defines “rural hospital” as a hospital with at most 50 staffed beds located in a county with a population of not more than 195,000 and within a city, village, or township with a population of not more than 15,000 based on the 2020 federal decennial census (Sec. 110).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 110a).

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