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Greetings!
Michigan's Children is a statewide,
independent voice
for children and their families. We work with
lawmakers, business leaders and
communities to
make Michigan a place where all children
have the
opportunity to thrive.
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Thank you for joining the Healthy Kids Action Network!
My hope is that through this Network, I can share with
you the latest policy information related to children's
health AND provide you with the needed steps to take
action!
There are many things going on at both the state and
federal levels affecting kids health, like the state
budget and health care reform.
I would like for this to be a two-way conversation--that
means for you to share information as well as you are
taking action to help us to better strategize and
coordinate advocacy efforts on behalf of children.
I begin this first email with information regarding the
state budget, and hope that you will take action.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any
questions.
Best,
Alicia S. Guevara,
Policy & Outreach
Associate
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| Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on DCH Passes Budget |
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On Thursday, March 11, 2010, the Senate
Appropriations Subcommittee on DCH passed its
version of the DCH budget.
The subcommittee proposal comes in at $1.92 billion
of state funds, which is $70.8 million in state funds
below the Governor's recommendation . The total
Senate Subcommittee budget proposal is $13.57
billion.
Proposed cuts include:
- Elimination of the Child Care Enhancement
Program ($1 million);
- Reduction of $5 million and rollup of the Healthy
Michigan Fund;
- Limitation of cut to local public health to $1 million
(Governor proposed to cut $2.7 million);
- Elimination of Medicaid coverage for 19 and 20
year olds beginning July 1, 2011;
- Reduction of 4% in Medicaid physician
reimbursements EXCEPT for pediatrics, well child
visits, obstetrics, primary care, and emergency
services; and,
- No expansion of MIChild eligibility or services as
provided by CHIPRA.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee proposes
the following changes:
- Restoration and increase to CMH multicultural
services funding (proposes renaming to "Mental
Health Services for Special Populations");
- Restoration of donated dental program;
- Restoration of special needs vision clinic funding;
and,
- Restoration of Arthur Hill and Mumford High
School Clinics.
The proposed budget also includes:
- Transfer of responsibility for MIChild to Medicaid
HMOs;
- Rollup of the Healthy Michigan Fund
programming; and,
- Development by DCH of a process to permit
parents and guardians access to the Michigan Care
Improvement Registry;
The budget will now go before the full Senate
Appropriations Committee. We encourage you to
contact your senators to advocate for young children.
Please visit Michigan's
Children's website for legislative contact
information under our "Get Involved" section, and our
Budget Basics
library for an analysis of the Governor's Proposed
FY 2011 Budget and description of the budget
process.
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| House Appropriations Subcommittee on DCH - Hearing Schedule |
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The House Appropriations Subcommittee on DCH
has released the schedule for its first two meetings,
which will be held outside of Lansing in Traverse City
and Detroit.
These public hearings are regarding the fiscal year
2011 budget recommendation for the DCH. We
strongly encourage you to participate and advocate on
behalf of kids.
Upcoming schedule:
Date: March 15,
2010
Time: 10 am
Location:
Park Place Hotel
Lakes Room
300 East State
Street
Traverse City, MI
49684
Date: March 22,
2010
Time: 10 am
Location:
Sinai-Grace Hospital
Auditorium
6071 W.
Outer Drive
Detroit, MI 48235
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