Health and Human Services
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Copies of the reports listed below may be obtained by contacting the office at 517.373.8080 or contacting Kathryn Bateson.
Questions on the following documents should be directed to Sydney Brown, Kent Dell, Cassidy Uchman, and Kevin Koorstra, Fiscal Analysts for the Health and Human Services Budget.
Key Documents and Links
Budget Briefings
Health and Human Services Overview
Medical Services and Behavorial Health
Population Health, Aging Adult Services
Health and Human Services Data Information
Line Item Summary
Subcommittee Testimony
Subcommittee Minutes
Archives
FY 2024-25 Appropriation Bill Summaries
- Summary: Executive Recommendation
- Decision Document - Part 1: Appropriations
- Decision Document - Part 2: Boilerplate
- Summary: House Subcommittee Chair's Recommendation
- Summary: As Reported by House Subcommittee
- DHHS Budget Bill, HB 5556(H-1)
- Summary: As Reported by House Appropriations Committtee
- DHHS Budget Bill, HB 5556(H-2) Reported by House Appropriations Committee
- Summary: As Reported by the House, as Amended
- Summary: As Passed by the Senate, as Amended
- Summary: Conference Report, Article 6, SB 747 (S-1) CR-1
Special Reports
2024
- Fiscal Snapshot: Medicaid Redetermination Outcomes September 2024
- Fiscal Brief: Child Welfare Funding Determination January 26, 2024. Prepared by Sydney Brown, Fiscal Analyst. This publication provides an overview on funding determinations for youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.
2023
- Fiscal Snapshot: Child Care Fund Spending January 2023
- Fiscal Snapshot: Childhood Lead Program January 2023
- Fiscal Snapshot: COVID-19 Federal Testing and Vaccine Funding January 2023
- Fiscal Snapshot: Family Independence Program January 2023
- Fiscal Snapshot: Family Planning and Pregnancy Prevention January 2023
- Fiscal Snapshot: Foster Care Caseloads and Spending January 2023
- Fiscal Snapshot: Medicaid Caseloads November 2023
- Fiscal Snapshot: Special Education Funding January 2023
2019
- Fiscal Brief: Legislative Appropriations Transfers [767K] April 23, 2019. Prepared by Viola Bay Wild, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This publication provides an overview of legislative appropriations transfers and explains the mechanics and various steps of the transfer process.
- Fiscal Brief: Food Assistance Program Eligibility and Oversight [575K] March 4, 2019. Prepared by Kent Dell, Fiscal Analyst. This publication describes the state-administered public assistance program that provides federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to low-income Michigan residents, as well as requirements for eligibility and steps taken by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to prevent and detect improper use.
- Fiscal Brief: State Funding to Address PFAS Contamination [602K] March 1, 2019. Prepared by Austin Scott, Fiscal Analyst, Susan Frey, Senior Fiscal Analyst and William E. Hamilton, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This publication describes state funding for PFAS response in the Department of Environmental Quality and the Department of Health & Human Services.
2018
- Fiscal Brief: Healthy Michigan Plan Savings and Cost Estimates [443K] October 30, 2018. Prepared by Kevin Koorstra, Associate Director. This publication provides an update on GF/GP cost and savings estimates for Healthy Michigan Plan.
2017
- State Impact of the Federal Better Care Reconciliation Act [251K], July 25, 2017. Prepared by Kevin Koostra, Associate Director. This memorandum provides detailed information on the state impact of the federal Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA).
- Executive Vetoes for House Bill 4323, Article X, DHHS FY 2017-18 Appropriations Bill [201K], July 18, 2017. Prepared by Susan Frey and Viola Wild, Senior Fiscal Analysts and Kevin Koostra, Associate Director. This memorandum provides information on the Executive Vetoes on House Bill 4323, Article X for Department of Health and Human Services.
2016
- Healthy Michigan Plan Saving and Cost Estimates [96K], September 14, 2016. Prepared by Kevin Koorsta, Senior Fiscal Analyst and Kyle I. Jen, Deputy Director. This memorandum provides an update on GF/GP cost and saving estimates for the Healthy Michigan Plan.
- Tobacco Settlement Funds [214K], July 26, 2016. Prepared by Kyle I. Jen, Deputy Director. This memorandum provides an update on tobacco settlement revenue received by the State of Michigan and the expenditures made from that revenue.
2015
- Family Independence Program Suspicion-Based Drug Testing Pilot Program Memorandum [118K], November 10, 2015. Viola Bay Wild, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This memornandum gives information on the Family Independence Program (FIP) Suspicion-Based Drug Testing Pilot Program.
- Fiscal Focus: Michigan's Medicaid Program [728K], October 19, 2015 prepared by Kyle I. Jen, Deputy Director and Kevin Koorstra, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This report provides introductory information on the traditional Medicaid program and its financing, describes Healthy Michigan Plan waiver requirements and financing, presents information on trends in total Medicaid expenditures, and discusses the FY 2016-17 budget outlook for the Medicaid program.
- Health Insurance Claims Assessment Memorandum [126K], February 24, 2015. Prepared by Kyle I. Jen, Deputy Director and Kevin Koorstra, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This memorandum provides background information on Medicaid financing and the Health Insurance Claims Assessment (HICA).
- Executive Order 2015-4 Memorandum [154K], February 24, 2015. Prepared by Susan Frey, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Kyle I. Jen, Deputy Director, Kevin Koorstra, Senior Fiscal Analyst, and Viola Bay Wild, Senior Fiscal Analyst. This memorandum provides a description of the EO, historical information the two current departments, basic information regarding the size of the proposed department, and context regarding departmental organization in other states.