SB-1099, As Passed Senate, December 15, 2016

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1099

     A bill to amend 1885 PA 152, entitled

"An act to authorize the establishment of facilities for former

members of the armed forces of the United States in the state of

Michigan; to create funds; and to provide for the promulgation of

rules,"

(MCL 36.1 to 36.12) by adding section 10a.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 10a. (1) The board shall annually file a written report

on its activities of the immediately preceding year with the

governor and each house of the legislature. The board shall submit

this report not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal

year. This report must specify all of the following:

     (a) The status of development of each Michigan veterans'

facility.

     (b) A statement whether a Michigan veterans' facility will

likely be closing in the next fiscal year.

     (c) The census of each Michigan veterans' facility.

     (d) Accounting of all revenues received and expended.

     (e) Statistics on veterans who resided in each Michigan

veterans' facility.

     (f) Recommendations for improvements at each Michigan

veterans' facility.

     (g) Salaries and benefit costs of all staff positions at all

Michigan veterans' facilities.

     (h) Any other matters the board considers pertinent.

     (2) If the board indicates that a Michigan veterans' facility

will likely be closing in the next fiscal year under subsection

(1)(b), then the board shall file a supplemental report on its

activities every 90 days until the Michigan veterans' facility is

closed and no longer operational. The board shall file the

supplemental report with the governor and each house of the

legislature not later than 60 days after the 90-day period covered

in the supplemental report. The supplemental report must specify

all the items described in subsection (1)(a) to (h).

     (3) The board's accounts must be subject to annual financial

audits by the state auditor general or a certified public

accountant appointed by the auditor general. The auditor general

shall perform a performance audit if a Michigan veterans' facility

receives a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services survey

finding that indicates a "substandard quality of care" as that

phrase is defined in 42 CFR 488.301, an unsatisfactory audit from

the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, upon request by

either house of the legislature, or as otherwise determined by the

auditor general. Records must be maintained according to generally

accepted auditing principles.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless Senate Bill No. 1100 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into

law.