MichiganHB 47062025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Appropriations: omnibus; appropriations for multiple departments and branches for the fiscal year 2025-2026 and supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2024-2025; provide for. Creates appropriation act. Last Action: assigned PA 22'25 with immediate effect

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629 provisions identified: 496 benefits, 66 costs, 67 mixed.

Public safety death and disability payments double

The public safety officer death or permanent and total disability benefit rises from $25,000 to $50,000. The officer's death or permanent and total disability must occur during the fiscal year. The eligible recipient receives a one-time payment that is $25,000 higher.

Assistance protections for survivors and returning citizens

Michigan cannot deny food or Title IV-A assistance solely because of a qualifying drug possession, use, or distribution felony. The underlying act must be after August 22, 1996, and the person must not be violating probation or parole. Domestic violence or human trafficking survivors with no other exemption can receive an exemption from food assistance's three-month-in-36-month limit. Michigan may extend that exemption by another three months when the person shows continuing need. Other assistance eligibility requirements still apply.

Care standards for veterans home residents

Michigan veterans facilities must provide compassionate, quality nursing care meeting federal standards and report annual VA and Medicare/Medicaid survey and certification results. Health care contractors must follow applicable federal regulations, Michigan nursing home rules, and staff licensing, certification, training, and education requirements. The Michigan Veterans' Home must provide board-certified psychiatric care to residents with mental health disorders. It must also keep residents and staff safe. Comprehensive care plans must be developed, carried out, and monitored, with a goal of covering all residents.

Children in MIChild get broad health coverage

MIChild must provide at least Michigan's benchmark-plan benefits through contracted providers, consistent with federal law. Required medically necessary care includes mental health and substance use treatment, dental services, rehabilitation, and emergency ambulance services. Coverage also includes durable medical equipment, prosthetic and orthotic devices, and care management for mental health diagnoses.

Faster Medicaid access during pregnancy

Michigan must presume Medicaid eligibility when pregnancy is the qualifying condition, unless most application evidence shows otherwise. Qualifying applicants can choose or keep a participating obstetrician and get medically needed prenatal and obstetrical care without plan preapproval. When the provider has no contract with the plan, payment follows Medicaid's fee-for-service rate. Providers and plans may receive payment for care given before notice that the applicant was found ineligible.

Health coverage and specialty care for children

MIChild covers Michigan children under 19 with family income at or below 212% of the federal poverty level. They must be uninsured and have had no other comprehensive health coverage during the six months before applying. Eligible children can keep eligibility for up to one year, ending when they turn 19. The law also supports expanded telemedicine for children enrolled in Children's Special Health Care Services. It supports complex care management to reduce hospital stays and improve care, without guaranteeing a set amount of services.

Monthly support for families with approved children

Parents or legal guardians receive $300.36 each month for every child approved for the family support subsidy. A community mental health services program must approve the child. One approved child brings $3,604.32 over 12 months.

More support for home care services

Michigan funds a home- and community-based services project with an estimated total cost of $590.5895 million and federal matching funds. Allocations include $160.9582 million for direct care workers, $16.1 million for adult home help respite, and $5.44 million for eligibility expansion. They also include $27.5929 million for independent long-term care options counseling, $1.0518 million for supported employment, and $20 million for PACE infrastructure. Further allocations are $1.7895 million for MI Choice temporary eligibility while applications are reviewed, $2.6 million for a high-cost participant pilot, $8.9571 million for MI Choice and community transition infrastructure, and $100,000 for provider stabilization. Another $10 million reimburses eligible supportive-housing services for residents needing help with employment and stability, and homeless people moving into supportive housing with rental support. Housing priorities are families at risk of child removal, families working toward reunification, and youth leaving foster care. Remaining authority may support direct care workers and one-time provider stabilization and recovery payments; unspent project funds remain available, with completion tentatively September 30, 2029. Michigan also maintains higher Medicaid home help caregiver and agency rates established in provider letters L 24-66, L 24-67, and L 24-74.

Billions authorized to support Medicaid services

The law authorizes up to $3.315 billion from insurance provider assessments and related federal Medicaid matching funds. Spending requires revenues available under the Insurance Provider Assessment Act. Another authorization allows up to $6.017 billion from quality assurance assessments and related federal matching funds, requiring available revenue and federal approval. For the year ending September 30, 2025, the law also provides $100 million for Medicaid health plans and $13 million for health services grants. These provisions fund services; they do not set individual payments or change who qualifies.

Funding for families’ food assistance

For the year ending September 30, 2026, Michigan provides about $3.5 billion for food assistance benefits. Double Up Food Bucks gets $5 million, including $1 million in one-time funding. Farm to Family gets about $3.01 million. These provisions fund the programs without setting household benefit amounts or new eligibility rules.

Mental health and autism services funded

For the year ending September 30, 2026, Michigan provides about $3.19 billion for Medicaid mental health services. Healthy Michigan Plan behavioral health gets about $438.27 million, and autism services get about $467.64 million. Separately, the law provides about $160.28 million for the state psychiatric hospital disproportionate-share funding disallowance for the year ending September 30, 2025. These appropriations do not specify new individual eligibility rules, service levels, or household payments.

Property asset limit restricts state assistance

Individuals with property assets assessed above $200,000 cannot receive assistance through Michigan Department of Health and Human Services programs. The limit does not apply when denying assistance violates federal law or guidance.

Disability assistance includes strict eligibility tests

State disability assistance covers needy U.S. citizens and noncitizens exempt from SSI citizenship rules who are 18 or emancipated minors. Applicants must pass the Family Independence Program asset test and have monthly countable income below payment standards. Qualifying grounds include SSI, Social Security, or disability-related medical assistance; SSI disability standards lasting at least 90 days; specified facility residence or treatment; AIDS; special education; or qualifying caretaker status. Substance use disorder alone does not qualify, and addiction or alcoholism central to the disability finding generally bars eligibility, with exceptions. In covered cases where addiction or alcoholism is not central to disability, active treatment and third-party or vendor payments are required.

State money supports city and township budgets

For fiscal year 2025-2026, Michigan provides $333.5473 million for city, village, and township revenue sharing, plus $1.0100829 billion in constitutional grants. The first $299.1264 million of the city, village, and township appropriation pays calculated prior-law amounts in full, rounded to whole dollars, without prior eligibility limits. Remaining money is divided equally among taxable-value, population-weighted, and yield-equalization payments; yield equalization uses a 0.02 local tax-effort cap. Townships need at least 10,000 residents for city-equivalent population weighting and must certify fire service, 24-hour police, and water and sewer service each reaching at least 50% of residents. Fully merged communities are treated as one unit, with their prior payment amounts added together.

Horse racing crime tips can earn rewards

The Michigan Gaming Control Board's executive director can award up to $5,000 for information about a horse racing crime. The information must lead to both an arrest and a conviction for a felony or misdemeanor. Rewards are discretionary and paid from the racing commission appropriation.

Statewide support for foster families

The department must support regional teams that recruit, train, and retain foster and adoptive parents. It must expand the Michigan Youth Opportunities Initiative, which helps older foster youth prepare for adulthood, to every county. Adoption-service rates reflect average time to finalize adoption by case type. For cases accepted before the new rate structure starts, providers keep the increased rate, including $23 daily per foster youth. That daily payment ends at petition acceptance or 150 days, whichever comes first, and cannot reduce other adoption reimbursements.

Stronger safeguards for children in care

The state can fund direct out-of-state child placements only when no appropriate in-state placement is available. The out-of-state facility must also be closer to the child's home than the closest appropriate in-state option. It must meet Michigan and host-state licensing standards and pass a department visit and records review. The Children's Services Agency executive director must approve the spending. Private child welfare and juvenile justice facilities face the same on-site reviews and noncompliance penalties as state-run facilities.

Wrongfully imprisoned people get compensation funding

Michigan adds $10 million to the Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Fund for fiscal year 2025-2026. The law also makes all money in the fund available for compensation payments under the existing compensation law. This provision does not change eligibility rules or set individual award amounts.

Allowances for expectant mothers and infants

The law provides $250 million from the Healthy Michigan Fund for an established university-run allowance program. It gives unconditional allowances to eligible expectant mothers and households with a child under one in participating regions. The four-year university must be in a county with 284,000 to 285,000 residents under the latest federal decennial census. Its program must have shown better health and economic stability for these families. Household amounts are not stated; tentative project completion is September 30, 2029.

Burial assistance for low-income families

Michigan reimburses final-disposition costs for an indigent person, up to $960 total. Burial allowances are $875 for adults with services, $610 without services, and $240 for infants. Adult cremation allowances are $640 with services or $390 without; an irrevocable funeral agreement carries a $260 allowance. Eligible cremation permit fees and mileage have an $80 limit, with religious objections to cremation taken into account. Applications are due within 20 business days after burial, cremation, or donation. A friend or relative may add up to $6,000 for extra burial services.

Care residents keep payment and charge protections

State disability assistance reimbursement for residents of licensed adult foster care facilities must match the prevailing SSI personal care rate. Adult foster care facilities and homes for the aged cannot charge SSI residents above the state-authorized care rate. Extra third-party payments are allowed only as federal law permits, cannot cover food, clothing, or shelter, and cannot reduce SSI. Michigan cannot reduce state SSI supplements for personal care, adult foster care, or homes for the aged during the current fiscal year. The department must notify lawmakers at least 30 days before any proposed reduction; dollar rates are not stated.

Cash and clothing help for children

The law provides $10 million for annual clothing allowances for eligible children in Family Independence Program groups. It also funds extra payments for children whose families receive the program's cash assistance. Children under 6 share $16.2401 million, while children ages 6 through 13 share $7 million. Payments must be equal within each age group and distributed by November 30 of the current fiscal year. Each extra payment depends on available funds and eligible children; the law does not set individual clothing allowances.

Child care assistance gets federal funding

The law provides $37.5171 million in federal funds for Child Development and Care public assistance. The funding supports families who qualify for the program. This provision does not change eligibility or set each family's benefit.

Emergency relief access for job expenses

The health department must waive the state emergency relief program's good-cause test for certain job-related emergencies. The emergency must result from an unexpected expense tied to getting or keeping employment. This removes that barrier but does not guarantee payment or set an assistance amount.

Energy assistance grants for low-income households

The Michigan Public Service Commission runs the Low-Income Energy Assistance Grant Program for the health department under an interagency agreement. Funds are appropriated to the department when grants are awarded. Money can cover grant payments and related program administration. This provision does not state total funding, household income limits, or benefit amounts.

Guardianship payments must match foster care minimums

Upon enactment, guardianship assistance payments must be at least the approved age-based family foster care rate. This protects the payment floor for households enrolled in guardianship assistance. The law does not state the dollar amount.

Healthy Michigan plans must maintain dentists

Health plans administering Healthy Michigan Plan benefits must maintain adequate dental provider networks. Networks must have enough providers, an adequate provider mix, and geographic coverage throughout each plan's service area. The provision does not set a specific provider-count formula.

Higher Medicaid payments for adult dental care

The law allocates $4 million for higher Medicaid payments for adult dental services. Providers must be dental safety-net providers with an established local health department agreement. The department must set rates using a method that reflects higher care costs and supports providers' financial stability. The provision does not specify the rate increase or change patients' charges.

Independent living help reaches underserved areas

Independent living funds must support centers' operations, required services, expansion into underserved areas, and projects that increase service capacity. Services can include transportation, health care, work, community living, and moves from nursing homes. The department reviews applications using its criteria. Funded work must follow the state independent living plan and federal rules.

Medicaid ambulance payments get Medicare floor

Medicaid ground ambulance payments must be at least 100% of Medicare's Locality 01 base rates effective January 1, 2023. This payment floor includes amounts tied to the ambulance provider quality assurance assessment. The rule sets provider payments, not a cash benefit for patients.

Medicaid hospice patients get residence support

The law provides $5 million for room and board for Medicaid-eligible patients who meet hospice eligibility requirements. Patients must receive care at Medicaid-enrolled hospice residences that provided these services as of October 1, 2017. Grants depend on eligible residences' total beds and are paid in 12 monthly installments. Hospices must report use by September 15 of the current fiscal year and return unused money at year-end.

Medicaid patients keep billing and emergency protections

Providers, including nonenrolled providers, must accept Medicaid rates as full payment, except for approved copayments; combined insurer payments cannot exceed those rates. Hospitals need no prior health plan approval for emergency screening or stabilization, including psychiatric crises. After discharge, hospitals must notify the plan of diagnosis and treatment within 24 hours. Further care or admission after stabilization requires plan approval. The law does not require changes to existing hospital-plan agreements or payment for care that is not medically necessary.

Medicaid preserves autism care and expands telehealth

Medicaid must keep covering autism services for eligible members, including all services covered on January 1, 2019. For three-year approvals of ongoing autism therapy, the state and regional behavioral health plan must consult the person's evaluating diagnostician. Earlier evaluations can occur when that specialist or a treatment-team clinician recommends one. The state must allow and expand telemedicine and telepsychiatry for diagnostic evaluations, including autism evaluations. It must also continue these tools for Medicaid services generally and expand their use where appropriate.

Medicaid supports maternity care across settings

The law provides at least $1 million in state funds, plus federal matching funds, for Medicaid perinatal and gynecological care. Rates must be equal across hospitals, medical care facilities, licensed freestanding birth centers, midwifery facilities, and homes. Professionals must be authorized to practice in Michigan and work within their permitted scope. Services must support high-quality, cost-effective, evidence-based care and payment models, including preventing risks in later pregnancies. The law also maintains obstetrical payment rates at 95% of Medicare levels, a benchmark effective October 1, 2014.

Military families and Guard benefits funded

For fiscal year 2025–2026, the law provides $150,000 for Michigan's military family relief fund. It also provides $11.2448 million for the Michigan National Guard member benefit fund. These funds support eligible military families and Guard members. The provisions do not state individual eligibility rules or payment amounts.

More care slots and provider choices

PACE funding must support an enrollment cap of at least 8,597 for the current budget year. Established local programs can receive added slots when funding, unused slots, and documented service capacity are available. Michigan may suspend the 10-person monthly enrollment increase cap to use unused, unobligated slots for unmet demand. People with intellectual or developmental disabilities receiving community mental health program services may choose another provider, including MI Choice or PACE. They must meet that provider's eligibility and qualification requirements.

Prison treatment connects people with aftercare

Corrections officials must refer people with diagnosed mental illness to a local provider able and willing to treat them after release. The provider must receive the current treatment plan, including medications. Officials must support medication-assisted treatment clinics at designated prisons for opioid or alcohol use disorder and coordinate care after release. Participating prisoners must be encouraged to receive a nonaddictive medication injection before release when clinically appropriate. The law does not guarantee payment or coverage for care after release.

Psychiatric patients gain care continuity protections

Michigan cannot close or combine a state hospital, center, or agency until local mental health programs or plans have services ready. They must cover current patients and plan for people who otherwise would have been admitted. Each current patient needs an approved discharge and aftercare plan addressing housing; homeless or similar temporary shelters do not qualify. Michigan cannot condition private-provider reimbursement on priority for appropriation-funded placements when an intensive psychiatric care wait list already exists. Donations intended to improve state-facility residents' living or treatment conditions must fund those improvements within three years, unless donors specify otherwise.

Reviews and legal help for disability applicants

The health department must fully review assistance needs when someone applies for disability assistance more than once within one year. The law also gives $975,000 to the Legal Services Association of Michigan. It funds help for current or potential state disability assistance recipients seeking Supplemental Security Income or other federal disability benefits. The association must list newly eligible federal SSI recipients so the department can verify services for its referrals. Neither provision guarantees benefit approval.

Specialized care authorized for qualifying health conditions

The state can provide special formulas for eligible people with specified metabolic and allergic disorders. It can provide medical care for eligible adults age 26 or older with cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, or sickle cell disease. The law also authorizes human growth hormone and mental health care tied to a qualifying medical condition. Mental health needs must result from, or be a symptom of, that condition. People must qualify for each service; the law does not guarantee every listed service to every eligible person.

Transition care for high-need youth

Michigan's health department must maintain a psychiatric transition unit and a children's transition support team. They support high-need youth and families moving from psychiatric care to community services. Performance measures include rehospitalization after 30 and 180 days and changes in a child needs-and-strengths assessment.

Treatment protections for youth in care

Juvenile residential foster-care contracts must bar facilities from rejecting or ending placements when court- or department-assessed treatment needs match their program. Contracts must require regular sessions with a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist and access to either as needed. After a treating doctor formally requests a psychotropic medication change for a ward in residential care, a seven-business-day deadline applies. The department must decide for state wards or seek parental consent for temporary court wards within that time. If the decision or consent is still missing, it must petition the court on the eighth business day.

Vehicle repair help for eligible participants

Eligible department or work participation program participants can receive up to $2,000 for vehicle repairs. Repairs made during the preceding 12 months may count. The $2,000 cap combines payments from the department and work participation program, rather than allowing $2,000 from each. The provision does not state the full eligibility rules or a payment formula below that cap.

Veterans home complaint and money protections

The Michigan Veterans' Facility Authority must investigate and report abuse or neglect complaints under federal regulations. It must report complaint statistics every two months and post filing instructions in busy areas of each facility. The Michigan Veterans' Home must establish controls to release residents' personal funds within 15 calendar days after they leave. After a resident dies, the resident's representative must receive a full accounting within 30 calendar days.

Veterans home funds support residents and repairs

Resident-specific private revenues held by the Michigan Veterans' Home outside a fiduciary arrangement can pay that resident's expenses. Covered uses include medical bills, member assessments, and other expenses; unspent or uncommitted money carries into the next budget year. Special maintenance funds for state veterans' facilities must follow the Veterans' Facility Authority's priorities and section 502 spending requirements. Eligible work includes repairs, modernization, expansions, and renovations intended to improve living conditions and medical care.

Wellness and treatment support for veterans

Freedom River in Brighton receives $300,000 to establish a wellness facility for veterans and their families. The law also authorizes a health department partnership funding local providers' research and use of investigational treatments for veterans and first responders. Treatments must address post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, or treatment-resistant depression. They must have FDA breakthrough therapy designation and qualify for FDA expanded access. Treatment funding must come from Part 1 appropriations; neither service access nor household costs are specified.

Eviction legal aid funded for Detroit tenants

Detroit receives the funds appropriated for its right-to-counsel program to provide legal representation for city tenants in eviction cases. The provision does not state the award amount or detailed eligibility rules.

Home repair and weatherization help funded

Home repair grant funds support repairs and weatherization for households earning no more than 250% of federal poverty guidelines. Priority goes to communities with the greatest housing stock and density. Separately, the health department receives $21.8603 million for weatherization assistance and $40.0137 million for federally funded weatherization. Those weatherization appropriations cover the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. The provisions do not set household grant amounts.

Income-based help with household water bills

The law allocates $5 million for income-based help with residential water bills. Assistance can restore service, pay overdue bills, support ability-to-pay plans, and protect participating residents from shutoffs. Eligible providers are community water systems, community action agencies, or Michigan-organized 501(c)(3) nonprofits with utility-assistance experience. Providers may spend no more than 3% on administration and must report spending and outcomes by September 30 of the current fiscal year. The provision states no household income threshold or award amount.

Senior cooperative housing tax relief funded

The law provides $12.1251 million for the senior citizen cooperative housing tax exemption program in fiscal year 2025-2026. This funds the program but does not state a resident's exemption amount or detailed eligibility rules.

Annual benefits for specialized school employees

School-year employees at the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind count as annual employees for employment benefits. This covers service credits, retirement, and insurance benefits. The law does not state individual benefit amounts.

College scholarships support former foster youth

The law allocates $750,000 for Fostering Futures scholarships, all of which must fund scholarships for eligible youth. Recipients must have been in foster care because of abuse or neglect and attend a Michigan college or career-technical school. Treasury can also issue scholarship payments from the program's trust fund, including gifts and donations. Payments must follow the program's governing law. These provisions do not state an award amount per student.

Direct care workers keep hourly raise

Covered Medicaid managed care contracts must continue the $3.40-per-hour direct care wage increase. This covers MI Choice Waiver, MI Health Link, MI Coordinated Health, and behavioral health services. Organizations must pass wage funds to workers, except amounts for employer costs such as payroll taxes. Workers can opt out in writing or electronically.

Disability job services gain funding flexibility

The Bureau of Services for Blind Persons can use case-services funds to pay tuition for blind clients it serves. The provision states no tuition limit, course list, or individual payment amount. The labor department can also carry eligible unspent federal vocational rehabilitation funds into the next fiscal year. Those funds must exceed budgeted amounts, have met state matching requirements, and need no additional state match.

Experience can qualify state job applicants

The Civil Service Commission must keep reviewing state job classifications and education requirements. After review, it must allow relevant experience to replace a default bachelor's-degree requirement where possible. The law does not identify specific jobs or guarantee hiring.

Michigan adults get career-training tuition help

Michigan Works! agencies offer skills scholarships to Michigan residents age 21 or older. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or noncitizens qualified to receive public benefits. They must meet at least one listed condition, including being employed, unemployed, underemployed, or a dislocated worker. Other qualifying groups include adults receiving public assistance, needing a diploma, or living in distressed communities or opportunity zones. Eligibility also covers asset-limited, income-constrained applicants and other underrepresented groups. Tuition help must lead to an industry-recognized credential or certification in a high-demand occupation; award amounts are not stated.

Prison education and reentry job help continue

Corrections must maintain prison kitchen training and opportunities to earn restaurant-industry food-service credentials. It must work with restaurant-industry partners on job-placement help for people on probation or parole. When reasonably possible, it must arrange potential local employer matches before a person's first parole hearing. Corrections may also accept cash and donated goods for academic and job-skills training, supplies, and materials. Received donations are available for spending, and unused donations carry into the next budget year.

Prisoners get college and job training support

Prison higher-education funds must support comprehensive bachelor's degree programs at no cost to participating prisoners. Programs must work with accredited colleges or universities; covered expenses include staffing, supplies, and tuition. Corrections must also shape job training around skills needed in communities where prisoners expect to live after release. It must work with labor officials and local groups to the extent the director considers necessary.

Rehabilitation funding supports workers with disabilities

Michigan Rehabilitation Services receives $35 million plus $9.4673 million in one-time federal funds. The funding supports vocational rehabilitation services, including services for people with disabilities. The department must also allocate rehabilitation funding and available federal matching funds for eligible agricultural workers with disabilities. Those services help workers find or keep quality jobs and live independently. The provisions do not set individual payment amounts.

Veterans get help entering Michigan apprenticeships

Helmets to Hardhats funding goes to a national nonprofit connecting military service members with skilled training and construction careers. The grant must recruit and help veterans enter Michigan apprenticeship programs. It can also fund related support services. The recipient must offer an online application; the provision does not state a grant amount or end date.

Wage protections for care facility workers

The department must keep supported registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, competency-evaluated nursing assistants, and respiratory therapists at prior-year wage levels or higher. The same floor covers Medicaid fee-for-service personal care workers in licensed adult foster care facilities and homes for the aged. Those services must not qualify for a managed-care direct care pay adjustment. The department must also maintain eligible skilled nursing facility support staff wages, including housekeeping, maintenance, plant operations, laundry, dining, dietary, medical records, social services, diversion therapy, beauty/barber, and gift, flower, coffee, and canteen jobs. Funding includes related employer costs, such as payroll taxes; support staff costs must appear in the covered classifications in facility cost reports.

Grants can fund energy and wastewater upgrades

The Michigan Public Service Commission can award Michigan Saves up to $1.5 million for a grant program. It supports clean-energy improvements and on-site wastewater system repairs or replacements. Intended recipients include individuals or small businesses with trouble getting traditional financing, or households at or below 300% of the federal poverty level. No individual or business can receive more than $100,000. Funding and applicant awards are not guaranteed.

State covers cattle tuberculosis testing

The department pays for all whole-herd and individual-cattle tuberculosis testing in the covered zone and buffer counties. Covered areas are those named in its current agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Coverage includes indemnity and compensation for injuries that cause an animal's death or leave it unable to stand. The provision states no dollar limit.

Legal defense and self-help receive support

The law provides $236.0168 million for Michigan Indigent Defense Commission grants, supporting people who qualify for appointed legal representation. The judicial branch must also support a statewide legal self-help website and local nonprofit self-help centers. The centers must use that website to help people handling civil cases without a lawyer.

Local environmental projects and cleanups funded

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, local environmental grants receive $129.1044 million in federal Inflation Reduction Act funding. Michigan's environment department administers the grants. The law also provides $15 million from the Clean Michigan Initiative response activities fund for contaminated-site cleanup and redevelopment. These appropriations support projects rather than set household payments.

Local safety payments have spending limits

Treasury distributes $35.0625 million to cities, villages, and townships, and $11.6875 million to counties, for public safety. Municipal shares use average violent-crime counts from the two highest years among the three latest available annual reports at fiscal-year start. No municipality can receive over 25% of the available municipal money. County shares use each county's share of statewide adjusted taxable-value population from county revenue sharing. At least 75% of each payment must support law enforcement; up to 25% can support other listed safety uses. Payments and subgrants cannot fund pensions, retiree benefits, lawsuits, claims, debt service, facial recognition, or chemical weapons. They also cannot fund tactical police vehicles weighing over 15,000 pounds.

Public safety grant programs receive funding

For fiscal year 2025-2026, the law provides $50 million for public safety revenue-sharing grants. It also provides a separate, one-time $20 million for those grants. A one-time $25 million funds public safety constituency grants. The constituency grant provision does not identify eligible groups or individual grant amounts.

Funding for prenatal and infant support

The law provides $250 million for prenatal and infant support for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. From prenatal outreach funds, at least $500,000 supports proven infant-death prevention programs and $2.75 million supports rural home visits. Contracts must give equal consideration to eligible, evidence-based home-visit providers in all regions. The department must promote early pregnancy confirmation and ongoing prenatal care, address barriers, and track birth outcomes and maternal health behaviors. Michigan must also continue developing fetal alcohol syndrome outreach focused on health promotion, prevention, and intervention.

Funding supports children with special health needs

Children’s Special Health Care Services gets $100.0352 million for medical care and treatment for the year ending September 30, 2025. The law also provides $300,000 for bequests for care and services and $450,000 for program administration. These funds support program services, not a set payment to each family. This appropriation does not specify an eligibility change.

Funding supports emergency and public health services

For the year ending September 30, 2025, the law provides $750,000 for emergency medical services. It also provides $500,000 for epidemiology administration and $1.2272 million for laboratory services. Local health services get $5 million in local revenues and $300,000 in federal funds. American Rescue Plan funding provides $9.9629 million for public health systems, workers, and data. COVID programs get $2.6885 million for emerging infections and $61 million for epidemiology and laboratory capacity. Separately, local health departments receive reimbursement for costs of implementing Public Health Code section 17015(18); no amount is stated.

Funding supports home and community care

The law provides $54.894 million in American Rescue Plan matching funds for home- and community-based services projects. The funding covers the year ending September 30, 2025. It supports projects serving people who receive this care, without setting individual payments or changing eligibility.

Health programs address lead and toxic exposure

The state must investigate health hazards in community and noncommunity water supplies when chemicals exceed action levels, health advisories, or maximum contaminant limits. It must strengthen child blood-lead monitoring, identification, and follow-up, including nurse care management for exposed children. The state must also maintain a program assessing toxic vapors entering buildings. That program must respond when appropriate to reduce exposure and improve health.

Opioid prevention and recovery get funding

Michigan allocates $76.75 million from its opioid healing and recovery fund for prevention, treatment, recovery, and related services. Funding also supports local needs assessments, tribal communities, law enforcement training, and diversion programs. Spending must follow opioid judgments, settlements, or agreements, and some projects have specific recipient qualifications. Money left after listed projects are completed can support other opioid-response activities consistent with those terms.

Disaster recovery funds stay available longer

Unspent Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery funds remain available until the recovery and resiliency project finishes. The law prevents these funds from expiring at the budget year’s end. The project’s estimated cost is $43.57 million, with a tentative completion date of September 30, 2026.

Community project funds stay available

Unused funds for the listed state-directed projects remain available after the fiscal year ends until the projects are complete. The covered projects are listed in sections 453, 454, and 455. Their combined estimated cost is $120 million, with a tentative completion date of September 30, 2026.

Contingency money requires budget transfers first

One authorization allows up to $50 million in federal contingency funds and $200 million in state restricted contingency funds. It also allows up to $5 million each in local and private contingency funds. Separate department authorizations allow up to $3 million in federal funds and $2 million in state restricted funds through September 30, 2026. None of this money can be spent until transferred to another Part 1 budget line under the Management and Budget Act.

Convention facility development receives state funding

Michigan provides $128.7307 million for convention facility development distributions in fiscal year 2025-2026. This appropriation does not specify recipient eligibility or how the money is divided. It does not establish household payments.

County revenue sharing uses revised formula

The first $261.0697 million for county revenue sharing pays 100% of county amounts calculated under the referenced 2023 law. That law's limits and eligibility tests do not apply. Remaining funds are distributed using each county's adjusted taxable-value population. Payments go to county governments, not directly to households.

New revenue-sharing formula for local communities

The first $299.1264 million for cities, villages, and townships pays 100% of amounts calculated under the referenced 2023 law. Its earlier limits and eligibility tests do not apply. Remaining funds use taxable value, population weighted by local-unit type, and yield equalization with local tax effort capped at 0.02. Townships with at least 10,000 residents can use city weights by documenting fire, 24-hour police, water, and sewer services for at least 50% of residents. Completely merged local units count as one, with their earlier payment amounts added together.

Recreational marijuana grants receive state funding

Michigan provides $105.6 million for recreational marijuana grants in fiscal year 2025-2026. This appropriation does not specify who qualifies or the amount of each grant. It does not establish direct household payments.

Reserve funding for labor and conservation

The law authorizes up to $154.1 million in state-restricted contingency funds for the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. It also authorizes up to $5 million for the Department of Natural Resources, beyond its Part 1 appropriations. Neither department can spend these funds before a transfer to another Part 1 budget line under state budget law. The natural resources authority ends September 30, 2026; these provisions do not name the eventual programs.

State revenue sharing funds county budgets

Michigan provides $291.1114 million for county revenue sharing in fiscal year 2025-2026. The first $261.0697 million pays each county's calculated prior-law amount in full, rounded to the nearest dollar. Prior-law limits and eligibility rules do not apply to those initial payments. Remaining money follows each county's adjusted taxable-value population share of the statewide total. These payments go to county budgets, not directly to households.

Addiction treatment gets funding and support

For the year ending September 30, 2026, community substance use prevention, education, and treatment gets about $79.21 million. Medicaid substance use services get about $96.32 million, and gambling addiction services get about $9.53 million. The judicial branch maintains medication-assisted treatment for referred people with opioid or alcohol addiction; participation is voluntary. That program uses drug treatment court funds, with no separate amount stated here. Upon enactment, the department and each prepaid inpatient health plan must maintain methadone bundled comparison and reimbursement rates of at least $19 under code H0020.

Child care help gets funding

Michigan provides about $543.31 million for child development and care assistance for the year ending September 30, 2026. The law also provides $3.5 million in one-time funding for that assistance program. Tri-Share child care gets $3.4 million for the year ending September 30, 2026. These provisions do not set household eligibility, subsidy amounts, or family cost shares.

Extra funding pays Medicaid plan costs

Michigan makes $100 million available to reimburse specified Medicaid health plan costs exceeding other appropriated funds. Covered costs include actuarially sound or amended per-member rates, accrued costs, and accounts payable. The money goes to health plans, not directly to members. Unspent funds remain available for the project, with completion tentatively set for September 30, 2026.

Family cash assistance gets funding

For the year ending September 30, 2026, Michigan provides about $67.32 million for the Family Independence Program. Its clothing allowance gets $10 million, and its child supplemental payment gets about $23.24 million. These funds support participating families. This appropriation does not set a family’s payment amount or eligibility rules.

Funding supports foster and adoptive families

For the year ending September 30, 2026, Michigan provides about $357.91 million for foster care payments. Adoption subsidies get about $233.49 million, and guardianship assistance gets about $13.08 million. The county child care fund gets about $307.89 million, plus $3.5 million for indirect costs. Family preservation programs get about $60.59 million. These appropriations do not set individual payment amounts or household eligibility rules.

Home energy help gets funding

Michigan provides about $174.95 million for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The Michigan Energy Assistance Program gets $100 million. Both appropriations cover the budget year ending September 30, 2026. They support household energy assistance without setting individual payments or eligibility rules.

Three veterans homes receive care funding

Michigan provides about $100.81 million for three veterans homes in fiscal year 2025–2026. The Chesterfield Township home gets about $34.66 million, and the D.J. Jacobetti home gets about $26.34 million. The Grand Rapids home gets about $39.80 million. This supports operations and resident care without specifying changes to residents’ charges or individual benefits.

Emergency relief excludes some assistance applicants

The state cannot make emergency relief payments to someone found guilty of fraud in obtaining public assistance. It also cannot pay an out-of-state or nonlegal resident. The law does not state a payment amount.

Health department overpayments can trigger interest

Michigan's health and human services department can charge 1% monthly penalty interest on overpayments it is legally authorized to collect. Interest can start 60 days after the first notice of the amount owed. For overpayments caused by department error, interest can start after six months from that notice. Total penalty interest cannot exceed the original overpayment.

Immigration status limits public assistance spending

The state health department cannot use these appropriations for public assistance to people outside three groups: citizens, permanent residents, and refugees. Assistance required by federal law is excepted. The restriction does not bar contracts with agencies that ordinarily provide food or emergency shelter. It does not ban private assistance.

Medicaid applicants must prove residency status

Before approving Medicaid, Michigan must obtain proof of U.S. citizenship or other legal residence in the country. The state must also obtain proof that the applicant lives in Michigan. This adds a documentation requirement, not a stated change to income limits or benefit amounts.

Medicaid limits coverage for weight-loss drugs

Medicaid authorization of anti-obesity GLP-1 drugs is limited to people classified as morbidly obese. They must document failure of all other clinically appropriate weight-loss treatments; drugs may be considered only to avoid higher-cost bariatric surgery. Separately, Medicaid drug policies must follow federal drug quality and clinical standards. When setting preferred-drug-list treatment rules, the state must consult Medicaid plans and its pharmacy committee. Those rules must consider applicable federal dosing guidance, research, and current treatment guidelines.

Medicaid patients face specified care copays

Medicaid copays are $2 per doctor office visit, $3 per emergency room visit, and $2 per outpatient hospital visit. The first inpatient hospital day carries a $50 copay. Generic or preferred drugs have a $1 copay; nonpreferred brand-name drugs have a $3 copay. Dental, podiatric, and vision copays are also required, but this provision gives no amounts. Copays do not apply where federal or Michigan law prohibits them.

Retroactive disability benefits trigger assistance repayment

County offices must require repayment contracts from Family Independence Program and state disability assistance recipients who have applied for Supplemental Security Income. Recipients must repay assistance when they receive retroactive SSI benefits. This provision does not state a repayment cap or formula.

State supplements capped for some SSI recipients

Michigan caps state SSI supplements for people living independently or in another person's household. Their state supplement cannot exceed the minimum required by federal law. The law does not state that minimum's dollar amount.

Housing code violations stop direct payments

After a client agrees to share their name and address, the department must ask whether the unit meets local housing codes. This applies to housing receiving assistance through direct vendor payments, called vendoring. Vendoring must stop if the local housing authority reports noncompliance in writing. It remains stopped until the authority confirms compliance in writing.

State repays old psychiatric hospital claims

Unspent state funds remain available for repayment of psychiatric hospital payments improperly claimed from the federal government before 2007. The money covers years two and three of a four-year repayment plan. The estimated project cost is $160.2832 million, with tentative completion on September 30, 2026. This is a state repayment, not a new household charge or benefit.

Lower funding for food and cash assistance

For the budget year ending September 30, 2025, food assistance funding falls by $625.818 million. Family Independence Program funding falls by $5.3849 million. State disability assistance falls by $440,600, and state supplementation falls by $406,900. These are appropriation reductions; this provision does not state changes to individual benefits or eligibility.

Child care access with income limits

Michigan caps the Child Development and Care program's entrance income threshold at 200% of federal poverty guidelines. This is a ceiling on the threshold, not a guarantee that every family below it qualifies. The law also continues Tri-Share regional facilitator hubs and statewide services. Hubs may enroll Wisconsin families when a parent or caregiver works in Michigan and their child care provider is Michigan-licensed. Funded facilitators must be nonprofits, limited liability companies, C-corporations, S-corporations, or sole proprietors; no household subsidy amount is stated.

Medicaid autism payments have rate limits

The Medicaid fee schedule must include at least $66 per hour for behavioral technicians providing direct autism services. The department's rate-setting spending cannot exceed the rates in that schedule. These are provider reimbursement rules, not a guaranteed hourly wage or payment to families.

Emergency housing help has eligibility rules

For state emergency relief, families temporarily staying with someone to escape domestic violence count as homeless. The department verifies domestic violence using its child support and paternity good-cause policies. A household passes the ongoing housing affordability test when housing costs are no more than 75% of net income. Emergency rent assistance must go directly to landlords, not onto recipients’ Michigan Bridge Cards. These rules do not set the amount of assistance.

Medical trainees get aid with service commitments

MiDocs receives $6.4 million in state funds, up to $5 million in public-entity contributions, and associated federal matching funds for underserved-community residencies. Eligible specialties are family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, general OB-GYN, psychiatry, and general surgery. Loan repayment, loan-interest help, or scholarships require at least two years of post-residency practice in an underserved Michigan community. Recipients must also forgo subspecialty training for at least two years, except for the integrated child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship exception. Implementation requires necessary federal Medicaid approvals; project funds remain available through completion, tentatively September 30, 2030, at an estimated $20.2 million cost.

Social work stipends require child-welfare service

Federal Title IV-E funds must support university pilot programs offering bachelor's and master's social work training and field placements. The programs also provide stipends for tuition and education costs. Students must complete an eligible program and contract for Michigan child-welfare agency work. The work commitment is at least four months for each semester of stipend support. Participating state universities must provide matching training funds; stipend amounts are not stated.

Behavioral health budgets gain and lose funding

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, the law adds funding across several behavioral health programs and hospitals. It appropriates $96.3591 million for autism services, $28.2887 million for the certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration, $62.9232 million for Healthy Michigan Plan behavioral health, and $237.4598 million for Medicaid mental health services. It cuts health homes by $178,700 and Medicaid substance use services by $3.3322 million. Hospital funding rises by $4.8 million at Caro Regional Mental Health Center, $800,000 at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry, and $2.6 million at Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital. Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital loses $4.2 million; these budget changes do not set individual benefit amounts.

Project grants carry deadlines and safeguards

The law provides $120 million for projects selected by the Legislature. Recipients must provide enough information to execute grant agreements by June 1, 2026. They must use money for approved purposes, document costs for reimbursement, and answer reasonable information requests. Records must be kept for at least seven years. Projects must finish and funds must be spent by September 30, 2030; unspent money must be returned by that date.

Medicaid service budgets rise and fall

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, the law changes Medicaid and related service budgets, not individual benefit amounts. Funding rises for adult home help ($2.4141 million), ambulance services ($162,500), dental services ($10.5143 million), health plans ($197.9498 million), home health ($758,800), hospice ($13.3939 million), hospitals and therapy ($38.458 million), integrated care organizations ($12.2622 million), and long-term care ($226.763 million). Increases also cover maternal and child health ($6.5939 million), home- and community-based Medicaid waivers ($57.5841 million), Medicare premiums ($88.1714 million), pharmaceuticals ($12.4299 million), Plan First ($50,200), PACE ($3.5696 million), recuperative care ($100), school-based services ($6.1191 million), and special Medicaid reimbursement ($21.1201 million). Funding falls for auxiliary medical services ($366,300), the federal Medicare pharmaceutical program ($761,300), federally qualified health centers ($102.7041 million), the Healthy Michigan Plan ($49.4161 million), personal care ($803,100), physician services ($18.9336 million), and transportation ($4.3888 million).

Courts get funding for juror pay

The law provides $6.6162 million to reimburse courts for juror compensation in fiscal year 2025-2026. The funding period ends September 30, 2026. This provision does not set individual juror payment amounts.

Electronic payments allowed for covered fees

The covered department can accept credit cards and other electronic payments for licenses, fees, and permits unless another law prohibits it. Acceptance is optional, and the amounts owed do not change.

Local funding helps seniors get online

The state provides $400,000 to a community action alliance to improve seniors' internet access and computer skills. The alliance must be in a city with more than 500,000 people, based on the latest federal decennial census.

Permit applicants get explanations and guidance

For covered permits, the department must explain why an application is incomplete or denied. It must also explain how the applicant can strengthen or complete it. This requirement does not guarantee approval, reduce fees, or set a processing deadline.

Prisoners get identification help before release

Corrections must maintain policies and procedures to help prisoners obtain identification before parole or discharge. Help covers birth certificates, state identification cards, and driver's licenses. It also covers duplicate Social Security cards for eligible prisoners and military records, including DD Form 214, when applicable.

Small wildlife feedings near homes protected

The department cannot ban an individual from feeding birds or wildlife within 300 feet of a residence. This protection applies only when the total feed quantity is less than 2 gallons.

State branches must offer in-person service

The Department of State must use branch-operation funds to provide adequate in-person services. Services must meet the Michigan Vehicle Code's definition of adequate in-person service. This provision sets no household fee or cash benefit.

State supports collecting unpaid child support

The Attorney General must maintain an agreement with the state health department for federally funded child-support enforcement. When federal law allows, the Attorney General or a designee must have access to state information for locating nonpaying parents. The provision does not guarantee collection or set a payment amount.

Voters get notice before registration cancellation

The Department of State must compare voter records with driver and identification data. When registration status is questioned, the department must send notice before cancellation so the voter can verify information. The auditor general must review voter-roll maintenance procedures using government auditing standards by September 15, 2026. These rules do not change who qualifies to vote.

Cost caps on state service charges

The Department of State's credit- or debit-card service charge cannot exceed its billable service costs. Charges can use a percentage, a flat amount, or both, scaled to the transaction amount; September 30 balances can carry forward. Prices for specified corporation, securities, liquor-control, mobile-home, construction-code, and administrative-hearing documents cannot exceed production and distribution costs. Document-sale proceeds stay with the department, can be spent when received, and carry forward if unspent.

Prison phone rates face cost safeguards

The corrections department must keep prison phone rates as low as possible while meeting operational needs. It must give at least 45 days’ notice before rate changes, contract extensions, or contract rebidding take effect. The law does not set a specific call rate or price cap.

Recreation passport purchases require opt-in choice

The department must give purchasers the choice to opt in to buying a recreation passport. The provision does not set the passport price or change other purchase conditions.

Residents get smoke detector distribution support

The Bureau of Fire Services must buy and distribute sealed-battery smoke detectors to Michigan residents. It can buy models with added features for people whose physical or psychological conditions require accessible technology. The provision does not state a distribution schedule or number of detectors.

Adult trauma recovery pilot receives funding

The law provides $2 million for a three-year adult trauma recovery pilot. It operates at a Michigan-designated level I trauma facility in a city with more than 500,000 people. The facility must use an evidence-informed, integrated service model and meet applicable requirements. It must follow National Alliance of Trauma Recovery Centers guidelines or show it can comply upon receiving funding.

Advance warning before income-based benefit cuts

The health department must give advance notice when an income change reduces food assistance, Family Independence Program, or state disability assistance. The notice must state the amount of the cut. It must arrive at least 15 work days before the first day of the month when the cut starts. This notice requirement does not stop the reduction.

Benefit card cash-back fees capped

Retailers participating in Michigan's Electronic Benefits Transfer program cannot charge more than $2.50 for cash back. The limit is a condition of retailer participation. Savings depend on the fee otherwise charged and how often a recipient uses cash back.

Bridge benefit cards get chip technology

The health department must begin implementing chip technology for all Michigan Bridge cards by January 1 of the current fiscal year. Implementation must also include credit- and debit-industry standards published by Accredited Standards Committee X9. The department may allocate up to $16 million. The law does not require card users to take a new action.

Child care stipends for Guard parents

Eligible Michigan National Guard members can apply for child care stipends for weekend drills and annual training. Members must be single parents or have a spouse who is also an eligible member. Assistance requires approval and enough money in the Guard member benefit fund. It covers no more than 12 hours per day and 39 days per year. The department sets the stipend rate each year.

Children get emergency and foster transition help

The department must set aside $50,000 for food, clothing, and urgent needs when children are removed from unsafe places. It must also help each youth leaving foster care obtain a driver's license or state ID. It must provide a copy of the youth's Social Security number under department policy. Help obtaining a Social Security card depends on citizenship and legal residency status.

Community services and food outreach for seniors

Area agencies on aging receive $658,000 for home and community services and $1.1 million for locally determined needs. Elder Law of Michigan MiCAFE receives at least $450,000 to help older residents access food assistance. That includes $225,000 in state matching funds intended to obtain at least $225,000 in federal funds. Outreach can include eligibility screening and information through a statewide hotline. These provisions do not set individual payments or change food assistance eligibility.

Dementia resources for families and caregivers

The law provides $408,600 for dementia resources, interactive education, outreach, peer support, and public awareness. It also funds financial-planning and job resources for people with younger-onset dementia. The recipient must be a Michigan-organized 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded and governed by people living with dementia. It must be in a county with 41,000 to 44,000 residents under the latest federal decennial census.

Dental services for uninsured and underserved patients

The Michigan Dental Association receives $200,000 to administer a volunteer dental program for uninsured people. Another $1.5 million supports a pediatric and sedation dental clinic serving uninsured or underinsured children and adolescents. It must also serve eligible adults with mental illness, severe emotional disturbance, intellectual developmental disorder, or co-occurring substance use disorder. The wellness center must offer trauma-informed behavioral and physical health services and hold CARF International accreditation. Its administrative office must be in a county above 1.75 million residents and a city with 109,000 to 111,000 residents, using the latest federal decennial census.

Development toolkits for low-income families

The law provides $500,000 to expand developmental milestone toolkits for low-income families in a county with more than 1.5 million residents. The recipient must be a Michigan-organized 501(c)(3) in a city with 90,000 to 105,000 residents, using the latest federal decennial census. It must educate the public on prevention related to medical costs and quality of life for people at risk of mental disability. Its mission must include evidence-informed strategies and training for common childhood conditions. The law does not state an income cutoff, household payment, or toolkit value.

Emergency grants and donations support veterans

The Veterans' Trust Fund board and Veterans Affairs Agency must provide emergency grants under the fund's governing authorities. The law does not state grant amounts or detailed eligibility rules. Private donations above the agency's budgeted amount are also available for veterans' benefits and life enrichment. Donors can select purposes allowed by the law, and unused donations not committed to expenses carry forward.

Expanded food delivery for low-income children

The law provides $1 million to expand a nonprofit's food delivery to more schools and communities. The Michigan-organized, community-based 501(c)(3) must already serve low-income children in at least three Michigan counties. It must be in a city with 185,000 to 200,000 residents and a county with 600,000 to 700,000 residents, using the latest federal decennial census. Funds can pay for staff, food, supplies, equipment, capital, and related operating costs. The law does not state how many additional children will receive food.

First responders get covered claims funding

The law provides $2.5 million from the First Responder Presumed Coverage Fund for covered claims. This provision does not set individual payment amounts or other claim terms.

Food benefit information and nutrition education

State agencies must tell food assistance recipients about Double Up Food Bucks and Bridge Card use at many Michigan farmers markets. The information must also explain the program and its administration by the Fair Food Network. The law keeps previously appropriated nutrition education funds available if they remain unspent, uncommitted, or unallotted. That project has an estimated $23 million cost and tentative completion date of September 30, 2026. These provisions provide information and education, not larger cash benefits.

Food funding helps low-income Michigan families

The law provides $12.045 million to buy and distribute surplus produce to low-income Michigan residents. Another $525,000 expands food delivery to schools and communities for low-income children. That grant requires a Michigan 501(c)(3) nonprofit already serving children in at least three Michigan counties. The nonprofit must be in a city of 185,000–200,000 people and a county of 600,000–700,000, under the latest federal census. Neither allocation sets a per-household food amount.

Foster families get supplies and support

The law provides $500,000 in TANF funds for luggage for eligible children removed from home or changing foster placements. The luggage belongs to the child and cannot be confiscated by the department or foster parents. Replacement luggage is not required when the department already supplied it. Another $758,000 reimburses foster children's extracurricular and enrichment costs, including sports, music, band, and drama. A statewide respite-care network serves licensed foster parents and unlicensed relatives caring for children in foster care.

Foster parents get visitation travel reimbursement

Foster parents can request reimbursement for time and travel spent taking foster children to parent-child visits. The department must give written notice of this right in foster parent contracts. It must pay eligible requests within 60 days of receipt. The law sets no reimbursement rate or maximum.

Free diaper assistance gets grant funding

Michigan provides $6.4044 million for diaper assistance grants for the year ending September 30, 2026. Grant recipients must have been established by January 1, 2020, and must distribute diapers free of charge. Funds can buy diapering supplies and cover related administration, capped at 10% of the appropriation. The related work project has an estimated cost of $6.404 million and a tentative completion date of September 30, 2030. Funds remain available until completion; the provisions do not set household eligibility or diaper amounts.

Free screenings for underserved communities

The law provides a $5 million nonprofit grant for free health screenings and public-health data collection and sharing. The work covers underserved urban and rural populations, first responders, and veterans, and must address rural or medically underserved health gaps. The recipient must be a Michigan 501(c)(3) in a city with 85,000–87,000 residents and a county with 1.2–1.3 million residents. Funds remain available until project completion, tentatively September 30, 2030.

Guard benefits and military family outreach

Appropriated National Guard member benefit money goes into a restricted fund. Fund money supports tuition assistance, TRICARE premium reimbursement, and child care assistance. The department must also tell Michigan families of reservists called to active duty about military family relief fund help. These provisions set no individual payment amount or new eligibility rules.

Heating help for eligible Michigan households

Michigan provides $3.1314 million for home heating assistance in fiscal year 2025-2026. Federal low-income energy assistance funds pay for this help. The provision does not set household benefit amounts or detailed eligibility rules.

Medicaid applicants get firm decision deadlines

The health and human services department must decide Medicaid applications within 90 days of completion when disability affects eligibility. Other applications, including those for nursing home patients, require a decision within 45 days after receipt. These deadlines require a decision, not approval.

Medicaid income rules and guardian deductions

The law sets Medicaid's protected income level at 100% of the related public assistance standard. It does not state that standard's dollar value or how it differs from the prior level. Michigan can also count qualifying guardian and conservator charges as expenses when deciding Medicaid eligibility and patient payments. The monthly deduction is limited to actual qualifying charges or $83, whichever is less.

Medicaid payment standards for children's care

The department must maintain current practitioner rates for psychiatric services provided to Medicaid recipients under age 21. This covers CPT codes 90791 through 90899 in fee-for-service Medicaid and comprehensive Medicaid health plans. Listed neonatal services must receive 100% of the Medicare rate in effect on the day of care. Covered codes are 99468, 99469, 99471, 99472, and 99475 through 99480. These are provider payments, not checks to families.

Medicaid pays for hospital peer support

Medicaid must reimburse hospital-based peer-support services for substance use disorder. The law does not state a payment rate or change individual eligibility rules.

Medicaid plans can help with renewals

The state can authorize Medicaid health plans to help their own members keep coverage and plan enrollment. Help can include mail, phone calls, in-person contact, and assistance with paperwork. The law does not change who qualifies for Medicaid.

Medicaid women receive liver screening pilot

The law provides $250,000 for a liver-screening pilot serving Medicaid-eligible women ages 25–45. The department must partner with at least one Medicaid health plan. Screening must include cholestatic liver disorders linked to higher risk of end-stage liver disease.

Mental health clients get advance notice

Community mental health programs must give clients at least 30 days' notice before reducing, ending, or suspending a service. Notice is not required when a physician-authorized service no longer meets established medical-necessity criteria. The notice does not guarantee services continue afterward.

Mental health support for corrections workers

Michigan must direct corrections employee wellness funds to mental health outreach, treatment, peer support, and related programming. Services must include outreach for post-traumatic stress. The programming covers all corrections staff, including former employees. No separate funding amount or per-person benefit is stated.

More counties targeted for grocery benefit access

Michigan's agriculture department must work with the Fair Food Network to expand Double Up Food Bucks access. This covers every Michigan county with a grocery store or farmers market meeting program eligibility requirements. The law does not specify a higher benefit amount for each participant or guarantee an eligible location in every county.

Premium reimbursement for eligible Guard members

The law authorizes reimbursement of eligible Michigan National Guard members' individual TRICARE Dental Program or TRICARE Reserve Select premiums. Members must not be on active duty or covered by a traditional assistance management program, employer insurance, or private-market plan. They must also meet department eligibility criteria. Reimbursement comes from the Guard member benefit fund; amounts and timing are not stated.

Prisoners control medical record release choices

Prisoners receiving health care funded by the appropriations must have a chance to name someone to receive their medical information. Disclosure occurs at the prisoner's request. Prisoners can change or withdraw the release form at any time. The form follows them through transfers or parole supervision.

Safety seats for eligible newborns

The law provides $500,000 in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds for safety seats for eligible newborns. Michigan must buy the seats in bulk and distribute them through maternal infant health program providers. Seats must meet federal and Michigan safety standards. Families receive equipment rather than cash.

Seniors get information about coordinated care

Where available in a county, PACE must be included in state counseling and enrollment help for aging and managed care programs. PACE is a coordinated care option for older adults. Counseling must include approved marketing and discussion materials. The requirement does not guarantee enrollment or add program capacity.

Targeted Medicaid payments support hospital and tribal care

The health department allocates $100,000 for higher professional-service payments for Medicaid-enrolled children in specified children's hospitals. Eligible settings include acute-care, rehabilitation, and behavioral-health hospitals, with inpatient or outpatient care. Eligible direct-care providers include enrolled physicians, advanced practice providers, and psychologists. The department must also ensure specified Indian health facilities receive the maximum federally allowed Medicaid payments for services under managed-care contracts. These provisions concern provider payments, not direct household payments.

Teen mothers leaving foster care get support

A $250,000 grant supports teen mothers leaving foster care through a Michigan-organized 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Services include mental health support, prenatal care coordination, parenting classes, mentoring, and social activities. The nonprofit must be in a city over 600,000 people and a county over 1.7 million, under the latest federal census.

Veterans get claims and legal help

The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency must offer help processing eligible federal health, financial, and memorial benefit claims. It must maintain staff and resources to process at least 500 claims each year. The agency can also spend up to $100,000 on lawyers for veterans' benefit cases in federal court. This does not guarantee claim approval or legal representation for every veteran.

Veterans get statewide benefit outreach

The Veterans Affairs Agency must share benefit information with at least 50% of Michigan veterans, aiming for 100% and online access. Competitive grants to congressionally chartered veterans organizations or coalitions connect veterans and dependents to benefits and local help. Services include in-person and virtual meetings statewide, including tribal communities. Grantees must meet performance goals, use the agency's claims system, and report at least quarterly. They must coordinate help for incarcerated veterans within one year of their earliest release date. The agency sets aside $214,000 for administration and implementation; unspent grant money remains available through the tentative September 30, 2027 completion date.

Veterans homes receive maintenance and donations

Michigan veterans homes receive $500,000 for special maintenance in fiscal year 2025–2026. Private donations above the state appropriation support residents' well-being and life enrichment. Donors can name a purpose that follows the law. Unspent or uncommitted donations carry into the next fiscal year rather than returning to the General Fund.

Veterans on Medicaid keep benefit referrals

The state can use a federal public assistance reporting system to identify veterans on Medicaid who may qualify for federal benefits. It must continue referring identified veterans to Michigan's veterans agency for help seeking those benefits. Referrals do not guarantee benefits or require veterans to apply.

Foundation-free homes retain state financing access

Michigan’s housing authority cannot restrict financing eligibility just because a home lacks a permanent foundation. An exception applies when the funding source requires that restriction. The law does not set loan amounts or financing terms.

Home improvement grants support foster caregivers

The department allocates $1.375 million for home improvement grants to private and community-based foster care providers and relative caregivers. Improvements must address safety, meet foster care licensing rules, or accommodate children in foster care. The law does not state individual grant amounts.

Covered state workers receive workplace protections

A covered department cannot discipline employees for communicating with state lawmakers or their staff. An exception applies when the communication is illegal and the department lawfully exercises its authority. Health and human services officials cannot deny a child protective services caseworker's request for another worker on a home visit. That protection applies when the caseworker believes going alone would be unsafe.

Disability outreach funds cover more service costs

Low-incidence outreach funds can pay costs needed for qualified services, including document copies, conferences, workshops, and training. They can also cover specialized equipment, facilities, and software. Unspent money can carry into the next fiscal year rather than return to the General Fund.

Dual enrollment funding for nonpublic students

The department must distribute dual enrollment funds for eligible students attending state-approved nonpublic schools. Payments follow the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act and the Career and Technical Preparation Act. The department sets the payment process. The provision does not state an individual payment amount.

Health center workers get training support

Michigan allocates $2 million for a careers training partnership serving workers in Michigan federally qualified health centers. Training and recruitment cover medical and dental assistants, community health workers, doulas, billing and coding staff, pharmacy technicians, and opticians. The program must include paid clinical or internship experience for behavioral health students, on-the-job training, and apprenticeships. It must also provide workforce and career opportunities for low-income and underserved communities. The law does not state individual pay or the number of openings.

Internship runner-up can receive annual prize

Treasury may award an annual $200 prize to the runner-up of the Rosenthal prize for interns. The money comes from the Ehlers internship award account. Treasury is allowed, but not required, to make the payment.

More staffing for unemployment claimant services

The Unemployment Insurance Agency can add an estimated 250 temporary employees while providing full-time, in-person services at existing local offices. It can add up to 250 more if monthly claims rise at least 20% and it determines more staff are needed. The same in-person service requirement applies to the second staffing increase. This authority does not change unemployment benefit amounts or eligibility.

School board members get training reimbursements

The law provides $150,000 for school board training for the budget year ending September 30, 2026. Board members can apply through their local district for course costs, up to $100 per course. Members must complete a course covering an eligible topic. The Department of Education must approve both the training program and the provider's course.

Special education information and placement rights

The law directs $100,000 toward information for parents about special education rights and individualized education programs. The Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind must send service information to all intermediate school districts. Those districts must share it with parents when they know a child has a covered hearing or vision condition. In parent appeals of placement decisions, judges must consider the Michigan School for the Deaf for deaf, deafblind, or hard-of-hearing children. Judges do not have to choose that school.

State employees protected when contacting lawmakers

Covered state agencies and the judicial branch cannot discipline employees for communicating with Michigan lawmakers or legislative staff. Covered departments include Agriculture and Rural Development; Licensing and Regulatory Affairs; Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential; and Military and Veterans Affairs. Natural Resources employees receive this protection through September 30, 2026. An exception applies when communication is prohibited by law and the agency or judicial branch exercises its legal authority.

State workers keep speech and leave protections

State departments and agencies cannot discipline employees for communicating with lawmakers or legislative staff. This includes the Education Department and the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. Protection does not cover communications barred by law when an agency acts under its legal authority. The technology and budget department can receive, spend, and transfer agency funds for leave-bank transfers authorized by joint labor-management agreements. Unencumbered funds and money those agreements intend to remain available beyond year-end can carry into the next fiscal year.

Student borrowers get a state advocate

Michigan creates a student loan ombudsman in Treasury to advocate for borrowers. The ombudsman works with the state's financial resource navigator to help people taking out or paying off student loans. This service does not change loan balances, repayment terms, or program eligibility.

Unemployment offices must offer in-person help

The Unemployment Insurance Agency must staff branch offices for in-person claimant appointments. The department must maintain service standards for claimants and employers, tracking timeliness, decision quality, fund balance, and financial integrity. Additional federal labor funds are available for staffing and operations. Before spending them, the department must report each grant's purpose and amount to designated report recipients. These rules do not change benefit amounts or promise a specific service time.

Youth gain academy priority and science outreach

Eligible youth served by Michigan health and human services programs get priority enrollment at the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy. The department must identify candidates from those programs and recruit youth from low-income and high-unemployment areas. It must also maintain STARBASE at Air National Guard facilities, targeting minority and at-risk students. STARBASE builds students' math, science, and technology skills.

Faster farmland tax credit processing required

Treasury and the Agriculture Department must work together to improve timely processing and payment of farmland and open space tax credits. They must improve paperwork handling, proactively share application status, and clarify when credits will be issued. These provisions do not change credit amounts or who qualifies.

Funding supports living donor tax credits

Michigan provides $750,000 for the living donor tax credit program in fiscal year 2025-2026. The funding supports credits for eligible taxpayers. This provision does not state individual credit amounts or detailed eligibility rules.

Businesses gain support for state contracting

Within Management and Budget Act limits, the department director must reasonably support geographically disadvantaged businesses competing for and performing department contracts. Department contractors must be strongly encouraged to subcontract with certified geographically disadvantaged businesses. The law also creates the MI contracting opportunity loan fund. Deposits, repayments, and interest support future loans, and unused balances carry forward. No contract is guaranteed; loan amounts, borrower eligibility, and terms are not stated.

Deer facilities get disease-testing cost help

The law sets aside $200,000 to cover specified testing costs at registered, privately owned cervid facilities, which raise deer-family animals. Covered costs include required chronic wasting disease surveillance and bovine tuberculosis testing of infected herds. The law does not set a payment amount per facility.

Farms and food processors get permit guides

The department must work with qualified experts to create and share groundwater discharge permit guides. The guides must cover large livestock operations, meat processors, and fruit and vegetable processors. Experts must provide guidance within their fields.

Funding for Detroit women entrepreneurs

The law funds Michigan Women Forward programming and expansion through a Detroit-based organization in Wayne County. The organization must support entrepreneurship and mentoring programs focused on women. This provision does not state the grant amount.

Grants support Michigan food and farm businesses

The agriculture department must run grants supporting food processing, urban agriculture, exports, food security, and local food systems. Projects need commission approval unless selected through the specified competitive process, plus grant agreements with milestones and measurable results. Awards must prioritize Michigan small businesses, nonprofits, and organizations promoting agriculture and food security. The program must encourage applications from socially disadvantaged groups, women, veterans, and beginning farmers and ranchers. Administration is capped at 5%; funding and individual award amounts are not stated.

Limits on rules burdening small businesses

The department cannot use Part 1 funds to issue rules that disproportionately burden small businesses because of their size. It can issue such rules only after reducing that impact through the state Administrative Procedures Act process. This does not block all rules affecting small businesses.

State contracts gain access and oversight

Within legal limits, funded agencies must help geographically disadvantaged businesses compete and encourage subcontracting with certified businesses in that group. State contract opportunities over $50,000 generally must be posted online, with at least 14 days to respond. Exceptions cover certain small-business solicitations up to $500,000 and documented state-interest reasons for different notice or response rules. The state must track vendor performance and consider it in future awards. Software-development requests using these funds must include objectives of no more than five pages explaining all essential operational needs.

AmeriCorps and climate office receive funding

The law provides $796,800 for AmeriCorps and the Office of Climate and Energy for the year ending September 30, 2025. This includes $156,800 in state general funds. The appropriation supports the programs without setting individual payments or eligibility rules.

Attorney General operations receive supplemental funding

The law provides $62,000 for Attorney General operations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. The money comes from the State Police Michigan Justice Training Fund. This appropriation does not create a direct household payment.

Backlogged sexual assault kits get priority

The Attorney General must use designated funds to test backlogged sexual assault kits statewide. Funds can also support county backlog removal, viable prosecutions, and victim services. After those obligations are met, remaining money can DNA-retest previously tested kits that lacked DNA testing. If untested kits remain on January 31, 2026, the money must be used only to test them.

Cadillac culverts and Lansing dam funded

Ingham County receives $750,000 to repair the Lake Lansing dam. Cadillac receives $1.9 million for temporary or permanent repairs to a failed culvert system and related damage. Cadillac's unspent money remains available until project completion, tentatively September 30, 2026.

Cannabis oversight and equity programs receive funding

The law provides $3 million for cannabis operations and oversight grants. It also provides $1 million for the Cannabis Regulatory Agency's social equity program. The supplied provisions do not state grant recipients, participant eligibility, or individual assistance amounts.

Casino revenue boards get oversight rules

Local government program funds can assist revenue-sharing boards referenced in agreements authorized by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Funds can also pay for audits of board money held by county treasurers. Covered boards must follow Michigan’s open-meeting and public-records laws. They must also follow applicable agreement terms, including rules for distributing tribal casino payments.

Civil Rights Department gets backup funding authority

The Civil Rights Department can receive up to $1 million in federal funds and $375,000 in private contingency funds. It cannot spend this money until it is transferred to another budget line under the Management and Budget Act. This is department funding authority, not a direct household payment.

Cleanup funds and local water backup

Remaining environmental funds stay available for listed cleanup, redevelopment, and water-quality programs. Covered funds include Clean Michigan Initiative response, refined petroleum, strategic water quality initiatives, Renew Michigan, cleanup contingency, and cleanup and redevelopment funds. Unspent balances not committed to other costs are available, and undistributed strategic water quality money keeps its statutory uses. The department can also fund drinking-water and environmental-health services where a certified local health department is absent or fails its required duties.

Common Ground receives victim assistance funding

The law awards $175,000 to Common Ground, headquartered in Bingham Farms. The money must support response activities through its victim assistance program. The provision does not set individual eligibility rules or direct household payments.

Community and city facilities get upgrades

Flint in Genesee County receives $500,000 for improvements to the Haskell Community Center. The Douglass Community Association in Kalamazoo receives $1 million for disability-access and technology upgrades. Huntington Woods in Oakland County receives $85,000 for heating and cooling upgrades.

Community Diversion Services for Young People

For the budget year ending September 30, 2025, the law provides $12,100 from health and human services to the judiciary. That money supports a status offender pilot program. Under Michigan Supreme Court supervision, the State Court Administrative Office must also establish grants for up to five eligible courts. Grants support innovative community programs working solely with youth facing a complaint, referral, or petition alleging a status offense. The grant project has an estimated total cost of $512,100 and a tentative completion date of September 30, 2026.

Conservation Funds Support State Office Work

The law directs restricted conservation money to state offices. The Department of Technology, Management, and Budget receives $659,600 from game and fish protection and $177,200 from waterways. It also receives $158,300 from state park improvement and $354,600 from forest development. Additional amounts go to the Attorney General, legislative auditor general, and Treasury. Five listed funds also support the civil service commission through amounts calculated under the Michigan Constitution.

Conservation grants fund forests and wildlife habitats

The law provides $12.9 million for federal Land and Water Conservation Fund payments. Federal forest stewardship grants receive $2 million, and federal urban forestry grants receive $900,000. Deer habitat partnership projects receive $200,000. Wildlife habitat improvement grants receive $1.5025 million, including $150,300 identified for local governments. These funds support eligible projects through September 30, 2026, rather than direct household payments.

Counties and tribes get service grants

Michigan provides $3.5 million for overhead costs to counties and tribal governments receiving Child Care Fund reimbursements. Shares follow the Social Welfare Act’s proportional indirect-cost allocation method. Another $3.7303 million supports annual basic grants of $56,520. Eligible recipients are counties with fewer than 75,000 residents under the latest federal decennial census, and eligible tribal entities.

Counties get foster care payment deadlines

The department must pay undisputed county Child Care Fund charges within 45 business days after receiving required forms and documentation. For disputed charges, it must begin investigation and resolution within 15 business days after the county’s request. Corrected charges must be reimbursed within 45 business days after a properly corrected submission.

Counties receive drunk-driving assessment housing reimbursements

Counties can use community corrections plan funds for transportation, treatment, and housing of drunk drivers during assessment and case planning. Housing reimbursement is $43.50 per person per day for up to five days, or $217.50 per person. Services must follow an approved community corrections comprehensive plan. The money reimburses counties, not households.

County fairs and shows receive funding

Michigan provides $500,000 for county fairs, shows, and expositions in fiscal year 2025-2026. This includes $250,000 in regular funding and a one-time $250,000 appropriation. The funding covers the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, without establishing individual household payments.

Crime victims and survivors receive program support

The law allocates $29.8974 million to replace lost federal and state crime-victim funding through regular victim-service grant formulas. It also directs $1 million to programs serving survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking. Two Michigan-organized, tax-exempt nonprofits receive $500,000 each: a qualifying statewide tribal coalition and a survivor-focused organization. The tribal coalition must meet the law's location and population criteria. These grants fund programs, not fixed household payments.

Dam restoration and stormwater projects get funding

The Four Lakes Task Force gets $9.8 million for dam restoration. Portage in Kalamazoo County gets $2 million to control stormwater runoff from US-131. These grants fund infrastructure work, not direct household payments.

Detroit community spaces get improvement funding

The law funds a Detroit nonprofit park civic association to improve North Rosedale Park's community house. Projects include an elevator, playground improvements, fire suppression, outdoor sports facilities, and multiuse program space. A Detroit-based nonprofit operating community centers across Wayne County also receives funding for community center structural repairs. The supplied provisions do not state either grant amount.

Detroit Jewish federation receives safety funding

The Jewish Federation of Detroit receives $4 million to carry out community safety measures. Unspent money remains available until the project is complete. The tentative completion date is September 30, 2026.

Detroit senior programs get grant support

Genesis HOPE in Detroit receives $500,000 for infrastructure improvements and senior programs. The grant does not set individual eligibility or payments.

Dispute centers support schools and youth

Community dispute centers must use their funding for dispute services and efforts addressing school suspensions, truancy, and school environments. They may also develop or expand youth diversion services with local prosecutors. The provision does not state a funding amount.

Election security funds stay available

Unused Help America Vote Act funds remain available beyond the fiscal year for lawful election-security work. Uses include equipment upgrades, voting-system security and testing, and election-operation improvements. The project has an estimated cost of $9.5835 million and is scheduled for completion by September 30, 2026.

Evidence funding includes victim tracking access

Michigan distributes forensic laboratory fund revenue under the Forensic Laboratory Funding Act. The law also provides $369,500 to administer statewide sexual assault evidence-kit tracking, including secure victim access and concurrent data entry. Audits cover untested kits collected on or before March 1, 2015, and released by victims to law enforcement. Unspent tracking-fund money remains available for system development and implementation.

Farm and forest preservation programs funded

Michigan provides $1.9 million for agricultural preservation easement grants in fiscal year 2025-2026. The qualified forest program receives $7.8265 million, including $1.4 million paid to local governments. Both appropriations cover the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. These provisions do not set individual eligibility rules or payment amounts.

Farm conservation funds protect water

Environmental stewardship and Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program funds must support agricultural pollution prevention. Uses include groundwater and freshwater protection and technical help with federal farm bill conservation grants. The department can receive and spend up to $1 million in additional federal revenue for this work. Before spending it, the department must notify legislative subcommittees, fiscal agencies, and the state budget office.

Federal Justice Grant Funding for Courts

Michigan State Police provides the judiciary $1.5 million through a Byrne Justice Assistance Grant. Federal funds must be available. Need must be shown through applications submitted to the State Court Administrative Office.

Firefighters and rescue teams receive funding

The law provides $2.3 million for firefighter training grants and $1 million for Bureau of Fire Services smoke detector activities. Another $1 million funds urban search and rescue. The bureau must distribute the rescue money to support Michigan Task Force 1's work requiring special rescue skills and equipment. For fiscal year 2025-2026, federal rural community fire protection grants receive $1.05 million, supporting projects through September 30, 2026. These provisions do not state which households receive smoke detectors.

Flint receives state settlement payment

Michigan provides $35 million to the City of Flint for a settlement payment in fiscal year 2025-2026. The provision does not specify how the city must use the money or whether residents receive payments.

Forest restoration funds stay available

Unused funds remain available until two state forest projects are complete, rather than expiring at the fiscal year's end. An Arctic grayling fish-passage project replaces road-stream crossings and has an estimated cost of $2.5 million. Reforestation after the Northern Michigan ice storm has an estimated cost of $14 million. Both projects are scheduled for completion by September 30, 2026.

Foster care services face performance standards

Covered foster care and adoption contracts must use family-focused performance measures, desired results, and annual service-quality reviews. The department must maintain a clear parent-child visitation policy. Covered caseworkers and supervisors must achieve an 85% success rate for visits and court-ordered meetings. That calculation accounts for factors outside caseworker control.

Funding and Staff for Nature Awaits

The law provides a one-time $2.0118 million for Nature Awaits through September 30, 2026. It also authorizes 13.8 full-time-equivalent staff positions. This provision does not set household eligibility rules or direct payments.

Funding for court filing and technology

Michigan provides $12.0072 million for its statewide electronic court filing system, including 25 full-time-equivalent positions. The judicial technology improvement fund receives $4.815 million. Both appropriations cover the 2025–2026 budget year, ending September 30, 2026. These provisions fund court systems; they do not set filing charges or direct payments for court users.

Funding for Dam Repairs and Oversight

The law provides a one-time $1.45 million to remove and repair high-hazard dams through September 30, 2026. It also keeps previously approved water resource funds available for high-risk dam oversight and outreach to dam owners. Only funds still unspent, not committed, or not allotted remain available for that project. The oversight project has an estimated cost of $375,000 and a tentative completion date of September 30, 2026.

Funding for Elberta Waterfront Conservation

The law provides a one-time $1.75 million for the Elberta waterfront community conservation project. The funding supports the project through September 30, 2026. It does not establish direct household payments.

Funding for foster care case reviews

Michigan provides $1.4456 million for the foster care review board to review cases involving children and families. The budget lists 10 full-time-equivalent positions. The appropriation covers the 2025–2026 budget year, ending September 30, 2026.

Funding for Great Lakes water projects

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, the law funds Great Lakes and water projects. It provides $1.08 million for federal Great Lakes cleanup-plan grants and $18.0618 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Water resource programs receive another $1.675 million. These funds support projects, not direct household payments.

Funding for lawyers handling criminal appeals

Michigan provides $16.8695 million for appellate public defense for the budget year ending September 30, 2026. It also provides $3.2081 million in compensation grants for lawyers on the Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System roster. The grant money goes into a restricted state fund administered by the judicial branch for auditing. Payments to indigent defense systems follow the Appellate Defender Act, and unused year-end money stays in the fund.

Funding for legal help and mediation

Michigan provides $7.937 million from the state court fund for civil legal help for people unable to afford it. Michigan Legal Help receives $1 million, and Justice for All receives $1.5397 million. Community dispute-resolution services receive $3.3888 million. These appropriations cover the 2025–2026 budget year, ending September 30, 2026.

Funding for local highway planning and safety

Isabella County commissioners receive $250,000 to study a possible northbound entrance ramp near US-127 Business Route and South Mission Road. This grant pays for a feasibility study, not ramp construction. The Michigan Department of Transportation receives $60,000 for M-53 safety improvements in Washington Township, Macomb County. That work may include cables and guardrails.

Funding for Michigan Wildlife and Forests

Through September 30, 2026, state game and wildlife area infrastructure gets $1.5 million. Wetland restoration, improvement, and land purchases get $1 million, while reforestation gets $2.2 million. Fish production gets a one-time $2.8 million through the same date. The law separately provides $2.5 million in federal funds for Arctic grayling fish passage.

Funding for Parks, Trails, and Boating

Through September 30, 2026, the law provides $21.2 million for state park repairs and maintenance. It provides $1 million for snowmobile trail development and upkeep. Boating facility repairs and improvements get $3.4 million for local governments and $8.0674 million for state facilities. The law also requires nonmotorized transportation and trail funds to support building and maintaining trails for nonmotorized use.

Funding for Storm Recovery and Emergencies

The law provides $14 million for Northern Michigan ice storm response or recovery. It also provides a one-time $2 million for ice storm wildfire protection through September 30, 2026. The State Police Disaster and Emergency Contingency Fund receives $10 million. These provisions do not establish direct household payments or household eligibility rules.

Funding for treatment and probation courts

Drug treatment courts receive $1.5 million in Byrne grant funding for eligible costs under that grant program's rules. Courts with more filed substance use disorder cases may receive priority, and the chief justice must fund in-state training. Qualifying courts must apply for Swift and Sure probation grants. The law reserves $500,000 for programs in counties where more than 325 people received prison sentences in the previous calendar year. Up to $150,000 of Swift and Sure program funds may cover grant administration staff costs.

Funding for treatment and supervision courts

For the 2025–2026 budget year, Michigan provides $13.2667 million for drug treatment courts. Mental health courts and diversion services receive $5.7794 million, and the Swift and Sure Sanctions Program receives $1.5376 million. The law also provides $250,000 for drug case-flow programs and $3.3 million for drunk-driving case-flow programs. These funds support court programs through September 30, 2026, rather than paying households directly.

Funding keeps Michigan court operations supported

Through September 30, 2026, Michigan provides $60.8157 million in court equity fund reimbursements for eligible trial courts. It also allocates $711,900 for circuit court reimbursements under existing law and Court of Claims costs. After trial court reimbursements are funded, the general fund covers any court fee fund shortfall in judges’ compensation. The Supreme Court can also use one-time funding to hire one temporary editor. That editor must help clear the backlog of Court of Appeals opinions awaiting review and editing.

Funding repairs Michigan parks and dams

The law provides $19.9 million for dam and fisheries infrastructure, state game and wildlife areas, and state park repairs. The money supports public facilities rather than direct household payments.

Funding Support for Hunting and Fishing

For the budget year ending September 30, 2026, the law moves $6 million from the game and fish protection trust fund. The money goes to the game and fish protection account of the Michigan Conservation and Recreation Legacy Fund. The law also authorizes up to $30 million in restricted contingency funds to address inflation's effect on license revenue. Spending requires enacted legislation addressing that loss of buying power and a transfer to another Part 1 budget line.

Funding supports advocates for abused children

Michigan provides $2.25 million to a community nonprofit that recruits, screens, trains, and supervises volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children. The recipient must be a Michigan-organized, tax-exempt nonprofit. It must be in a charter township with 18,000–19,000 residents, within a county with 600,000–700,000 residents. Those population ranges use the latest federal decennial census. Its existing affiliate network must operate in at least 25 Michigan counties.

Funding supports state and local elections

Michigan provides $20.2555 million for the Election Administration Support Fund in fiscal year 2025-2026. The new fund carries unspent money forward, and the treasurer can accept and invest deposits. Spending requires an appropriation or legislative transfer. A separate $5 million project supports local election equipment purchases, with unused money available until completion. Its tentative completion date is September 30, 2030.

Funding Tools for Natural Resource Protection

The natural resources department can award grants or contracts to local governments, colleges, and nonprofits for activities funded in Part 1. These include research, wildlife, fisheries, forests, and invasive-species work. It can accept money or other gifts and grants, must follow any donor-stated purpose, and carries unused revenue forward. Beyond Part 1 funding, money deposited in the invasive species fund is available for immediate response efforts. No fixed amount is stated for these authorities.

Funds Kept for Lakes and Coastlines

Previously approved Great Lakes and water resource funds remain available if still unspent, not committed, or not allotted. Emerging-contaminant cleanup using federal Great Lakes remedial action grants has an estimated cost of $1.08 million. Great Lakes restoration projects cover four undersized Au Sable River culverts, estimated at $5.5 million, and water habitat protection, estimated at $5 million. Coastline protection using water resource funds has an estimated cost of $1.3 million. All four projects have tentative completion dates of September 30, 2026.

Funds Kept for Lead Pipe Replacement

The law makes previously approved executive direction funds available to remove and replace lead service lines. Only funds still unspent, not committed, or not allotted are available. The project has an estimated total cost of $826,000 and a tentative completion date of September 30, 2026. The provision supports replacement work, not direct household payments.

Goodwill receives Flip the Script funding

Goodwill receives $950,000 to support its Flip the Script program. The grant does not describe services, participant eligibility, or direct payments to households.

Grant funds sexual assault education programs

The law gives the Bronson Health Foundation $31,700 for sexual assault education programs. The grant funds programming, not direct payments to households.

Grants fund communities and local centers

The law appropriates $12.9 million for community enhancement grants. It requires a $1 million award to Marine City in St. Clair County for Guy Community Center development and upgrades. St. Lukes Community Center in Flint receives $3 million for infrastructure at the center or another facility it owns or operates. The Flint grant's unspent funds remain available until completion, tentatively September 30, 2026.

Grants fund liquor law enforcement

The law provides $9.9 million for liquor law enforcement grants. The supplied provision does not name recipients or explain how the money is divided.

Grants fund Michigan community nonprofit programs

Emerging community grants go to Michigan nonprofit and community groups dedicated to supporting emerging populations. Funds can pay for facility purchases or upgrades, community economic development, and community programs. The law also directs funding to Empowerment Plan, a Detroit-based tax-exempt nonprofit. Focus: HOPE funding must support education, job training, early childhood or youth programs, food assistance, or community empowerment and advocacy. These provisions do not state award amounts.

Grants fund pools, campgrounds, and parks

Shelby Township in Oceana County receives $1 million to build a community pool. Harbor Beach receives $1 million to expand North Park Campground. The Jackson County parks department receives $1.5 million for improvements at The Cascades. These grants fund local recreation projects and do not set individual access rules.

Grants support community violence intervention programs

Michigan provides $3.25 million to establish and run grants for community violence intervention programs. The Department of Health and Human Services administers the program. The funding goes to programs, not direct household payments.

Grants support dams and aquatic habitats

For fiscal year 2025-2026, the law provides $350,000 for dam management grants, including $175,000 identified for local governments. Federal Clean Vessel Act grants receive $400,000. Fisheries habitat improvement grants receive $1.25 million, including $125,000 identified for local governments. This funding supports eligible projects through September 30, 2026.

Grants support free festivals and traditions

The law requires a $750,000 grant to a cultural exchange network for a music and arts festival. The festival must be free to the public. It also requires $250,000 for a Michigan State University program supporting folk and traditional arts.

Grants Support Rural Facilities and Utilities

The law provides $350,000 in project grants for community facilities in rural communities. Funds not committed or allotted remain available until completion, tentatively September 30, 2026. The law also requires a $2.119 million award to Allband Communications in Curran. That award helps meet local matching requirements for the rural utility service reconnect program. The provision does not identify the utility service or a household assistance amount.

Grants support veterans and service facilities

Michigan provides $2.5 million for Veterans Trust Fund grants in fiscal year 2025-2026. The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency also runs competitive facility grants of up to $300,000 each. Eligible applicants are statewide chapter nonprofits with 501(c)(19) status that serve Michigan veterans and own the facilities. Applications must itemize facilities and improvements; priority goes to documented deterioration, liability from disrepair, and higher veteran service volume. The agency must reserve $300,000 for administration; the Trust Fund provision does not set individual award amounts.

Grosse Pointe Farms seawall receives funding

Grosse Pointe Farms receives a $1 million community enhancement grant for a seawall project. Unspent money remains available until project completion, tentatively September 30, 2026. The grant goes to the city, not directly to households.

Guard must address sexual assault

Michigan's Army and Air National Guard must work toward a culture free of sexual assault. Required efforts include prevention, education, training, response, victim support, reporting procedures, and accountability.

Health and safety grants receive funding

Michigan provides $1.2209 million for Michigan Health and Safety Fund grants in fiscal year 2025-2026. The provision does not identify household recipients, eligibility rules, or individual grant amounts.

High-crime counties receive prosecutor caseload grants

Treasury must award prosecutor grants in the 15 counties with the highest violent-crime rates per 1,000 residents. Rankings use the latest available State Police crime report and federal decennial census. Counties must maintain prosecutor funding in fiscal year 2024-2025 at least at fiscal year 2023-2024 levels. Awards use the greater of the office's 2023-law amount or $7.50 per county resident, subject to available funds and population-based adjustments. Offices must apply, report staffing, caseloads, and local funding, and submit budgets limiting grant spending to reducing average caseloads per attorney.

Infrastructure Grant for Livingston Legion Post

The law requires a $1 million award to American Legion Devereaux Post 141 in Livingston County. The money must support infrastructure improvements at the post. The provision does not describe the improvements or establish direct household payments.

Invasive species control gets grant funding

The department must allocate at least $2.4 million to invasive-species grants. Grants can support prevention, detection, eradication, and control. This provision does not establish a direct household payment.

Lawyers for younger offenders facing resentencing

The State Appellate Defender Office provides trained, supported, and supervised lawyers for certain life-sentence resentencing cases. The program covers people whose offenses happened when they were 20 or younger. The law provides $3.0558 million, plus a one-time $2.325 million, for juvenile life resentencing. That funding covers the 2025–2026 budget year, ending September 30, 2026, and lists 18.5 full-time-equivalent positions.

Legal help funded for low-income residents

The Center for Civil Justice receives $500,000 for legal and technical help for low-income people. The grant also supports litigation protecting low-income and marginalized groups. This funding provision does not set individual eligibility rules.

Local arts and cultural centers receive grants

Grosse Pointe Park in Wayne County receives $1.7 million to support the Schaap Performing Arts Center. The Ypsilanti Historical Society in Washtenaw County receives $140,000 for museum infrastructure improvements. The Inkster Cultural Center in Wayne County receives $500,000 for operations.

Local bridges and crossings receive funding

The Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority receives $3 million to support replacing the Cross Street bridge. The Cass Lakeside Community Association in West Bloomfield Township receives $1 million to help repair the Algonquin Avenue Bridge. Van Buren Charter Township receives $750,000 for intersection safety improvements. Wayne County receives $5 million for a project separating rail and road traffic. The Van Buren and Wayne County awards remain available until project completion, scheduled for September 30, 2026.

Local conservation and farm stewardship receive funding

Michigan provides $3 million for local conservation district grants in fiscal year 2025-2026, ending September 30, 2026. Eligible districts must have operated in the prior fiscal year, and the department sets grant distribution criteria. The law also identifies $4.1 million for environmental stewardship and the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program as payments to local governments. This funding supports local programs rather than direct household payments.

Local departments receive fire and police equipment

Charlevoix Township receives $1 million for a replacement aerial platform fire truck. Flat Rock and Romulus each receive $1 million for fire trucks. Ishpeming receives $900,000, and Sterling Heights receives $2.1 million, also for fire trucks. Calhoun County Sheriff's Office receives $737,000 for Taser upgrades serving itself, Albion Department of Public Safety, and Marshall Police Department.

Local election reimbursements have firm deadlines

The Department of State must repay counties, cities, and townships for allowable election expenses within 60 days. The clock starts after the department receives the bill and all necessary records. Payments go to local governments, not residents.

Local emergency buildings and ambulances get funding

Vassar in Tuscola County gets $2 million to help build a new public safety building. The Southwest Shiawassee Emergency Services Alliance gets $1.231 million for two ambulances and related equipment. These grants support local emergency services and do not set household service charges.

Local firefighters get equipment and wells

Springfield Charter Township in Oakland County receives $900,000 to install high-capacity fire protection wells throughout the township. Mason in Ingham County receives $600,000 for a tanker truck and fire equipment. Eastpointe in Macomb County receives $130,000 for fire equipment. Kalamazoo receives $500,000 for protective firefighting clothing. Allen Park in Wayne County receives $1.301 million for fire equipment and trucks.

Local grants fund roads and crossings

Barry County Road Commission receives $2.5376 million to replace Brown Road's crossing over the Little Thornapple River in Woodland Township. Davison in Genesee County receives $4.4 million for road repairs. Monroe receives $500,000 to separate road and rail traffic at the West Elm Avenue CSX crossing. Wayne County's public services department receives $10 million for the West Road bridge replacement in Trenton.

Local grants fund sewer and drainage repairs

The law gives Bronson $609,000 to replace its wastewater plant's ultraviolet disinfection system. Cadillac gets $200,000 to address culvert failures next to Mitchell Street. Redford Township receives funding to build a combined sewer overflow basin. The supplied provision does not state Redford's grant amount.

Local grants replace pipes and improve water

Mount Clemens receives $3 million to help replace lead water service lines. Lathrup Village receives $1.1 million to replace a water main. Blendon Township in Ottawa County receives $920,000 for water security and infrastructure needs. Rockwood in Wayne County receives $1.5 million for wastewater treatment facility improvements. These grants do not set household payments or utility-rate changes.

Local parks and library receive upgrades

Wayne receives $210,000 for upgrades at Atwood Park. Livonia receives $300,000 to repair a pavilion in Rotary Park. St. Clair Shores Public Library receives $500,000 for facility renovations and improvements.

Local parks and recreation receive funding

Taylor in Wayne County receives $1 million for municipal equipment and recreation infrastructure improvements. Ecorse in Wayne County receives $200,000 for infrastructure improvements at Dora Gaines Park. St. Clair Shores in Macomb County receives $1 million for Nautical Mile enhancements. Chesterfield Township in Macomb County receives $500,000 for a facilities building at Brandenburg Park. Jackson receives $750,000 for Ella Sharp Park trail improvements.

Local parks and trails receive project funding

The law provides $3.9116 million for the National Recreational Trails program and $700,000 for trail easements. Nonmotorized trail development and maintenance grants receive $200,000, including $100,000 identified for local governments. Recreation improvement grants receive $916,800, all identified for local governments. Local Recreation Passport grants receive $2 million. These funds support projects through September 30, 2026; they do not establish household payments.

Local police and fire departments receive grants

Utica Police Department in Macomb County receives $250,000 for police equipment. Springfield in Calhoun County receives $125,000 to build a carport for law enforcement vehicles. Albion in Calhoun County receives $32,000 for police body cameras and related data-management costs. Park Township in Ottawa County receives $600,000 to buy and remodel a former Coast Guard station for its fire department.

Local police and firefighters receive funding

Bloomfield Township in Oakland County receives $1.5 million for police equipment and vehicles. Hazel Park receives $2.5 million for fire equipment and fire trucks. The Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union in Trenton receives $1.2 million to organize a functional training seminar.

Local roads and bridges get funding

Washtenaw County gets $1 million for road improvements, with unspent money available until completion, tentatively September 30, 2026. Sheridan Township in Calhoun County gets $3.3 million to repair bridges 1383 and 1384 on 24 Mile Road. Rochester Hills gets $2 million for roads and a gathering space at a community park.

Local roads and school traffic get funding

Macomb Township in Macomb County receives $2.5 million for a boulevard and related infrastructure. Mecosta County receives $1.32 million for Harding Road Bridge improvements. Shelby Township in Oceana County receives $400,000 for a turning lane on M-20. The Troy school district in Oakland County receives $421,000 to improve traffic flow at Smith Middle School.

Local walking and biking connections get funding

Livonia in Wayne County receives $1 million for bridge widening within a walking and biking transportation project. The Huron Waterloo pathways initiative in Washtenaw County receives $1 million for nonmotorized pathways. Ann Arbor receives $1 million for the Treeline Conservancy program and urban trail connections.

Local water and sewer projects get funding

The law provides $2.4104 million to the Lake Mitchell sewer authority in Wexford County for infrastructure repairs. The Oakland-Macomb interceptor drain drainage district receives $2.5 million for an odor and corrosion control facility and related costs. Ingham County receives $500,000 for an engineering study and water infrastructure projects. These grants do not specify changes to household water or sewer bills.

Macomb County tests algae management methods

Macomb County public works receives $800,000 for a three-year field trial of methods to manage cyanobacteria muck. The trial targets Microseira wollei and tests methods that can work on a larger scale. The provision does not promise changes to household water costs or access.

Maintenance funds support National Guard facilities

Armory and National Guard special maintenance funds must support repairs and modernization based on department priorities. Eligible sites include military training areas, support facilities, and armories. Spending must also comply with the act's sections 302 and 305.

Marquette to Lansing Air Service Continues

The transportation department must retain and maintain air service between Marquette and Lansing. Emergencies receive first priority. Routine travel for elected state officials comes next, followed by other uses.

Marysville gets water plant seawall funding

The law awards Marysville, in St. Clair County, $750,000 to replace a failing seawall at its water filtration plant. The project protects local water-treatment infrastructure.

Mentoring support for adoptive families

The department must allocate $500,000 by December 1 of the current fiscal year to operate and expand adoptive parent mentoring. The program supports parents and children adopted in Michigan or another state. Separately, private adoption agencies receive the rate in effect when the court accepts the adoption petition and required documents. The rate no longer depends on the date of the final adoption order.

Michigan can spend Volkswagen mitigation funds

The department can receive and spend Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust money in addition to its regular appropriations. Funded activities must appear in the state's Mitigation Plan. The provision does not specify an amount or create household payments.

Michigan funds motorcycle safety education grants

Michigan provides $2.1 million for motorcycle safety education grants in fiscal year 2025-2026. The law funds grant recipients but does not set individual eligibility rules or household payment amounts.

Michigan keeps environmental cleanup money available

Unspent funds for contaminated-site cleanup, emergency cleanup, and environmental redevelopment remain available until the projects are complete. The same protection covers underground storage tank cleanup, with an estimated project cost of $20 million. Renewing Michigan's Environment projects have an estimated cost of $70.4958 million and cover cleanup, redevelopment, waste management, and recycling. Cleanup projects use service-provider contracts; Renewing Michigan's Environment projects can also use state employees. These projects have a tentative completion date of September 30, 2030.

Michigan sentencing commission receives operating support

The law allocates $750,000 to support the Michigan Sentencing Commission's work. This funding does not specify a change to sentencing rules or a direct household benefit.

Midland and Kawkawlin receive flood funding

Midland receives $10 million for flood mitigation. Kawkawlin Township in Bay County receives $1.935 million for infrastructure to address flooding on South Linwood Beach Road. The law does not identify household payments or quantify reductions in flood risk.

Minimum county grants for firefighter training

Firefighter training grants reimburse counties for organized fire department training and related activities required by the Firefighters Training Council Act. When distributed through the council under its section 14 formula, a county must receive at least $5,000. That minimum applies when the formula otherwise gives the county less.

More funding authority for appellate defense

The State Appellate Defender Office may spend up to $250,000 in extra Byrne grants when awards exceed its budgeted amount. It may also spend up to $300,000 in extra federal grants when Justice Department awards exceed its budgeted amount. A one-time resentencing appropriation allows up to 14 limited-term employees. They support court-required resentencing for people serving life without parole for crimes committed at ages 19 or 20.

More Tribal Consultation on Cultural Items

The law requires cultural resource funds to support ongoing, increased consultation with known direct descendants and Native American tribal officials. Consultation covers identifying, handling, and deciding what happens to Native American cultural items. It applies when planned archaeological work or an unexpected discovery involves a tribe's ancestral lands.

Motorized recreation trails receive improvement funding

The law provides $6.3405 million for off-road vehicle trail improvement grants, including $1.2044 million identified for local governments. Another $3 million funds off-road vehicle trail development and maintenance. The snowmobile local grants program receives $7.0904 million for trail projects. These funds support projects through September 30, 2026, rather than direct payments to trail users.

Museums and free festival receive grants

The Grand Rapids Art Museum receives $2 million for infrastructure repairs and upgrades. A railroad history museum in Durand receives $1 million for property improvements. Concert of Colors receives $1 million for a diversity, music, and arts festival that must be free to the public. Unspent Durand and festival funds remain available until completion, tentatively September 30, 2026.

No state case-system fees for courts

The State Court Administrative Office cannot charge local user fees to trial courts using the statewide judicial case management system. This does not directly remove fees paid by people using the courts. The law does not state the amount courts avoid paying.

Nonprofits get railroad heritage repair grants

The department must run competitive railroad heritage preservation grants using the Part 1 appropriation. Only qualifying 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations can receive awards. Grants pay only for capital infrastructure repair or rehabilitation. This provision does not state award amounts.

Outdoor safety programs receive local grants

The law provides $3.0747 million for county marine safety grants, including $1.4073 million identified for local governments. Off-road vehicle safety training grants receive $60,000, all identified for local governments. Snowmobile law enforcement grants receive $380,100, also identified for local governments. The grants support these safety and enforcement activities through September 30, 2026.

Outside funding supports civil rights services

The Department of Civil Rights can receive and spend up to $600,000 from local and private sources combined. Allowed uses include employer equal-opportunity training, civil-rights information, mediation, workshops, recognition programs, specified fees, and related staffing.

Police get service and facility funding

Michigan State Police must allocate $1 million to reimburse local law enforcement agencies for serving personal protection orders. The law provides $900,000 for improvements to the public safety dispatch center in Warren, Macomb County. Sterling Heights in Macomb County receives $1 million for improvements to its police training center.

Prison program money stays dedicated

Program and special-equipment revenue is reserved for prisoner programs, special equipment, and security projects. At least 75% must support prisoner programs. Unspent money carries forward for future appropriations instead of returning to the general fund.

Prison staff must receive mental health training

Michigan's corrections department must train all custody staff in safe and effective ways to handle prisoners with mental illness. Training must also cover referrals to mental-health treatment programs. New custody staff must receive mental-health awareness training. The department uses its appropriated funds for this work.

Prisoner health care gets limited funding

The corrections department receives up to $30 million for prisoner health care costs. Funding is limited to unused department money not already committed that returns to the general fund on September 30, 2025. The amount cannot exceed the eligible money available.

Protected access to public programs

State agencies cannot use Part 1 budget funds to block marginalized communities from government resources, programs, or facilities. Local governments must use Part 1 funds to report actions or policies that attempt to interfere with local health officers' duties. The provision combining these access and reporting rules applies through September 30, 2026.

Public access to requested court data

The public can request judicial data warehouse reports or data that a legislator has requested. The State Court Administrative Office must determine that the information is public and does not identify people. Disclosure is not required when a court order or state or federal law bars it.

Recovered money funds state legal work

The Attorney General can use up to $350,000 in specified enforcement revenue or recovered attorney fees for listed enforcement cases. These include antitrust, securities fraud, consumer protection, and class actions; up to $1 million in unspent enforcement revenue can carry forward. Separately, up to $1 million in awarded litigation reimbursements can fund specified state judgments, settlements, awards, fees, and legal costs. Those costs involve the Governor's Office or Attorney General, or state costs under the cited criminal-procedure rule. No more than $250,000 of that litigation funding can carry forward.

Residents can search state spending records

State agencies must help maintain a free, public, searchable spending website. It must show year-to-date spending by category and budget unit, plus vendor payment details. Agencies must email required reports and post them in an accessible online archive on their Michigan.gov websites.

Rural office must support community improvements

The Office of Rural Prosperity must support improvements that meet rural communities' needs. These include housing, infrastructure, education, and workforce development. The provision does not set funding amounts or household eligibility rules.

Safety funding for Hindu and Jain worshippers

The law awards $300,000 to the Hindu Community Relations Council of Michigan. The grant funds a statewide public-safety and leadership-education initiative serving Hindu and Jain houses of worship. It funds the initiative rather than direct household payments.

Selfridge military base gets one-time funding

The law provides a one-time $26 million for Selfridge Air National Guard base in fiscal year 2025-2026. The provision does not specify a direct household payment or service change.

Shiawassee County animal control receives support

The law provides $350,000 to support Shiawassee County animal control. The award funds county services, not direct household payments.

Spending rules protect community service access

Covered state funds cannot be used to block marginalized communities from government resources, programs, or facilities. This includes covered funding for the Department of Insurance and Financial Services. The restriction in the military and veterans provisions applies through September 30, 2026.

Spending shield for swine hunting operations

The department cannot use Part 1 funding for legal services against hunting operations concerning swine. This limits the department's spending rather than creating a general exemption from other laws.

State auditors gain confidential record access

Michigan state entities cannot deny the auditor general access to confidential information for an examination. The auditor general must follow the same legal confidentiality duties as the entity providing the information.

State funding supports veterans courts

The law provides $1.0612 million for veterans courts in the 2025-2026 budget year. The funding period ends September 30, 2026.

State pays for crash records services

The Department of State must pay the Michigan State Police $332,000 for traffic accident records services. The payment comes from available Department of State balances at the end of the state fiscal year.

State Police must meet investigation benchmarks

Michigan State Police must maintain resources for crime-investigation hours comparable to the prior five-year annual average. The department must clear at least 62% of cases each year. It must also maintain capacity for the prior five-year average number of opioid investigations by task forces and hometown security teams.

State Police must meet patrol minimum

Michigan State Police must dedicate at least 455,200 hours to statewide patrol. The provision does not assign patrol hours to specific locations.

State traffic officers can handle emergencies

Michigan State Police personnel assigned to traffic enforcement under the covered law can respond to crimes in progress and other emergencies. They must make every effort to protect all Michigan residents.

Support reaches foster and kinship families

Michigan allocates $50,000 to a Michigan-organized, tax-exempt nonprofit providing specified goods free to local foster children and families. The nonprofit must have locations in three cities, operate entirely with volunteers, and have no more than 15 board members. Another $200,000 supports and coordinates services for the kinship caregiver advisory council. Its work can include public awareness, data collection, support-group coordination, and cooperation among public and private groups. Neither allocation sets a cash payment per family.

Temporary staff for judicial complaint backlog

The Judicial Tenure Commission may hire up to three limited-term employees to address its judicial complaint backlog. The positions use a one-time appropriation. The provision states no funding amount or hiring deadline.

Traffic ticket quotas banned for officers

Officers funded under Part 1 cannot be required to issue a set number of traffic citations. Their performance reviews cannot impose citation quotas either. The ban covers Michigan Vehicle Code violations and substantially matching local ordinances. Officers can still issue citations for actual violations.

Training and Patrol Support for Police

Michigan State Police provides local police free training on diversity, cultural awareness, conflict management, and force involving vulnerable people. The free training also covers officer mental health and wellness. Other training covers gambling laws, legal issues, opioid investigations, and emerging issues. State Police also provides fire investigation training and investigative help to public safety agencies. The law provides $3 million from the Secondary Road Patrol and Training Fund for the Secondary Road Patrol Program.

Tribes and faith groups gain access

Michigan's health and human services department cannot exclude qualified, suitable faith-based organizations from competing solely because of their religious nature or beliefs. Federally recognized tribes can compete for Part 1 competitive grants available to tax-exempt nonprofits and local governments. The department must also ensure tribes can apply and compete for its services, programs, grants, and contracts. Neither rule guarantees an award.

Tribes receive foster care cost reimbursements

Michigan reimburses tribal governments for 50% of qualifying foster care costs for children under tribal-court jurisdiction. Those children must not otherwise qualify for federal foster care cost sharing. Reimbursement can reach 100% with a qualifying state-tribal Title IV-E agreement under Michigan’s state plan. The money goes to tribal governments, not families.

Veterans get coordinated services and trained counselors

The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency must coordinate regional benefit counselors, state agencies, workforce agencies, and local service groups. It must help identify potentially eligible veterans receiving Medicaid while following privacy rules. It also coordinates discharge document help for incarcerated veterans and trains service officers on mental-health-related benefit applications. The agency must create a process for county counselors' training and accreditation, with a goal of training 100%. These rules do not change veterans' benefit amounts or eligibility.

Veterans service providers receive grant funding

For fiscal year 2025-2026, the law provides $4.2555 million for county veteran service grants. It also provides a one-time $4 million for veterans nonprofit improvement grants. The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency receives $214,000 from the restricted county veteran service fund to administer county grants. These funds support providers and nonprofit projects, not set payments to veteran households.

West Michigan agricultural center receives funding

The Kent County Youth Agricultural Association receives $1.8 million to develop the Grand Agricultural Center of West Michigan. The award funds the center, not household payments.

Yemeni nonprofit receives community service funding

Michigan provides $800,000 to a qualified Yemeni nonprofit for services suited to local needs. Services must be offered without prejudice, regardless of religion, culture, or ethnic background. The recipient must be a Michigan-organized, tax-exempt nonprofit established in 2000. Its administrative office must be in a county with at least 1.75 million residents and a city with 109,000–110,000 residents.

Dedicated staff help insurance claim consumers

The department must fund at least one full-time-equivalent position for financial services or insurance claims outreach and education. The staff member must have training and experience helping catastrophic accident survivors. The law does not create a direct payment or guarantee a claim outcome.

Food safety funding addresses contamination risks

For fiscal year 2025–2026, food safety and quality assurance receive $18.9075 million, including $500,000 in one-time funding. That budget year ends September 30, 2026. Separately, an emerging-contaminants project must identify and address risks to food and agriculture with government, academic, tribal, and industry partners. Its estimated cost is $1.6122 million, and unspent funds remain available until the work finishes. The tentative completion date is September 30, 2030.

Funding for Michigan food safety checks

For the budget year ending September 30, 2025, the law provides $1 million for food safety and quality assurance. The money comes from the Dairy and Food Safety Fund and supports food-safety and animal-health programs.

Seniors get elder abuse response support

The department must allocate at least $300,000 for a contract with the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan. The work supports identifying, investigating, and prosecuting elder abuse and financial exploitation. It assists prosecutors, adult protective services, and the criminal justice system, rather than providing household payments.

Utility consumers get representation and assistance

The law provides $2.1 million for utility consumer representation. The Michigan Public Service Commission must assign one full-time-equivalent position to help consumers with utility problems, disruptions, and outages. It must also post monthly information about rates, reliability, consumer help, and complaints. These provisions do not set utility rates or guarantee household payments.

Funding keeps emergency 911 services running

Michigan provides $49.1186 million for emergency 911 payments in fiscal year 2025-2026. The money supports recipients of payments from the Michigan Emergency 911 Fund, not direct household payments.

Behavioral health programs keep capacity and oversight

The state must maintain each region's number of behavioral health and substance use health homes at the prior September 30 level. Expansion is permitted in a regional behavioral health plan area added after October 1 of the current fiscal year. Regional plans must verify provider payments quarterly using actual claims and service-use data. A state audit finding payments below required rates makes the plan ineligible for performance incentives.

Benefit application help stays in communities

The department must keep eligibility specialists at the listed community organizations, mental health agencies, care settings, health centers, and hospitals. These include nursing homes, adult placement settings, and independent living settings. A facility can ask to end its specialist placement. The law does not change benefit amounts or eligibility rules.

Council funding supports statewide suicide prevention

Michigan provides $125,000 in state general funds, plus related federal matching or grant funds, for the Michigan Suicide Prevention Council. The council coordinates statewide prevention, engages stakeholders, creates educational materials, and advises the department. It must submit an annual report by June 1.

Direct contracts can serve high-need residents

The Department of Health and Human Services can contract directly with providers for special projects serving high-need children or adults. This includes people found not guilty by reason of insanity. The authority sets no household payment amount or new eligibility rule.

Federal funding supports nutrition education programs

The law provides $23 million in federal funds for Michigan nutrition education for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. The appropriation does not set household payments or individual eligibility.

Flint health services and rides funded

The department must direct drinking-water emergency funds to a city with a declared drinking-water contamination emergency. Uses include food, lead screening and treatment, children's health, healthcare transportation, senior programs, and other department-approved activities. Of these funds, $500,000 supports rides to wellness through the Flint Mass Transportation Authority. The provisions do not state the total emergency funding, individual fare discounts, or rider eligibility rules.

Food and homelessness services receive grants

Mel Trotter Ministries in Kent County receives $900,000 for services addressing hunger and homelessness. Gleaners Community Food Bank receives $500,000 for fresh food network infrastructure. These grants do not set individual eligibility rules or benefit amounts.

Food Bucks funding prioritizes vendor payments

At least 80% of Double Up Food Bucks funding must go directly to participating vendors. Michigan's agriculture department must work with the Fair Food Network to meet that requirement. The provision does not state the total allocation or change an individual household's benefit amount.

Food pantry grants support grocery access

The law awards $300,000 to Brightmoor Connection Food Pantry in Detroit for its food supply and operations. It also awards $500,000 to Gleaners Community Food Bank for fresh food network infrastructure. The money supports food assistance services rather than direct household payments.

Free clinics receive funding for uninsured care

The health department must divide $400,000 equally among eligible free clinics operating in Michigan. Clinics must be nonprofits that use volunteer health professionals to care for uninsured people. The law does not set a payment for each patient.

Funding addresses city drinking water emergencies

The department must allocate at least $325,000 from Michigan Clinical Consultation and Care funds for emergency-related needs. The money serves a Michigan city where drinking-water contamination led to an emergency declaration. The provision does not specify household payments or covered household expenses.

Funding floors support families and foster care

Combined funding for Families First, Family Reunification, and Families Together Building Solutions must reach at least September 30, 2021 levels. Covered foster care, independent living, and trial reunification providers must receive an administrative rate of at least $60.20 before incentives. The provision does not state the rate's time unit. Foster care providers must receive 100% of the administrative rate for all newly referred cases, using Child Care Fund money. These are program and provider funds, not direct household payments.

Funding helps colleges address student hunger

The department must provide up to $500,000 for hunger-free campus activities. The money comes from the college success fund and student wraparound supports appropriation. The law does not promise students a specific food benefit or payment.

Funding supports crisis mental health care

Michigan must provide at least $9.3864 million, plus related federal funds, for its crisis access line. It covers areas without a regional 988 center and provides statewide backup coverage. Another $30.45 million pays private providers for intensive psychiatric care outside state hospitals and oversight of community placements. McLaren Northern Michigan receives $13 million to renovate emergency mental health intake space, with tentative completion September 30, 2026. Any EmPATH emergency psychiatric unit included must offer immediate access to an emergency psychiatrist and staff trained for its patients.

Funding supports dental checks and facilities

The law directs $4.26 million in state and local funds, plus private contributions, to establish and maintain a dental assessment program. United Way of Northwest Michigan receives $2.9 million to buy, rather than lease, the building housing its organization and dental clinic. These funds support the program and facility. The provisions do not specify individual patient payments, eligibility, or guaranteed services.

Funding supports disease prevention and safety

The law requires funding for immunizations, communicable disease control, newborn screening and gonorrhea eye-infection prevention, prenatal care, and mental health. It also requires funding for the health and human services part of Michigan's emergency management plan. Poison control receives $2.6285 million plus associated federal matching funds through an academic health system serving many people unable to afford care. Subject to federal approval, $740,000 in state funds supports a statewide immunization media campaign, along with available project and federal matching funds. The provisions do not set individual cash benefits.

Funding supports domestic and sexual violence services

The law provides $893,800 in federal funds for domestic violence prevention and treatment for the year ending September 30, 2025. It also provides $102,600 for a qualifying hospital's sexual assault nurse examiner program. That money supports staff pay, training, victim needs, and community education and prevention. The hospital must be in a city of 21,600–21,700 people and a county of 64,300–64,400 people. Those population limits use the latest federal decennial census.

Funding supports hospital and rural care

Sheridan Community Hospital receives $10 million in state matching funds to build a new hospital on land it already owns. The money remains available until completion, with a tentative completion date of September 30, 2030. The department must also award rural health transformation grants to hospitals and providers following federal requirements. This provision does not state the rural grant amounts or guarantee specific services to individual patients.

Funding supports rare disease advice

The law provides $70,000 from chronic disease administration funds for Michigan's rare disease advisory council. Its work may include updating a rare-disease list and reporting annually to lawmakers on one listed disease with recommendations. The funding supports advice and planning, not direct patient benefits.

Funding supports statewide service referral calls

Michigan provides $2.95 million to Michigan 2-1-1, a Michigan tax-exempt nonprofit supporting statewide health and human services referrals. The money can only carry out its business plan adopted in January 2005. The nonprofit must keep seeking local United Way, nonprofit, and foundation support. Callers do not receive this money directly.

Funding supports transplant donation programs

Versiti Michigan receives $750,000 to expand cord blood and stem-cell collection for transplants, laboratory capacity, collection diversity, and technology. The state must distribute organ donation pamphlets with driver licenses and personal ID cards. Pamphlets must explain the program, encourage application-checkoff registration, and include a prepaid return form to Gift of Life Michigan or its successor. The Department of State may also run a joint information campaign and accept public or private support. These provisions do not guarantee a transplant.

Grants support addiction recovery and detox

The law provides $1.2 million for recovery organizations to offer or expand recovery center services. Another $1 million supports a hospital-based detox project run by a 9-1-1 district with a substance-use and case-management provider. The district must have at least 600,000 residents and 15 member communities. The hospital must also be in a county with at least 1.5 million residents, using the latest federal decennial census. These funds support services, not individual cash awards.

Grants support children with health needs

Joan Secchia Children's Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids receives $900,000 for physician services, statewide specialist access, and supportive care. The funding includes education, therapy, and family and caregiver support. Another $125,000 supports wigs and related services through an experienced nonprofit serving children and young adults with illness-related hair loss. That recipient must be a Michigan 501(c)(3) in a city with 58,800–59,000 people and a county with 881,000–882,000 people. The grants do not set an award for each child.

Grants support maternal and infant health

The law provides $5 million for local maternal and infant health groups that belong to a perinatal quality collaborative. Another $1.5 million goes to a university women's health office in a county with more than 1.5 million residents. That office coordinates Michigan universities and hospitals on reducing maternal and infant deaths. Its work includes patient incentives, transportation, care guides, and on-site medicine. The law also provides $299,700 to implement Senate Bills 29 and 30 of the 103rd Legislature.

Grants support multicultural health services

The department must award grants to agencies providing physical and behavioral health services to multicultural populations. Agencies must use the money for proven or established programs. Funds cannot be released until reports required by the prior budget law are complete. Contractors receiving more than $1 million in state grants must meet accreditation, mission, cost-effectiveness, private-funding, and timely service-reporting measures. This provision does not state the total funding.

Grants support neighborhood health clinics

The law provides $750,000 to a qualifying Michigan nonprofit to operate and expand a neighborhood clinic for underserved residents. The nonprofit must have federal 501(c)(3) status, be in a city with over 600,000 people, and have been established in 1906. It must also meet the law's stated vision requirement. Revive Community Health Center receives $300,000 for health services while it pursues federal health center certification. Neither grant sets individual patient payments or eligibility rules.

Kidney prevention and Medicaid outreach funding

Michigan provides $950,000 in state funds, plus related federal matching funds, for Medicaid outreach and kidney disease prevention. Medicaid health-plan outreach must partner with the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan. Funding also supports the Morris Hood III Chronic Kidney Disease and COVID-19 Complications Prevention Initiative for high-risk populations and regions. The provision does not change Medicaid eligibility or promise participants a cash payment.

Local health grants address contamination and disease

The law allocates up to $4.75 million in local health department grants for PFAS response and emerging health threats. Part must be allocated jointly with local health departments in areas experiencing PFAS contamination. Remaining funds must address infectious and insect- or tick-borne diseases and environmental threats. These include vapor intrusion, drinking water contamination, and lead exposure.

Local health services receive targeted grants

The Ann Arbor Community Foundation gets $1 million for mission-aligned work and may fund nonprofit public-health projects; the state may require a report. The Grand Rapids African American Health Institute gets $500,000 for community engagement, research, and education. Mosaic Counseling in Grand Rapids gets $500,000 for counseling, while Saint Mark Community Outreach Center gets $1.25 million for mental health, youth programs, and food distribution. Trinity Health in Washtenaw County gets $500,000 for Food is Medicine, and Care Free Medical in Ingham County gets $500,000 for facility improvements and services. These grants do not set individual eligibility rules or household benefit amounts.

Medicaid care reviews and data support

Each contracted Medicaid health plan must receive an annual outside review of care quality, timeliness, and access. Plans must submit children's screening and treatment data and standardized well-child care measures. Before annual payment rates are set and certified, plans get at least 60 days to dispute and correct discarded care data. The department must identify rejected data and provide $1.75 million, plus associated federal funds, to the designated nonprofit statewide health information exchange. That funding supports data management and population-health planning; these provisions do not change household eligibility or payments.

Medicaid funding supports clinics and care

At least $11.3 million in state funds, plus any federal match, maintains Medicaid payment rates for federally qualified health centers. Medicaid health plans receive payments implementing rates referenced in the October 10, 2024 actuarial rate report. Another $3.5 million supports medical access for people unable to afford care and improved Medicaid managed care. That money goes to a university with both allopathic and osteopathic medical colleges in a county of 284,000–285,000 people. The county population uses the latest federal census; these funds go to providers and institutions, not directly to patients.

Medicaid keeps nursing and support care rates

The state provides $2.83 million, plus any federal match, to keep prior-year private duty nursing rates for Medicaid members under 21. It also keeps prior-year rates for orthotic and prosthetic providers. Prior-year rates remain for procedure codes 31579, 92507, 92508, 92520–92526, 92597, 92607–92610, 92630, 92633, 92700, 94010, 97129, 97130, 97533, 97799, G2250, G2251, and S9152. Qualifying adult foster care facilities and homes for the aged keep their prior-year monthly Medicaid personal care supplement. These payments go to providers and facilities, not directly to patients.

Medicaid keeps primary care and vaccine rates

The state must continue higher Medicaid payments for qualifying primary care providers, limited to primary care services. Providers must meet the legal definition or document equivalent qualifications; those mainly practicing a non-primary-care subspecialty are excluded. Medicaid must also keep paying providers $23.03 for each injectable, nasal, or oral vaccine administration. These payments go to providers, not patients.

Medicaid plans get rate and review safeguards

After Medicaid per-member plan rates are certified, the state cannot issue policy bulletins that materially affect them. For nationally accredited plans, it must use applicable accreditation criteria to judge matching state requirements while following law and protecting patient safety. The state must make Medicaid program data, including behavioral data, available to the Michigan Association of Health Plans, Medicaid plans, or state-qualified vendors. It must partner with the association and plans on research technology aimed at better health, care quality, reliability, availability, continuity, and lower costs. Revenue from the cited quality assurance assessment can fund only Healthy Michigan Plan or state Medicaid services under Titles XIX and XXI.

Medical training targets needed care specialties

The department must direct graduate medical education funds toward physician specialties needed for Michigan residents' future care. Funding priorities also include training in outpatient and rural settings and practitioners who provide child psychiatry services. The provision does not state a funding amount or household payment.

Mental health advice for childcare providers

The law directs $1.5 million from Child Development and Care contracted services to continue early childhood mental health consultations. The department must work with Michigan's health and human services department on the network. The service advises childcare providers rather than paying families directly.

Mental health jail diversion receives funding

The department must allocate $3.85 million to continue the mental health diversion council's jail diversion programs. This money supports program services, not direct household payments.

Michigan upgrades public health data systems

Michigan's health department must spend $9.9629 million in federal funds on public health data systems and critical infrastructure. It must spend another $2.6885 million on immunization records, data analysis, and technology. Another $61 million supports infectious disease monitoring and laboratory capacity. These projects use federal pandemic-related funding, which remains available until completion. All three projects have a tentative completion date of September 30, 2026.

More funding helps child abuse service centers

The law adds $2 million for child advocacy center operations to increase services over the previous year. The department must develop the funding formula with Children’s Advocacy Centers of Michigan. Each program gets base funding. The formula must consider child population, service-area size, and past service levels.

Northville disability support center receives funding

The Living and Learning Center in Northville receives $150,000 to support people with disabilities. The grant does not specify services, individual eligibility, or payments to households.

Oakland health network gets infrastructure funding

The Oakland County Health Network in Pontiac receives $500,000 for infrastructure improvements. The grant does not identify specific improvements or create an individual right to services.

Pregnancy care and maternal safety receive funding

The law provides $5 million to providers running existing group prenatal care programs. Groups serve expectant mothers at similar pregnancy stages and must be led by at least one health professional. Another $10 million continues hospitals' data-driven maternal safety and quality work using practices agreed on across care teams. That work addresses pregnancy-associated injury and death, outcomes for underserved groups, and substance use disorder-related problems.

Preventive care targets communities with health gaps

The state must use community health funds for preventive care through clinics, healthy community zones, and mobile units. Clinics must serve communities with high social vulnerability and health disparities, working with trusted, experienced community partners. Health zones must pursue long-term strategies for healthy food, affordable housing, and safety networks. Mobile units must serve areas with major gaps in health care access and outcomes.

Primary care funding supports island residents

The department must allocate at least $675,000 for primary health care access and services on four islands. Beaver Island and Mackinac Island each receive $250,000. Drummond Island receives $150,000, and Bois Blanc Island receives $25,000. The law does not set individual payments or patient savings.

Public assistance fraud notices and referrals

Public advertisements for public assistance must tell people about the department’s welfare fraud hotline. Michigan 2-1-1 must refer calls reporting public assistance fraud, waste, or abuse to the Department of Health and Human Services. These rules do not change benefit eligibility or create reporting duties for households.

Rural hospitals receive care access payments

Qualifying hospitals outside the critical-access category receive $15.2048 million in state rural access payments, plus any federal match. Department criteria must address services for low-income rural residents and include labor and delivery care. A separate $8.4702 million supports birth and newborn care, with hospital shares based on billed cases in the latest available year. That pool generally uses 2013–2014 rural-payment qualification and current obstetrical care; current-year eligibility also includes specified 2011 occupied-bed criteria. The associated population limits are 165,000 for counties and 16,000 for municipalities under the 2000 census. Both payment pools are due by January 1 of the current fiscal year.

Schools get help sustaining student health services

Michigan's education department must use adolescent and school health funds to replace reduced federal disease-prevention support. This includes support to the department and the school-aid program named in the law. It must also help districts funded under school-aid section 31n use Medicaid money effectively for mental health services. At least $159,500 and one full-time-equivalent position must support that assistance.

Youth transition services receive state funding

Michigan's health and human services department receives $8.2022 million for its youth in transition program. The funding covers the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. This appropriation does not set individual payment amounts or eligibility rules.

Agencies get homeless birth certificate reimbursements

The state sets aside $10,000 to reimburse public service agencies for county birth certificate fees. Agencies must document fees paid for clients classified as category 1 homeless. Reimbursements are paid quarterly until the $10,000 runs out. The payments go to agencies, not directly to clients.

Blighted properties get housing redevelopment funding

Muskegon County receives $3 million to turn blighted sites into housing. The state housing authority receives $800,000 for blight cleanup and redevelopment supporting an affordable housing project in Owosso. The Legislature states its intent to end work project TW3235023 and free $14 million. If the budget director ends that project, its unspent funds become additional local land-bank grants for blight removal or redevelopment. These provisions do not set household eligibility or housing prices.

Community grants fund recovery and older projects

The law provides $43.57 million in federal Community Development Block Grant funds for disaster recovery. It also appropriates federal grant money to finish activities from earlier program years through the 2022 allocation. That earlier-project funding can cover program administration. The provisions do not identify household payments or household eligibility.

Funding supports affordable homes and homebuyers

The Ingham County Land Bank receives $2 million for down payment help, home repairs, foreclosure prevention, and affordable or workforce housing. The law also directs Habitat for Humanity funds to the Michigan-based organization for statewide affordable home construction. It does not state the Habitat award amount or household assistance amounts.

Funding supports Michigan programs for homelessness

The law provides $277,800 for homeless programs for the budget year ending September 30, 2025. The provision states no direct household payments, individual eligibility rules, or per-person benefit amounts.

Homelessness services and housing transitions funded

The health department receives $34.7821 million for homeless programs and $13.031 million for housing and support services. This funding covers the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. At least two full-time-equivalent positions funded through housing and rental assistance must support housing transitions, to the extent permitted. Their work coordinates with the health department and state housing authority on supportive housing and moves to permanent housing. The provisions do not set individual payments or guarantee assistance.

Housing funding supports migrant farm workers

The law provides $1.41 million for migrant labor housing in fiscal year 2025-2026, ending September 30, 2026. The provision does not state household eligibility or assistance amounts.

Housing payment rules support older foster youth

Upon enactment, the department must pay statewide daily provider rates for staff-supported and host-home housing through independent living plus services. The program serves foster youth ages 16 through 19 whose assessed needs make general independent living foster care initially unsuitable. Rates must follow proposals submitted through a pricing solicitation. The law does not state the rates.

Housing support funded for vulnerable youth

The health department receives $13.1261 million for runaway and homeless youth grants for the year ending September 30, 2026. It also allocates $2.025 million to The New Foster Care for its Bridge Program. Bridge funding can support housing, child-welfare housing infrastructure, or supportive-housing projects. These provisions do not set individual payments or detailed eligibility rules.

Jackson shelter receives money to expand

Jackson Interfaith Shelter in Jackson County receives $1 million to build additional shelter space and facilities. The law funds construction but does not set individual shelter eligibility rules or household payments.

Local grants fund housing and homelessness services

Oakland County receives $500,000 for temporary housing. Lighthouse of Oakland County receives $1.5 million for homelessness prevention and services. The Greater Grand Rapids Chamber Foundation receives $810,000 to help provide housing and support services. These awards do not set household payment amounts or detailed eligibility rules.

Michigan adds unlicensed mobile home park oversight

Michigan's licensing department can hire up to four temporary employees to investigate and enforce rules involving unlicensed mobile home parks. The work project has an estimated cost of $2.4 million. It is scheduled for completion by September 30, 2026.

More services help supportive housing residents

The law provides $5 million for households needing more support to stay in supportive housing and homeless households moving into it. Organizations funded under the specified 2023 or 2024 laws may apply. Up to 8% may help providers sustain services and seek Medicaid reimbursement. At least 1% must go to the qualifying Michigan-organized national supportive-housing nonprofit with 501(c)(3) status. Funds remain available until projects finish, with a tentative completion date of September 30, 2030.

New funding develops emergency shelter facilities

The health department allocates $2 million in federal family-assistance funds to acquire and develop shelters without shared sleeping areas. These shelters must prioritize permanent housing without sobriety or treatment requirements; eligible sites include hotels, motels, dormitories, and recuperative-care facilities. Another $2 million funds building conversions for shelters serving women and children and people on parole. That recipient must be a Michigan-organized, community-based tax-exempt nonprofit in a city with 639,000 to 650,000 residents. The funding does not guarantee shelter admission.

Child welfare workers get flexible training

Private child placement agency staff must have access to virtual pre-service training at their agency. Hybrid instruction must also be available when the agency prefers it. The department must offer at least one pre-service class each month for new private foster care and adoption caseworkers.

Deaf and blind schools keep donations

The Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind may keep unspent gifts, bequests, and donations for the next fiscal year. This money does not return to the general fund and remains subject to its intended purposes.

Education funds foster oversight and mental-health training

The Department of Education receives a one-time $150,000 for foster care oversight. It also receives a one-time $150,000 for mental health training. Both appropriations cover the budget year ending September 30, 2026. Neither establishes a direct household payment.

Families get school and early-learning support

The department must establish or partner with family engagement centers across Michigan to help parents participate in their children's education. It must ensure translation and interpretation, share resources through intermediate school districts, and develop an early literacy plan for families. The law also funds high-quality early childhood services and facility improvements at Starfish Family Services locations in Detroit, Wayne County. The Starfish provision does not state an award amount. Kent School Services Network receives $1 million for the community school model in Kent County.

Funding for literacy and youth education

The law provides at least $1 million to carry out early childhood literacy programs funded under state school aid law. It also directs at least $150,000 from foster care support funding to carry out the related school-code requirement. The Michigan Center for Civic Education receives $1 million for its law-related and civic education work for youth. These are program funds, not direct payments to families.

Michigan civic education gets funding

The law provides a one-time $1 million appropriation for the Michigan Center for Civic Education. It funds the center, not direct household payments.

Michigan libraries and online resources receive funding

Michigan provides $16.5677 million in state aid to libraries for the budget year ending September 30, 2026. The law also provides a one-time $900,000 for the Michigan eLibrary during that year. These provisions fund library resources rather than household payments and do not set each library's share.

Public libraries receive zone tax reimbursements

The Education Department must reimburse eligible public libraries for 2025 taxes covered by the Michigan Renaissance Zone Act. It must allocate funds within 60 days after Treasury confirms it has the information needed to calculate payments. If funds fall short, eligible recipients' payments are reduced on an equal, prorated basis. This provision does not state the total funding.

School facilities and student programs receive grants

Roseville Community Schools receives $800,000 to renovate science facilities. Beyond Basics in Farmington, Oakland County, receives $1 million for literacy and tutoring programs. Launch Michigan in Lansing receives $1 million for work to improve student outcomes. Special Olympics Michigan in Grand Rapids receives $1 million to expand Michigan Unified Champion Schools statewide. These grants do not set individual student payments or eligibility rules.

School success funding supports northeast families

The state allocates $1.525 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money to Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency. The school success partnership allocation is due by December 1 of the current fiscal year. The agency must track attendance, academic results, family-resource connections, and parent involvement throughout state funding. Families do not receive direct cash payments.

Support for college access and completion

The law directs up to $500,000 to programs helping Michigan residents with college credits but no degree return to school. Remaining college success and student support funds must go to competitive grants that help students stay enrolled and finish degrees. The department may also spend up to $260,000 on outreach about postsecondary opportunities for men. These funds support programs and outreach, not guaranteed tuition aid or direct payments.

Teachers get artificial intelligence and media resources

The Department of Education must design, implement, and evaluate teacher learning resources and optional lessons on artificial intelligence and media literacy. The curriculum modules are optional, not required student coursework. The law also provides a one-time $300,000 for media literacy activities for the budget year ending September 30, 2026.

Youth centers and afterschool programs receive funding

The law funds expansion of SER Metro's youth engagement and adult reengagement nonprofit center in Detroit, Wayne County. That provision does not state an award amount. Diversified Community Services in Detroit receives $250,000 for afterschool and summer programs in Wayne County. Centro Multicultural la Familia receives $300,000 to extend after-school programs that lower postsecondary education barriers for disadvantaged youth. Centro's funds remain available until project completion, scheduled by September 30, 2026.

Youth education and career guidance receive support

For fiscal year 2025–2026, the law provides $2.322 million for STARBASE activities. It also provides $10.4418 million for the Michigan Youth ChalleNGe Academy. The Department of Education must send every district, intermediate district, and public charter high school the latest regional in-demand jobs report. Schools can receive the report electronically or on paper. These provisions do not set individual student payments.

Youth programs and facilities receive grants

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Michigan in Kalamazoo County receives $40,000 for facility improvements. Say Detroit in Wayne County receives $750,000 for programs outside school hours. The Detroit Police Athletic League receives $500,000 for youth and community development programs. These grants do not define participant eligibility or provide direct payments to families.

Agency funds remain available next year

Unspent federal funds passed through to local institutions and governments can carry into the next fiscal year. Additional federal funds are available for their intended purposes when they require no extra state matching money. The licensing department also keeps unspent elevator license, permit, and regulatory fee revenue for the next fiscal year. The elevator rule does not create a new fee.

Auto suppliers receive industry transition grants

The law provides $22.6531 million for grants to auto suppliers going through an industry transition. Recipients do not have to be small businesses, and individual grant amounts are not specified. Uncommitted or unallocated project funds remain available until completion, tentatively September 30, 2026.

Broadband builders get simpler permit rules

The department must prioritize broadband construction and maintenance permits or easements on state land. Detailed engineering plans replace a centerline survey requirement when facilities stay entirely within the right-of-way. Providers with road-authority permits need no separate department permit or easement for facilities wholly within the road right-of-way. Facilities extending onto public land outside that area require an easement and may require a certified survey.

Convention fund revenue goes to recipients

The law makes Convention Facility Development Fund revenue available for distributions required by the State Convention Facility Development Act. Recipients and payment rules follow sections 8, 9, and 10 of that act. No distribution total is stated.

Counties receive payments for eligible prisoners

State funds reimburse counties for housing specified parole violators, eligible people returned from community placement, and prisoners volunteering for county-jail placement. A separate jail program pays $70 daily for eligible presumptive-prison cases and $60 or $45 for the two straddle-cell sentencing categories. That program covers qualifying felony sentences totaling up to one year for crimes committed on or after January 1, 1999. Payments follow the order complete requests arrive and cannot exceed the appropriation. Participating counties must report prior-year average jail capacity and occupancy by September 30.

Dedicated funding supports intercity bus equipment

The department must create an intercity bus equipment and facility fund within the comprehensive transportation fund. It receives sale proceeds, forfeited security deposits, lease payments, and facility maintenance charges. Money supports specified equipment purchases, repairs, facility maintenance, and rehabilitation, subject to appropriations and lease terms. Unspent balances carry forward after year-end.

Detroit financial reviews continue this year

Treasury must continue Financial Review Commission work during the current fiscal year using the commission's appropriation. Work includes operating costs, assessing Detroit's finances, and reviewing the community district's balanced budget. Treasury must identify specific outcomes and performance measures.

Earned funds support state technology projects

The law adds related federal and state restricted money to the information technology investment fund's budget. The added amount cannot exceed money earned through initiatives supported by its original budget funds. The state budget director decides and authorizes how this funding is implemented. No fixed dollar amount is stated.

Extra collections fund county child support

When statewide retained child support collections exceed $38.3 million, 75% of the excess funds legal support contracts. Counties qualify for proportional shares when their qualifying current-year collections exceed their fiscal year 2004–2005 collections. Both comparisons exclude tax-offset and financial-institution data-match collections. Payments must add to, not replace, county Title IV-D child support funding.

Food and agriculture programs receive funding

For fiscal year 2025-2026, Michigan provides $2.4493 million for the food and agriculture investment program. Food and agriculture supply-chain activities receive $805,100: $305,100 in Agriculture Development funding and $500,000 in one-time funding. The Michigan Animal Agriculture Alliance receives a one-time $1.5 million appropriation. These appropriations cover the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and do not set household payments.

Forest owners get management support

The department must work with agencies and stakeholder groups to increase active management of nonindustrial private forests. Qualified forest program money supports owners' knowledge of sound forest care and commercial timber production. The provision states no funding amount or individual payment.

Freight receipts and funding support ports

Repayments of specified rail and water freight capital loans go into the rail freight fund. Proceeds from sales of related property and equipment also go there, and remaining balances carry forward. The maritime and port appropriation must go into the maritime and port facility assistance fund. These provisions state no dollar amounts.

Funding covers circuit judges' compensation

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, Michigan provides $202,500 for circuit judges' state base salaries. It also provides $68,600 for salary standardization and $24,400 for retirement system defined contributions. Another $20,700 covers OASI and Social Security costs. These appropriations fund compensation costs; they do not establish a stated individual pay increase.

Funding for energy and materials programs

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, the law provides $7.305 million for energy programs. That includes $5.325 million from the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Revolving Loan Fund. Materials management programs receive $400,000 from the Environmental Pollution Prevention Fund. The provision does not set direct household payments or eligibility rules.

Fundraisers stay out of incentive decisions

Michigan Economic Development Corporation staff involved in private fundraising cannot take part in specified grant, incentive, or tax-break decisions. This separation is a condition of receiving Part 1 funding.

General aviation funding supports airport improvements

The general aviation appropriation must go into the state aeronautics fund. It pays for capital improvements and air service improvements at Michigan general aviation airports. This provision states no funding amount.

Geological projects keep funding until completion

Unused one-time funds remain available until geologic resources management and Michigan geological survey projects are complete. Their estimated costs are $5 million and $2.3 million, respectively. Both have tentative completion dates of September 30, 2029.

Grants help financially distressed local governments

Treasury offers grants of up to $2 million per financially distressed city, village, or township. Treasury must find signs of probable financial distress, and the local government must apply as directed. Grants support debt or unfunded liability reduction, critical infrastructure or equipment, shared services, and projects that improve financial stability. No total program funding is stated.

Horse racing funds follow spending conditions

Equine fund revenue first covers agriculture department and Gaming Control Board administrative, contractual, and regulatory costs. Remaining revenue collected through September 30, 2025, is shared proportionally among county fairs, supplements, breeders' awards, and sire stakes awards. Race meeting licensees must qualify under the Horse Racing Law. Separately, up to $720,000 supports purses and fair supplements only if no Michigan standardbred race meeting is licensed by January 1, 2026.

Lake Michigan vehicle project keeps funding

Previously appropriated energy funds remain available for vehicle infrastructure along Lake Michigan if unspent, unencumbered, or unallotted. The project's estimated total cost is $5 million, with tentative completion on September 30, 2026. The provision does not identify the type of vehicle infrastructure or who can use it.

Land payments support local government budgets

Michigan provides $38.3125 million in payments in place of property taxes to local governments for fiscal year 2025-2026. This includes $3.6039 million for commercial forest reserve lands and $12.9106 million for purchased lands. Another $21.798 million covers swamp and tax-reverted lands. The law does not provide a direct household payment or tax cut.

Local governments get online auction services

The state technology department must provide consolidated online auction services through state contractors for all local governments. Surplus-property proceeds above necessary transaction costs support acquiring and distributing surplus property. Covered transactions include transfers, auctions, direct sales, and scrapping.

Local governments receive dedicated state revenue

The law funds distributions from the local government reimbursement fund under the Michigan Trust Fund Act. Treasury also distributes constitutional revenue sharing to cities, villages, and townships. Collections above the budgeted constitutional revenue-sharing amount also go to those communities, based on population. These provisions state no extra funding total.

Local governments receive targeted state support

For fiscal year 2025–2026, local governments receive $4.5 million to offset the qualified heavy equipment rental property tax exemption. The education budget provides $1.83 million for Renaissance zone reimbursements for the year ending September 30, 2026. Financially distressed cities, villages, and townships receive $2.5 million in funding. Lansing receives quarterly reimbursements for approved infrastructure and municipal services supporting the capitol and nearby state facilities. Lansing must document eligible costs and keep records for audits; these provisions do not set household payments or tax changes.

Local revenue sharing follows payment schedules

Specified local revenue-sharing payments arrive in six equal installments on the last business days of October, December, February, April, June, and August. A separate set of payments provides 50% of the estimate on the last business day of February 2026. Any remaining calculated payment arrives on the last business day of June 2026. These schedules do not change the stated total payments.

Manchester and Canton development grants

Manchester in Washtenaw County receives $404,000 for infrastructure improvements at an industrial park. Canton Township receives $380,000 for the Michigan Avenue Innovation Network. The provision does not describe the network's activities or identify businesses receiving direct payments.

Marquette airport service and infrastructure funding

Lake Superior Community Partnership in Marquette County receives $3 million for Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport. The award supports stronger air service and infrastructure investment. The provision does not set passenger fares or provide household payments.

Michigan Saves receives state funding

The law provides $3 million for Michigan Saves. This provision does not identify funded activities or set household eligibility, loan terms, or direct payments.

Michigan studies mileage-based road funding

The department must begin a road usage charge study and pilot by December 31, 2025, costing no more than $7.65 million. It must form a technical advisory committee within 90 days after the law takes effect. The committee studies mileage-based revenue as an alternative to fuel taxes, gathers public input, and consults stakeholders. Its meetings must follow Michigan's Open Meetings Act. The department must finish by December 31, 2026, and report findings to designated officials and the public. Unused project funds remain available until completion; this provision does not establish a general household road charge.

Military program funds keep revenue available

The law creates separate treasury funds for chargeable transient quarters and National Guard testing, recreation, and facility rentals. Program fees and other revenue must go into the matching funds. Balances remain available after the fiscal year ends. Spending supports program operations, and quarters maintenance, only as appropriated in Part 1.

Private money supports Michigan tourism ads

Travel Michigan can spend licensing and merchandise royalties from Pure Michigan and other covered slogans and images on tourism marketing. The money is available when Treasury receives it. Separate funds accept local government, nonprofit, and private contributions for Pure Michigan campaigns, including ads and national and international promotion. Contributors can request separate accounts. The law states no revenue amount.

Probation housing providers get set reimbursements

Probation residential-service providers receive $200 for an initial client assessment. Residential services are reimbursed at no more than $70 per day. These payments go to providers, not directly to households.

Resource payments fund Michigan community grants

Michigan provides $3.45 million in community grants from federal oil, gas, and timber payments for fiscal year 2025-2026. The grants support eligible communities through September 30, 2026, rather than paying households directly.

Rural development grants receive state funding

Michigan provides $2.0095 million for rural development fund grants in fiscal year 2025-2026. This includes $1.4 million paid to local governments. The funding covers the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, without setting individual eligibility rules or household payments.

Rural prosperity office receives state funding

Michigan provides $350,000 for the Office of Rural Prosperity. The money supports the office's work on rural communities, rather than direct household payments.

Specialty plate money reaches named recipients

Collector and fundraising license plate revenue goes to the named university or public or private agency. Payments occur quarterly unless another law authorizes a different schedule. Year-end balances remain available for distribution the next fiscal year.

State agencies get energy project fund

The law creates a revolving fund for energy efficiency projects at participating state agencies. The state technology department coordinates project requests and prioritizes projects that reduce Michigan's carbon footprint. It sets project scope, funding commitments, reporting requirements, and financial terms with participating agencies. Fund balances and investment earnings stay in the fund. State administrative costs cannot exceed 10% of total project cost; no total fund amount is stated.

State backup funds require budget transfers

The law authorizes up to $100,000 each in local and private contingency funding through September 30, 2026. Attorney General limits are $750,000 each from federal and state-restricted sources, plus $50,000 each from local and private sources. Department of State limits are $1.5 million each in federal and state-restricted funds, $50,000 local, and $100,000 private. Treasury limits are $500,000 federal, $10 million state-restricted, $100,000 local, and $20,000 private. All these funds require transfer to another approved budget line before spending; they do not create household payments.

State buildings get flexible project funding

State Building Authority rent funds can also pay required insurance premiums and deductibles for authority-owned facilities. If those funds are insufficient, the General Fund covers the amount needed for rent and those insurance costs. Maintenance, remodeling, and addition projects can also receive related federal and state restricted funds earned through their budget-funded initiatives. Those added project funds cannot exceed amounts earned, and the state budget director controls implementation. Neither rule states a fixed total amount.

State contracts encourage wider business access

Agency leaders must take reasonable steps to help certified geographically disadvantaged businesses compete for state contracts, as state law permits. They must strongly encourage contractors to use these businesses as subcontractors. The auditor general must also promote audit participation by specified minority-, women-, and disability-owned firms and geographically disadvantaged businesses. For covered audits, subcontracting with these firms must be strongly encouraged, with contract counts reported by November 1. No contract award is guaranteed.

State data services can fund operations

Revenue from specified census information, demographic products, and technical services pays the necessary costs of providing those services. The money is available when received and can carry into the next fiscal year. The state technology department can also make agreements to provide spatial information, technical services, and related products. Agreement funds can pay for those services and necessary staff, supplies, and equipment; no fee amounts are stated.

State funds prepare development sites for sale

Michigan authorizes a General Fund cash advance of up to $25 million for its site preparation economic development fund. Sale proceeds from qualifying state-owned sites also go into the fund. Money supports demolition, environmental work, utility upgrades, and excavation that improve a site's sale value. Sites must be declared surplus and provide local or statewide economic benefit. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation board and state budget director decide which sites qualify.

State funds supplier checks before contracts

The state can spend up to an additional $200,000 from business support services funds on a supplier-risk information subscription. The technology and budget department uses it to assess suppliers before awarding contracts. The money must support continuation of that subscription.

State records and workplace projects keep funding

The law keeps qualifying unused funds available until several state administrative projects are complete. Digitizing and indexing department records has an estimated $5 million cost and a tentative September 30, 2029, completion date. Building maintenance has an estimated $2 million cost. Data-processing equipment, software, and services have an estimated $3 million cost. Work preparing the state's annual comprehensive financial report has an estimated $3 million cost and a tentative September 30, 2030, completion date.

State supports long-term infrastructure planning

The Michigan Infrastructure Council uses its funding to improve how infrastructure assets are managed. Work includes data collection, manager training, project assistance, and a 30-year statewide asset-management plan. The provision states no funding total.

Transportation funding supports infrastructure and compliance

The Transportation Department receives $5.75 million for critical infrastructure projects. Additional movable bridge funds must cover local costs for required federal bridge load analyses, inspections, and related mandates. The Saginaw County Road Commission receives $1.2 million for on-site buildings and upgrades needed to meet minimum environmental rules.

Transportation funds stay available for projects

Michigan can expand its infrastructure bank and offer transportation grants or loans under applicable federal rules. Federal grants, repayments, program revenue, and interest stay in its revolving fund, with unused balances carried forward. Local bridge appropriations carry forward for their legally designated purposes. Dedicated local bridge and transportation economic development funds cannot be diverted to other projects. Unspent, uncommitted state trunkline money carries forward for federal-aid road and bridge projects in the annual transportation program.

Travel reimbursements for county welfare officials

The department must allocate up to $100,000 yearly from local office staff travel funds for eligible county officials' meeting costs. County board members and county department directors can receive reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs of statewide Michigan County Social Services Association meetings. Reimbursements cannot exceed the allocated funds.

Construction funds can cover highway maintenance

Michigan's transportation department may use up to $10 million from its state trunkline federal-aid construction appropriation for highway maintenance. The money can address safety-related, high-priority, and deferred routine maintenance needs on the state highway network. This is permission to use existing construction funding, not a separate new appropriation.

Federal funding supports power transmission projects

The law provides $35.8 million in federal funds for the Transmission Siting and Economic Development Program. The money supports transmission siting and related economic development projects. This provision sets no household payments or individual project award amounts.

Lead-line funds support broader water projects

Agencies must use money appropriated for lead service line replacement to support water infrastructure. Eligible work includes lead-line replacement and related activities, drinking water projects, wastewater management, and stormwater management. This provision states no funding amount or direct household payment.

Road upkeep and freight rail prioritized

Michigan's transportation department and local road agencies must make upkeep of existing road networks a funding priority. At least $20 million from rail operations and infrastructure funding must support rail-related economic development and freight-system preservation. The law does not specify household payments.

Water projects keep funding across years

Qualifying unused one-time funds remain available until water infrastructure projects are complete. The lead service line replacement project has an estimated $17.4 million cost. Its funds can support lead lines, drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater projects. The water state revolving funds project has an estimated $34 million cost. Both have tentative completion dates of September 30, 2029.

Funding for insurance and banking oversight

For the budget year ending September 30, 2026, the Insurance and Financial Services Department receives $79.4064 million. This includes $12.8924 million for administration, $62.9014 million for regulation, and $3.6126 million for technology. The appropriation lists no state general fund/general purpose money. Separately, funds collected for specified mortgage conservatorships and insurance liquidations can pay necessary service costs and carry forward across budget years. That spending and the related section 303 appropriation share a $600,000 cap.

Funding for state debt and banking

The law provides extra money needed for specified state debt costs, including principal, interest, fees, redemptions, and issuance costs. It also covers interest on authorized borrowing between state funds. School bond loan repayments support debt payments when the treasurer finds they are not needed in the school loan revolving fund. State financial services are paid first from pooled-cash interest and investment earnings, with other revenue covering any shortfall. No fixed total is stated.

Funding to manage carbon credit sales

The department can receive and spend state-restricted money on vendor costs for managing carbon-offset credit sales. The provision states no funding amount and creates no direct household payment or charge.

Grant supports more affordable clean-energy loans

The Public Service Commission may award $1.5 million to a nonprofit green bank experienced in energy-efficiency and renewable-energy financing. The bank can use a loan-loss reserve or similar tool to attract private investment and make clean-energy loans more affordable. The provision guarantees no borrower eligibility, loan amount, or interest rate.

Grants support Michigan community lending

The law funds an estimated $5 million community development finance grant project, including unallocated prior-year money and permitted administration. Funds remain available through project completion, tentatively September 30, 2027. Eligible federally certified lenders need a Michigan office with at least two employees and must meet Michigan presence or commitment requirements. Asset- or commitment-based award caps apply; a multistate nonbank lender cannot receive more than $633,000. At least 80% of each award must support financial products, services, or interest-rate reductions. At least 10% of funds must support businesses run by underrepresented entrepreneurs or lenders primarily serving them. Applications are due November 30, 2025; the Michigan Strategic Fund must decide on complete applications within 49 days. Recipients must use awards in Michigan, commit or disburse them within three years, keep certification, follow applicable federal requirements, and report.

Ambulance providers get unpaid bill relief

Michigan uses proceeds from specified court or bankruptcy cases to reimburse unpaid ambulance services for corrections in 2023 or 2024. The cases involve Wellpath Holdings, its affiliated companies, or Grand Prairie Health Care Services. Payments depend on state proceeds and are reduced by amounts providers recover through those cases. Providers must return later recoveries from the named companies after receiving state reimbursement.

Behavioral health reviews may avoid duplication

The department must seek federal approval to recognize national accreditation reviews for covered behavioral health agencies. Recognition applies only to state review and audit requirements the accrediting organization has addressed and reviewed. Federal approval through a waiver or state plan amendment is required before this approach takes effect. Legal and patient safety protections remain, and any savings must return to services.

Child care payments follow enrollment, not attendance

Michigan's Child Development and Care program must pay providers based on eligible children's enrollment, not attendance, using a state-set method. The department can seek a one-time hourly rate increase using federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds at risk of expiring. It can also seek higher rates for the rest of the year when projected caseloads fall below May consensus estimates and spending is significantly below those estimates. Either increase requires state budget director approval, requested at least 30 days before spending. The law does not guarantee an increase or set its size.

Disability assistance payments get funding

Michigan provides about $5.06 million for state disability assistance payments for the year ending September 30, 2026. The appropriation supports people receiving this assistance. It does not set individual payment amounts or eligibility rules.

Funding implements Medicaid blood pressure monitors

Michigan allocates $800,000 to implement the 2024 law concerning Medicaid blood pressure monitors. This funds implementation rather than establishing new coverage details here. The appropriation does not identify covered monitors, eligibility rules, or household savings.

Funding supports pregnant and young families

Michigan provides $20 million for prenatal and infant support for the year ending September 30, 2026. The law directs $20 million in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families revenue toward economic stability programs for young families. Program preferences include proven economic results, maternal and infant health partnerships, and compliance with federal assistance rules. Preferred programs must show effectiveness for households with women at least 20 weeks pregnant and households with young children. These provisions do not specify household payment amounts.

Health and aging administration receives funding

The law provides $2.837 million for health services administration for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. The funding supports state administration of health and aging services. It does not specify household payments, eligibility changes, or new service levels.

Health department can keep outside support

Michigan's health and human services department can accept public or private gifts, donations, bequests, contributions, and grants for its work. It must honor any purpose specified by the source. Unspent private demonstration-project revenue not committed to other costs, along with remaining related fund balances, carries into the next fiscal year. That money does not lapse to the general fund.

Medicaid penalties support long-term care funding

The department may receive and spend penalties collected for violations of Medicaid certification rules through long-term care accounts. These receipts can increase authorized spending in those accounts. Unspent penalty money carries into the next year. The provision sets no funding amount, household payment, or eligibility change.

Medicaid supports hospital and dental payments

Michigan continues $3 million in state funding, plus federal matching money, for specified Medicaid dental provider payments. Minimum payments are $1,495 in ambulatory surgery centers and $2,300 in outpatient hospitals. For hospital patients with both Medicaid and Medicare, but only Medicare Part B coverage, Medicaid fills a specified payment gap. Combined Medicaid, Medicare, and other third-party payments must reach the Medicaid-only payment level, including a capital payment. These rules pay providers; they do not set patient cash payments or out-of-pocket savings.

Mental health funds prioritize direct services

Prepaid inpatient health plans and community mental health programs must work to lower administrative costs and maintain care quality. They must also support fair, adequate direct-care payments, including fair wages where possible. Independent analysis must show that administrative mergers reduce office spending and increase direct-service spending. Efficiency savings cannot increase net assets, internal service funds, building costs, staffing, or other uses unrelated to better services. After a state hospital, center, or agency closes and transition costs are paid, remaining appropriated funds go to the plans or programs serving its former patients.

Patient reimbursements can fund later placements

The department may collect placement-cost reimbursements from patients or other responsible payers and adjust financing to actual revenue. Revenue above current-year spending may carry forward with state budget director approval. Carried-forward money must be used first in the following year. This provision does not itself create a new individual payment duty.

Radiological health fees stay with program

Radiological health fees and collections above the main budget appropriation carry into the next fiscal year. That money must be used first for radiological health administration and projects in that year. The law states no carryforward amount.

Rural needs count in maternal funding

Michigan must consider rural needs when distributing funds for maternal and child health services and prenatal outreach. This also covers local family planning agreements and pregnancy prevention programs. A rural community is a county, city, village, or township with 30,000 or fewer residents, even within a metro area. The rule does not guarantee a particular local funding amount or household service.

Schools can share Medicaid service funding

Michigan may seek federal Medicaid reimbursement for eligible services provided in schools. The department may share the money with participating local and intermediate school districts through state-local agreements. Those agreements use negotiated sharing ratios and must follow federal and Michigan law. Payments go to districts, not directly to households.

State hospital service bidding remains available

Beginning October 1 of the current fiscal year, the department may maintain bidding for private hospital food and custodial services. The hospital must be identified as able to save money through outsourcing. The department must consult the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget. The law permits bidding but does not require outsourcing or guarantee savings.

Telehealth provider payments match in-person rates

The department must pay at least the face-to-face rate for the nonfacility part of telemedicine services. This applies to behavioral and physical health services through managed care or fee-for-service. The rule governs provider reimbursement, not a patient’s stated out-of-pocket price.

Training for Healthy Michigan eligibility staff

The health department must develop training and materials for staff who decide or renew Healthy Michigan Plan eligibility. Training must help staff follow the plan's community engagement verification procedures. This provision does not itself change eligibility requirements or benefits.

Funding supports property boundary survey markers

The law provides $6.8 million for remonumentation grants, which support property survey markers. This provision does not name recipients or set grant conditions.

State funds support housing and property renewal

Housing and community development funds must support projects authorized by sections 58b and 58c of the state housing authority law. The State Land Bank Authority can spend revenue received under the Land Bank Fast Track Act beyond its budget appropriation. Allowed uses include buying, managing, demolishing, and repairing property, plus debt and title costs. The authority can also partner with local land banks. These provisions do not state funding amounts.

College access and adult students get funding

The law provides one-time funding of $3.5 million for dual enrollment and $260,000 for access to college and other postsecondary opportunities. It also provides $1 million for the Michigan Center for Adult College Success. These provisions do not set individual award amounts or change student eligibility.

College aid and student supports funded

For the year ending September 30, 2026, student financial assistance programs receive $9.5977 million. The Michigan Indian tuition waiver receives $159,700 for eligible students for that same year. The law also provides a one-time $1 million for the college success fund and student support services. Of that amount, $500,000 is identified as spending paid to local governments. These provisions do not set individual student awards.

Community colleges get workforce training support

The law provides a one-time $240,000 for a community college workforce initiative. The department may spend up to $240,000 on a workgroup planning how smaller employers can find college training and employee resources. Kirtland Community College receives $100,000 for a timber harvester simulator. Schoolcraft Community College receives $750,000 to improve its masonry apprenticeship center. These provisions do not guarantee enrollment, training, or individual payments.

Education department gets capped backup funding authority

For fiscal year 2025–2026, Education has backup funding authority up to $5 million federal and $400,000 state-restricted. Separate limits are $250,000 in local funds and $1.5 million in private funds. None can be spent until transferred to another Part 1 budget line through the required legal process. The authority ends September 30, 2026, and does not create household payments.

Education trust can support retirement funds

The Michigan Education Trust board may use trust revenue for listed necessary operating expenses. It may also make grants to the civil service commission retirement fund and the state employees' retirement fund. The provision states no grant amounts and does not guarantee higher pension payments.

Energy training and weatherization funds stay available

Unspent funds for a transmission siting and economic development project remain available until the project is complete. The estimated $35.8 million project supports utility apprenticeships, home weatherization, and energy-infrastructure worker training programs. Its tentative completion date is September 30, 2026. The provision does not state individual eligibility rules or payment amounts.

Extra grants support local economic programs

Extra federal pass-through funds for local institutions and governments are available for their intended purposes without additional state matching money. Unspent qualifying funds may carry into the next fiscal year. The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity may also spend up to $1.5 million in received private grants. Private grant spending must follow grant agreements and state and federal law.

Funding covers two departments' retiree costs

For the year ending September 30, 2026, the law authorizes $13.1548 million for Attorney General pension and retiree health costs. That includes estimated pension costs of $11.8648 million and retiree health costs of $1.29 million. It also authorizes $2.6568 million for Civil Rights Department pension and retiree health costs. That includes estimated pension costs of $2.3963 million and retiree health costs of $260,500. These amounts fund existing benefit costs, not a new individual benefit formula.

Funding for Michigan legislative internship programs

The law allocates $250,000 each from Senate and House funds to their internship programs, totaling $500,000. It does not set intern pay, eligibility, or the number of placements.

Leftover gaming funds support Michigan schools

After required spending, remaining money in three gaming funds must go to Michigan's School Aid Fund. These are the fantasy contest, internet gaming, and internet sports betting funds. The law does not state how much money will remain.

Prevailing wage fund money becomes available

Beginning upon enactment, the law makes all receipts in Michigan's prevailing wage fund available for spending. Spending must serve purposes allowed under the law that created the fund. This provision sets no dollar amount and does not change wage rates or promise payments to workers.

Real estate and accounting education funded

The law provides $400,000 for real estate continuing education through grants to the Michigan Realtors Association. The association must use these funds to approve and track continuing education. Accounting continuing education receives $200,000. The licensing bureau must spend at least $200,000 on grants supporting the Michigan Association of CPAs' education tracker and web portal.

Rehabilitation funds stay available longer

Unspent federal vocational rehabilitation funds can carry into the next budget year when they need no additional state match. Prior-year federal funds above the budgeted amount are also available for their intended purposes when already matched by the state.

Sheet metal apprenticeships receive facility funding

The law directs funding to sheet metal apprenticeship training centers. Grants must support infrastructure upgrades, technology improvements, or modernized or expanded classrooms and labs. The supplied provision does not state the funding amount.

Students get college information and outreach

The department must review state financial aid for affordability and college completion, coordinate aid agencies, and publish an accessible college-data dashboard. It must also promote college opportunities and promote and track federal student aid application completion. The Michigan Center for Adult College Success must continue work on adult enrollment and completion under Michigan Reconnect. These rules do not set new aid amounts or eligibility formulas.

Technology career programs receive support for women

The law directs Reignite funding to a nonprofit that connects women with technology careers. Programs must serve women from K–12 through after university. The supplied provision does not state the grant amount or funding period.

Transition office can help affected workers

The department can use budget funds to staff the Community and Worker Economic Transition Office. The office can help workers, communities, and employers manage economic changes and find resources. Its work can include automotive, utility, manufacturing, and building-trades industries. The department must submit a transition plan by December 31, 2025.

Workers get training and economic-transition support

The law directs workforce and employer expansion funds toward current and future workforce needs. Allowed uses include closing industry skill gaps, expanding preapprenticeships and registered apprenticeships, and helping people earn federally recognized industry credentials. Funds can also support employer-led partnerships and industry strategies that support job creation. The law provides $22.6531 million in federal funds for the Community and Worker Economic Transition Office. These provisions do not set individual assistance amounts or eligibility rules.

Bottle dealers receive required fund payments

The law funds required bottle deposit fund payments to eligible dealers. Payment amounts and timing follow the existing bottle deposit law. This provision states no dollar total.

Broader participation goals for cannabis businesses

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency must further develop its social equity program to increase participation. It must focus especially on people from communities disproportionately affected by cannabis prohibition and enforcement. Goals include setting a minimum number of participating licensees and considering local median income when identifying affected communities. This provision sets no licensee number, income cutoff, or individual payment.

Contract preferences support Michigan business suppliers

Through September 30, 2026, covered purchases must favor American alternatives over foreign goods or services when price and quality are comparable. Qualifying Michigan businesses, including veteran-owned businesses, receive purchasing preference on those terms. Funded agencies must also take reasonable steps to help geographically disadvantaged businesses compete for and perform contracts. The provisions cover natural resources and insurance and financial services agencies and strongly encourage subcontracting with certified businesses. These duties follow state purchasing-law limits and do not guarantee contracts.

Detroit alliance receives funds for entrepreneurs

The law directs Michigan Black Business Alliance funds to a nonprofit business alliance in Detroit, Wayne County. The money must support programs connecting entrepreneurs with capital and technical help. The provision does not state the grant amount or promise individual business awards.

Farm research and soil health get support

The agriculture department can fund local governments, colleges, and nonprofits for activities supported by the budget. These include water protection, technical help, forest management, invasive-species monitoring, wildlife risk reduction, pesticide disposal, and agricultural research. It must continue animal research grants with industry representatives and state research universities using Michigan animal agriculture alliance funds. Soil health funding promotes soil cover, less soil disturbance, crop diversity, living roots, and livestock integration. At least $1 million supports program development, evaluation, and adoption through MSU Extension and AgBioResearch.

Funding for business and redevelopment agreements

The law funds Good Jobs for Michigan business payments using tax revenue captured under written program agreements. That revenue also pays Michigan Strategic Fund administrative costs under the program's legal rules. The law separately funds tax-capture amounts due under approved transformational brownfield redevelopment plans. Neither provision states a payment total.

Michigan vendors get state purchasing preferences

State-funded purchases favor Michigan businesses, including businesses owned and run by veterans, when prices are competitive and quality is comparable. Foreign goods or services cannot be purchased when comparable, competitively priced American options are available. These rules apply within the limits of the Management and Budget Act, including purchases by the lifelong education department.

State contracts favor qualifying Michigan businesses

Where the budget law permits, agencies cannot buy foreign goods or services when competitively priced, comparable-quality American options exist. They must prefer competitively priced, comparable-quality Michigan suppliers, including veteran-owned Michigan businesses. Directors must take reasonable steps to help geographically disadvantaged businesses compete for and perform contracts. They must also strongly encourage subcontracting with businesses certified under Executive Directive 2023-1.

Funding for equipment rental tax reimbursements

The law makes collected heavy equipment rental property tax reimbursement fund revenue available for distribution. Payments must follow section 9 of the Qualified Heavy Equipment Rental Personal Property Specific Tax Act. The provision states no total amount and creates no direct household payment.

More cities can use state tax services

Treasury may administer individual income taxes for additional cities that sign service agreements. Local money received through those agreements funds staffing and administration. This provision does not change residents' tax rates or liabilities.

Payment flexibility for health insurer taxes

After federal approval of a revised insurance provider assessment, state agencies must arrange reasonable timing for the first quarterly payment. Later payments keep the due dates set by existing law. The assessment ends when an ongoing alternative revenue source dedicated to medical assistance takes effect and DHHS finds it fully replaces the revenue. If that source replaces only part, DHHS must reduce the assessment by that revenue and adjust the monthly per-member rate. These provisions state no direct change to household premiums.

Tobacco and marijuana revenue gets distributed

The law funds tobacco tax distributions tied to counties with more than 2 million residents in the 2000 census. Those distributions follow the Tobacco Products Tax Act. It also funds distributions of medical marijuana licensing revenue and recreational marijuana law revenue to their legally designated recipients. These provisions state no distribution totals.

Tobacco tax money follows county rules

The law appropriates tobacco tax revenue associated with counties that exceeded 2 million residents in the 2000 federal census. Distribution must follow section 12(2)(e) of the Tobacco Products Tax Act. This provision states no amount and does not change household tax rates.

Blindness bureau services can carry fees

The Bureau of Services for Blind Persons can charge for specified services, training, equipment, facility use, and consulting. Charges can apply to patrons, organizations, and government entities. Fees must reasonably relate to service costs and support necessary expenses. Charging is optional, and the law sets no specific prices.

Capitol parking users may face fees

The Capitol Commission can charge state employees and the public to use certain legislative parking facilities. The law sets no fee amount. The commission must set operating rules and can allocate the fee revenue it collects.

Corrections can charge for offender services

The Michigan Department of Corrections may charge fees and collect revenue for listed offender services and programs. Collections cannot exceed the cost of those services and activities. The money pays related expenses; the provision does not set individual fee amounts.

Crash reports carry set access fees

State Police individual traffic crash reports cost $15 per incident. Electronic traffic data extracts can be sold for 25 cents per incident. Extracts must exclude names, addresses, and other personal identifying information.

Plaintiffs pay fees for state garnishments

Plaintiffs in garnishment actions involving Michigan must pay the state treasurer $6 per writ served. The fee is $5 for electronically filed writs involving individual income tax refunds or credits.

State events and materials can carry fees

Labor and Economic Opportunity can charge cost-based event fees, with spending from those fees capped at $500,000. A separate department event-fee authority caps spending from fees at $1 million and requires fees to reflect event costs. Excess event revenue can carry forward. State Police can charge for publications, videos, conferences, workshops, and related materials, but fees cannot exceed costs.

State land transactions can carry fees

The department can charge application and transaction fees for sales or exchanges of state-owned land or interests in it. The director sets fees to recover costs, consistent with the state's natural resources law. The provision sets no specific fee amount.

Repeated Bridge Card replacements require review

A household receiving its fourth Bridge Card within 12 months must get a notice about the replacement threshold. For the fifth and later replacement requests, a recipient must speak directly with a district manager or county director. Michigan cannot issue the replacement before that conversation. The official may approve a card based on the household's situation and explanation.

Unspent state worker accounts fund administration

Michigan may use unspent state employee flexible spending account contributions to pay the program's administrative costs. Any remaining balance goes to the state General Fund. The law does not state an amount affected for any employee.

Funding supports homeowner tax exemption audits

Treasury can receive and spend principal residence audit fund revenue to administer audits under Michigan's property tax law. These audits concern homeowners claiming the principal residence exemption. This authority does not change exemption eligibility or set a new tax amount.

State employees face in-person work rules

State agencies must maximize in-person work and follow state employer rules for work arrangements and building use. Building occupancy requirements target at least 80%, subject to market conditions. Agencies must ensure agreed business hours and the standard 80-hour, two-week period for full-time classified employees. They must monitor reported hours each pay period for employees whose duties require work outside an office. The natural resources department's requirements run through September 30, 2026; the law does not set a specific individual schedule or pay change.

Teachers may face higher testing fees

The Education Department may use certification or testing fee revenue to carry out the literacy test requirement, as allowed by law. It may pass increased testing fees to teachers only when legally allowed and appropriate. The provision does not require an increase or set a fee amount.

Agriculture service users can face fees

The department can charge fees for listed pesticide, plant-pest, produce inspection and grading, and laboratory services. Fee amounts are not stated. Legislative subcommittees, fiscal agencies, and the state budget office must receive notice 30 days before proposed fee changes. Revenue carries forward and can cover related expenses when appropriated.

Budget money cannot combine state laboratories

State agencies cannot use Part 1 budget funds to consolidate state-run laboratories. This limits agency spending choices rather than creating a household payment or duty.

Funding blocked for river designation

The department cannot use Part 1 fisheries management funds to designate the Little Manistee River as a natural river. The restriction applies to that funding source and that river.

County child care funds require plans

Counties must submit the required Child Care Fund expenditure report to receive reimbursement. They also need an approved service spending plan by October 15 of the current fiscal year. Next-year plans are due August 15, current-year amendments August 30, and payable estimates September 15. Plans must follow the Social Welfare Act; the department reviews them and may request revisions.

State funds cannot expand behavioral clinic demonstration

The department cannot use Part 1 appropriations to expand the certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration. The restriction does not bar expansion using other funding sources.

Youth and abuse agencies must report

Agencies receiving specified TANF money for runaway and homeless youth or domestic violence services must report required eligibility data. The health department cannot allocate this money to agencies that do not report. The reporting duty applies to agencies, not directly to households.

Contractors must verify new hires’ eligibility

Prequalified department contractors and subcontractors must agree to use E-Verify as a condition of each contract or subcontract. Verification covers people hired during the contract term. The department can perform the checks itself or require the contractor to check and certify the information.

Covered state contractors must verify new hires

Covered state contracts must require prequalified contractors and subcontractors to agree to use E-Verify for hires during the contract term. This includes covered agriculture and corrections department contracts. The system checks whether new hires are legally present and authorized to work in the United States. The requirement does not apply to every Michigan employer or worker.

State contractors face work authorization checks

Prequalified contractors and subcontractors with the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential must agree to E-Verify checks. The checks cover people hired during the contract term. The department may perform checks itself or require contractors to verify work authorization and certify completion. Through September 30, 2026, natural resources department contracts also require prequalified contractors and subcontractors to agree to E-Verify for new hires. That department may require a contractor certification.

State contractors face worker verification rules

Prequalified state contractors and subcontractors must agree to use E-Verify for people hired during the contract term. The system checks legal presence and permission to work in the United States. Agencies must report on their verification processes by March 1. The Department of Insurance and Financial Services can check directly or require contractors to check and certify the information.

State contractors must verify new hires

The department must make E-Verify use a condition of covered contracts and subcontracts with prequalified contractors and subcontractors. Covered businesses must use it for people hired during the contract term. The system checks legal presence and authorization to work in the United States.

Treasury can outsource defaulted student debt collections

Treasury can hire law firms or private agencies to collect defaulted student loans and other debts owed to Michigan's guaranty agency. Additional appropriations cover collection costs and fees up to 24.34% of collections, or a lower contract amount. This provision does not create a new repayment obligation or require borrowers to pay the state's collection costs.

Treasury can hire private debt collectors

Treasury can hire law firms or private agencies to collect taxes and other debts owed to the state. City debts qualify only when Treasury has a tax-administration agreement with that city. State-funded collection costs are capped at 25% of collections or 2.5% plus operating costs, as applicable under the contract. Costs tied to constitutionally dedicated revenue come from the general fund's general purpose account. These funding limits do not create a new personal payment duty for debtors.

Agencies must use outside funding first

Agencies cannot use Part 1 general fund money for a cost when federal funding or a private grant covers that same cost. For PFAS and environmental contamination response, the restriction also covers state restricted funds. These rules limit agency spending choices, not household payments.

Care facilities face fire inspection fees

Bureau of Fire Services spending depends on collecting the required inspection and construction-review fees. Inspections cost $8 per hospital bed and $5 per bed in nursing homes and homes for the aged. The $5 rate also covers adult foster-care facilities with more than six residents. Covered hospital and school construction reviews have a $155 minimum for projects costing $101,000 or less. Intermediate rates are $1.60 and $1.30 per $1,000; projects costing $10,000,001 or more pay $1.10 per $1,000, capped at $60,000.

Custom information requests can carry fees

The department can charge reasonable fees for custom listings of nonconfidential information that are otherwise unavailable. Fee revenue pays the service's expenses. Any unspent year-end balance goes to the appropriate restricted fund. The law sets no specific fee.

Directed grant recipients face spending safeguards

Departments must review legislatively directed grant recipients' documents, capacity, and public purpose before reimbursing documented costs under signed agreements. Agreements must identify the project, budget, recipient, and third-party uses, and require reporting and recovery of declined, unspent, or misused money. Recipients must keep records for at least 7 years and return interest above $1,000 earned on unspent grant money. Without enough agreement information by June 1, 2026, the associated money returns to the state. Projects must finish and funds must be spent by September 30, 2030, or unspent money returns.

Enforcement targets unlawful wine shipments

The liquor commission must use the Direct Shipper Enforcement Revolving Fund to investigate and audit unlawful direct wine shipments. It must prioritize unlicensed out-of-state retailers and third-party marketers and use available shipping records. Identified entities must be referred to the Attorney General. Each identified unlicensed out-of-state entity must receive notice of its violation, possible penalties, and referral.

Grant recipients cannot seek overlapping funds

Recipients funded under sections 358, 463–470, or 526 must agree not to seek or receive certain 2024 PA 121 funds. The restriction applies when those funds serve a substantially similar purpose. It does not apply to households that are not covered grant recipients.

Grant recipients face spending safeguards

Departments must review documents before signing legislatively directed grant agreements and reimburse recipients after documented project spending. They must withhold funds for deficient disclosures, state tax liens, delinquent state obligations, or conflicts of interest. Agreements require reporting and repayment terms for misuse, and recipients must keep records for at least seven years. Recipients must supply agreement information by June 1, 2026, and finish projects and spend funds by September 30, 2030. They must return unspent funds and interest exceeding $1,000 on unspent grant money. The law also requires legislative grant lists within 30 days of enactment and public project updates on March 15, June 15, and September 15.

Horse industry funding tracks available revenue

Equine industry development fund appropriations must fall proportionately if current-year revenue is below the amount appropriated. Racing commission appropriations are exempt from that reduction. The provision states no shortfall or fixed cut amount.

Land acquisition projects can face fees

The department may charge land acquisition projects a standard percentage fee to recover actual service costs. It may use the revenue for land-acquisition service charges authorized in Part 1. The authority covers projects funded for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, or earlier years. The provision does not state the fee percentage.

Large renewable projects face funding ban

The law bars spending funds appropriated in Part 1 on utility-scale solar or wind development projects. This limits the use of public money, not households' own spending. The provision does not state how much funding is affected.

Limits on precision farming research funding

The agriculture department cannot use Part 1 soil health and regenerative agriculture funds for applied research on precision chemical application. The ban covers fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides. It limits state spending and does not ban farmers from using precision methods.

Local governments repay contracted police costs

Local governments must reimburse Michigan State Police for all costs of contracted services. Services for other entities must use personnel working overtime outside their normal schedules, with all costs eligible for reimbursement. State agencies are excluded. The provision does not set rates or change household taxes.

Natural resources spending uses older funds

Through September 30, 2026, the Department of Natural Resources must use existing authorized project funds first, to the extent possible. This applies when those funds are available for the same purpose as the new appropriations.

Private firms can audit unclaimed property

Treasury can hire private firms to audit for and collect unclaimed property due to the state under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Additional appropriations can cover audit and collection costs and fees up to 12% of collections, or a lower contract limit. The provision does not establish a 12% charge on individual property claims.

Project grants face repayment and deadlines

Departments must check recipients, documents, and public purposes before signing legislatively directed grant agreements. Payments reimburse documented project costs; spending is limited to the agreed project. Unless department policy allows otherwise, funded costs must occur on or after the law's effective date. Missing disclosures, payment of debts owed to the state, or conflicts of interest can block release. Recipients must supply agreement information by June 1, 2026, or the money returns to the state. Projects and spending must finish by September 30, 2030; records must be kept for at least seven years. The state can recover declined, unspent, or misused funds; Treasury grant recipients must also return interest above $1,000 on unspent money.

Senate building users can face charges

The Michigan Senate can charge rent and utility costs at the Binsfeld Office Building. Receipts pay for the building's renovation, operation, and maintenance. The law does not set charge amounts.

State funds cannot buy casino ownership

The state, its departments, agencies, and authorities cannot use Part 1 funds to buy ownership in casinos or gambling operations. The restriction governs state investments and does not regulate household gambling.

State restricts two transportation funding uses

Michigan's transportation department cannot commit state transportation revenue to planning or building the Gordie Howe International Crossing or a renamed successor. It also cannot sign new contracts creating that obligation until specific enabling legislation takes effect. Staff costs fully and promptly reimbursed by Canada are exempt. Separately, the department cannot use state money or resources to support federal grant 693JJ22440000Y430MI24A0815.

State spending faces funding source limits

The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity cannot use General Fund money when federal or private grants cover the same expense. State departments, authorities, and agencies also cannot use Part 1 appropriations to buy an ownership share in a casino.

Street railway appropriation set at zero

The law sets the specified street railway appropriation at $0 for the budget year ending September 30, 2026. This provision does not state the prior amount or require a particular change in fares or service.

Tobacco and opioid proceeds require appropriations

Proceeds from Michigan lawsuits or settlements against tobacco manufacturers or opioid manufacturers and distributors count as state funds. Their spending is subject to appropriation, unless a court or legal agreement directs otherwise. This rule does not create household settlement payments.

Tourism marketing funds face spending limits

Pure Michigan money can only market Michigan travel and tourism to attract new visitors and retain former visitors. Administration cannot exceed 4% of the appropriation. Ads must target tourism and leisure travelers, with an exception for the Pure Michigan Byways campaign. Each local visitor bureau can receive funding only once per fiscal year.

Buyers pay for unclaimed property lists

Treasury may sell customized unclaimed property lists containing nonconfidential information that is otherwise unavailable. Lists with 1–100,000 records cost 2.5 cents per record. Lists with 100,001 or more records cost 0.5 cents per record.

Bridge spending needs approval by law

Agencies cannot use Part 1 money for work on the Gordie Howe International Crossing or a successor project. The restriction covers staff, consultants, development, financing, construction, operations, and implementation. It does not apply if project approval is enacted into law.

Health district withdrawals can trigger penalties

The department may penalize a local health department when a county acts to leave a district arrangement after October 1 of the current fiscal year. A penalty is allowed only when a county requests dissolution of the health department. The charge against operational accounts cannot exceed 6.25% of its essential local public health services funding.

College construction funding follows matching revenue

Universities and community colleges receive proportionately less state capital-project funding when matching revenue falls short of the assumed amount. The reduction depends on the matching revenue received. The provision states no fixed dollar reduction.

Districts pay deaf school instructional costs

A student's home intermediate school district must pay 100% of instructional operating costs at the Michigan Schools for the Deaf and Blind. The assessment excludes room, board, and weekend transportation between school and home. The law does not set a household charge or state the total district cost.

Statewide bidding for early childhood planning

The department must award all early childhood comprehensive systems planning contracts through a statewide request-for-proposal process. Organizations seeking this work must compete through that process.

Welfare job funding requires agency reports

The department receives current-year Temporary Assistance for Needy Families job-program funding only if it meets reporting requirements. Spending and client-outcome reports are due January 1. The annual Michigan Works agency report is due March 15. These requirements do not change individual benefit amounts or eligibility.

State publications and events can cost money

The Secretary of State can sell motor vehicle publications at prices it sets, or provide free copies when considered necessary. Sales revenue goes to the Department of State publications fund. The health department can charge for materials, conferences, and workshops, but fees cannot exceed related costs and must offset them. Documents covered by state rules R 418.10101–R 418.101503 can be sold for no more than production and distribution costs. Those document receipts remain available to the department, carry forward if unspent, and must be used first the next year.

Qualified providers required for Medicaid autism evaluations

Only licensed practitioners whom the health department finds qualified can perform diagnostic evaluations for Medicaid autism services. This sets a provider qualification safeguard but limits who can conduct a covered evaluation. The provision does not state a cost change for patients.

Senior cooperative housing assessments get reviews

Treasury can hire private firms to appraise senior cooperative housing in the tax exemption program and appeal assessments when needed. The firms are paid from savings produced by those appraisals or appeals. No more than 1% of program funds may cover administration and auditing. Reviews do not guarantee a lower tax bill for residents.

Property assessor training comes with fees

Treasury must operate a property assessor training and certification program. Participants pay up to $50 per exam and up to $175 for certification. They also pay a fee covering program expenses, but the law does not state that fee's amount.

Attorney General represents agencies and judges

The Attorney General provides specified legal services to state executive departments and agencies. Those agencies cannot hire someone else for those services. The Attorney General must also defend state judges against injury claims involving actions within their judicial authority.

Campaign funding continues with balance cap

The law transfers General Fund money to the State Campaign Fund equal to amounts designated for tax year 2023. Any fund balance above $10 million on December 31 returns to the General Fund. The provision does not state the transfer's dollar amount or create a household tax benefit.

Corrections records stay public and circulate

Felony offender files must remain publicly available for three years after release from corrections department jurisdiction. The department must remove a file immediately after a wrongful-conviction finding, unless another requirement calls for keeping it. It can also exchange offender data with government agencies, law enforcement, service and treatment providers, and research partners. Sharing can support health care, benefit eligibility, jobs, education, identification, and program evaluation. It must serve successful reentry, reduced repeat offending, or public safety.

County grants fund cannabis education

Counties can receive grants for education and outreach about Michigan's medical and adult-use cannabis laws. Shares depend on registry cards issued or renewed for residents of counties that apply. Counties must apply by January 1 and report spending by September 15. They must submit spending plans, keep records, and provide supporting documents. Grant money cannot pay for law enforcement.

Deadlines guide funding for family services

Children's Trust Fund grants, gifts, and donations are available for spending. The department and state board must make contract funds available within 31 days after a project starts and avoid administrative delays. Counties must submit service spending plans by October 1 of the current fiscal year to receive Strong Families/Safe Children funding. The department must approve a properly completed plan within 30 calendar days.

Limits on youth service oversight

The department must give counties review results within 60 days after finishing the review and receiving all requested documents. It cannot assess county Child Care Fund youth services for relevance, quality, effectiveness, efficiency, or impact. Sharing results with third parties requires county permission. The department also needs written consent to change signed contracts with covered private residential facilities serving children under state or court supervision. Consent is not needed for changes required by law or requested by the provider.

Local contractor reviews can carry fees

The Department of Civil Rights can contract with local governments to review potential and current contractors' equal-employment compliance. It can charge for these reviews. Receipts support developing and providing the service; the law does not set a fee amount.

Prisoner reimbursements fund collections and legal defense

The Attorney General can spend up to $790,600 from prisoner-reimbursement funds on activities under the State Correctional Facility Reimbursement Act. When annual gross prisoner reimbursements paid to the General Fund exceed $1.131 million, another funding rule applies. Up to $1 million of that excess funds legal representation for the Corrections Department and its officers, employees, and agents. This includes prisoner civil lawsuits; the provision does not create a new household payment or reimbursement formula.

Proven reentry programs gain funding priority

Funding can prioritize reentry and rehabilitation programs, including faith-based programs, shown to reduce prison violence and repeat offending. Criminal justice reinvestment money is limited to data collection and evidence-based programs reducing repeat offending among probationers, parolees, and prisoners. The corrections department must review and revise proposals, as needed, for alternatives to prison for technical probation or parole violations. It must explore more options if existing policies or resources cannot address continued increases in prison commitments. These reviews do not guarantee that anyone avoids prison.

State upgrades bridge toll enforcement systems

The Michigan Department of State receives $300,000 for hardware and software upgrades supporting toll-enforcement data exchanges. The exchange must involve a qualified international bridge or tunnel operator with a signed toll-enforcement agreement. This provision does not itself set new driver fees or duties.

Subscribers pay public safety communications fees

The state must charge subscribers reasonable access and maintenance fees for Michigan’s public safety communications system. Fee revenue must support and maintain the system. Uncommitted balances carry forward. The law does not set a fee amount.

Time limits for child care reimbursements

Child welfare providers generally must request payment within 12 months after service; later requests need an exception decision. Counties cannot request or receive reimbursement for charges submitted over 12 months after service or the original status determination. The department cannot offset county reimbursements or seek repayment for charges received more than 12 months earlier. Counties are not liable for past spending caused by errors in determining the foster care funding source.

Veterans funding protections and county duties

Counties receiving covered veterans grants must maintain at least 70% of the previous fiscal year's veteran-service funding. Reports to the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency are required no more often than quarterly. They must cover spending, veterans served, costs, county matching funds, results, and compliance. Grants can pay only allowed costs, including staff, training, office space, technology, and equipment. Separately, money appropriated for a veterans' facility can pay only that facility's operating expenses.

Behavioral health funding shifts, family support falls

For the budget year ending September 30, 2025, Michigan adds $565,800 for community substance use prevention, education, and treatment. Family support subsidy funding falls by $7,100. Michigan must use the latest federal Census population data to distribute substance use disorder block grants. If it uses Census data to divide state general funds among community mental health services programs, it must use the latest data. The law does not identify which communities gain or lose funding or change individual payment amounts.

Dental funding rises as immunization funding falls

For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, the law adds $380,800 in federal funds for dental programs. It reduces immunization program funding by $779,000. The law does not specify changes to individual services or household costs.

Shelter funding comes with reporting rules

All money appropriated for homeless programs must support services for homeless people and families, including possible emergency shelter contracts. Shelters and human services agencies must report required information to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding. After a family enters shelter, they must promptly work with the department to gather information needed to determine eligibility. Agencies that do not report cannot receive reimbursements above their fiscal year 2000 daily rate.

Shelters get funding and reporting duties

Emergency shelter providers must receive funding at least equal to a $19 per-person daily rate to support moves into permanent housing. Another $8.5 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money supports family shelter services. It includes $3 million for emergency hotels, $3.5 million for child-welfare-related family supports, and $2 million for additional shelter spaces. Shelters receiving money for additional spaces must have operated for at least 24 months. Organizations funded directly or indirectly through homeless programs must report to a Homeless Management Information System meeting baseline data rules.

Library aid protects disability service funding

Regional and subregional library aid requires an approved budget for services directly serving blind people and people with disabilities. Subregional libraries' fiscal agencies must also maintain local support at the current fiscal year's level. Exceptions apply for specified government-wide cuts or reductions in income and spending.

Teacher training aid and literacy testing

The Department of Education must award districts $1 million for educator preparation and recruitment. Eligible costs include tuition, program and testing fees, and substitute permits for qualifying pre-K–12 employees seeking certification or another endorsement. Funds also support supervised, mentored education experiences for interested students in grades 6–12. At least $190,000 and one full-time-equivalent position must support educator recruitment and preparation programs. The department must also adopt a certification test ensuring newly certified elementary teachers can teach evidence-based literacy grounded in the science of reading.

Agency funding comes with spending limits

Contingency authority covers up to $1 million in federal funds and $25 million in state-restricted funds. It also covers up to $200,000 in local funds and $100,000 in private funds. This money requires an authorized transfer to another budget line before spending. Separately, the department can spend up to $4 million in private grants for purposes allowed by grant agreements and law. It must notify designated legislative and executive fiscal offices within 10 days of receiving those grants.

Agriculture funds retained with spending limits

Unused industry support fund revenue may carry into the next fiscal year instead of returning to the general fund. Separately, the Agriculture Equine Industry Development Fund cannot pay for non-horse purposes without prior legislative approval.

Airport aid requires local funding

Airport projects can receive aid, but local entities generally must provide at least 5% of project costs. That minimum has an exception when federal law sets the total nonfederal share below 10%. Local money must be allocated before state money. One project's state funding cannot exceed one-third of the state airport-improvement appropriation in Part 1. Applications must be authorized by both budget parts and approved by the applicant's governing body and Michigan Aeronautics Commission.

Broadband staffing grows; antenna zoning stays

The Department of Natural Resources can add nine limited-term employees to help install high-speed internet infrastructure on lands it manages. Antennas at sites under the state's antenna site management project must follow local zoning codes and local-government processes. These provisions do not provide household internet subsidies.

Corporate fees fund Attorney General support

The law puts $8 million from Business Corporation Act fees into the Attorney General Support Fund. Unspent money stays in the fund instead of returning to the General Fund. Spending requires an appropriation or authorized legislative transfer.

County care payments and detention charges

The county child care fund rules provide monthly overhead payments equal to 10% of county monthly gross spending. Counties need not document expenses covered by section 117a(4)(b)(ii) and (iv) of the Social Welfare Act. Counties also owe a 50% chargeback for alternative regional detention services outside the basic grant provision. That chargeback also applies when the county runs the service mainly with professional rather than volunteer staff.

Directed grants carry deadlines and safeguards

Legislatively directed grants support disclosed public-purpose projects, generally through repayment of documented eligible costs after departments verify recipients and sign agreements. Recipients must provide agreement information by June 1, 2026, or the associated money returns to the state. Projects and spending must finish by September 30, 2030; unspent money returns, and recipients must keep records for seven years. Departments withhold funds for unmet disclosure rules, payment of state debts, or conflicts of interest. A limited conflict exception requires the sponsoring lawmaker to certify no financial interest for themselves or specified family and staff.

Directed grants face checks and repayment

Departments must verify directed-grant recipients, their capacity, project costs, and public purpose before signing written agreements. Payments reimburse documented costs for the disclosed project. Costs generally must occur on or after the law's effective date unless department policy allows otherwise. Missing disclosures, payments toward state debts, or conflicts of interest can block funding. Recipients must report, keep records for at least seven years, and repay misused or unspent money and interest exceeding $1,000. Missing agreement information by June 1, 2026, requires return of the associated money to the state treasury. Projects and spending must finish by September 30, 2030, with unused funds returned. The Legislature must supply required grant documents within 30 days after enactment; public status postings occur March 15, June 15, and September 15.

Economic development agencies face oversight rules

State funding requires the Michigan Strategic Fund and Michigan Economic Development Corporation to follow open-records and open-meetings laws. They must also complete yearly financial audits and submit required reports. Fund interlocal agreements must require the corporation to cooperate with private local development agencies when local governments have agreements with them.

Fair grants require matching cash

Competitive grants support county fairground buildings, capital improvements, and agricultural expositions. Recipients must provide a 50% cash match and identify measurable results. County fair organizations receiving a capital improvement grant in the prior fiscal year cannot receive another award from this funding. Capital grant recipients must report financial impacts for three years after completion. Up to $25,000 supports agricultural expositions and festivals.

Local payments follow schedules and pension rules

Covered cities, villages, townships, and counties receive six equal payments on the last business days of October, December, February, April, June, and August. A separate payment group receives 50% of its estimate on the last business day of February 2025. That group receives its remaining calculated payment on the last business day of June 2025. Cities, villages, and townships with officially underfunded pensions must put 50% of a specified payment difference, rounded to the nearest dollar, toward pension debt. The difference uses current payments and 2023 PA 119 entitlements; governments that issued qualifying municipal securities under section 518 are exempt.

New state fund helps secure federal money

The law creates the Make it in Michigan competitiveness fund to help secure federal funding opportunities. Supported areas include infrastructure, health, public safety, transportation, electrification, the environment, and economic development. Spending requires an appropriation or permitted transfer, and year-end balances stay in the fund. Transfers from federal or state restricted contingency funds require 30 days' notice to legislative appropriations committee members; either committee can block them. Transfers cannot create programs or budget lines, involve missing fiscal-year budget lines or work projects, or move money between state governmental funds.

Selfridge funds target base improvements

Selfridge Air National Guard Base funding must support compliance with Air Installation Compatible Use Zone recommendations. Eligible work includes runway relocation and repairs, roads and access, stormwater systems, force protection, and airfield projects. The provision states no dollar amount.

State publications can use ads and gifts

The Department of State can accept gifts and grants for publications and gifts supporting licensing, regulation, or safety work. It can recognize publication sponsors, include approved traffic-safety messages, sell advertising, set advertising fees, and give sponsors or advertisers free copies. It can reject publication contributions or ads and must approve advertising content. Contributions tied to promises of future state funding are barred. Specified vehicle-code publication receipts pay production costs, become available when Treasury receives them, and carry forward at year-end.

State purchases favor Michigan and veterans

Covered state departments cannot buy foreign goods or services when competitively priced American options of comparable quality are available. They must favor qualifying Michigan suppliers, including businesses owned and operated by veterans. These rules apply to the extent allowed by the Management and Budget Act.

State purchasing favors domestic suppliers

Where legally allowed, agencies cannot buy foreign goods or services when competitively priced, comparable-quality American alternatives are available. Qualifying Michigan businesses receive preference, including businesses owned and operated by veterans. State pavement-marking contracts must require U.S.-made yellow pigments in yellow water-based paint, using USMCA origin rules.

State services retain fees, allow surcharges

Michigan's management department may receive and spend additional revenue for specified building, real estate, project, mail, and purchasing services. User fees for these services carry forward instead of returning to the general fund. The department may add fleet charges when fuel costs rise more than 10% above the budgeted price per gallon. State agencies must receive at least 30 days' written or email notice; surcharge revenue is available for fleet services when received. These provisions set no household fee.

State technology upgrades face purchasing limits

The technology investment fund must support modern state computer systems, better cybersecurity, and greater efficiency. The management department must report project plans, budgets, timelines, staffing, contracts, and expected savings or extra costs. It cannot contract for ready-made software that needs major custom changes to meet agency requirements.

Tighter controls on state-directed project grants

Departments must verify grant recipients, project purposes, and recipients' ability to complete projects before signing agreements. Agreements must include budgets, allowed uses, reports, and repayment terms; payments generally reimburse documented eligible costs. Recipients must answer reasonable information requests and keep records for at least seven years. Funding is blocked for specified disclosure failures, state-debt concerns, or conflicts of interest, subject to the act's legislator-certification exception. Missing sufficient agreement information by June 1, 2026, requires the department to return the money to the state treasury. Recipients must finish projects and spend awards by September 30, 2030; declined, unspent, or misused funds are recoverable.

Treasury fees face limits and assessments

Treasury may charge for audits authorized by law or contract, but cannot charge more than the audit's actual cost. Contract charges enter a revolving fund and may carry forward for future appropriation. Treasury must also charge qualifying restricted funds that receive shared cash earnings or investment income. Those fees reflect prior-year average daily cash balances, investment market values, and resources needed to maintain each fund. Temporary federal and state restricted funds, and other nonqualifying funds, are excluded.

Underfunded local pensions get required allocations

Covered cities, villages, townships, and counties with underfunded pensions must put part of their revenue-sharing payment toward pension debt. They must allocate 50% of the difference between current payments and amounts eligible under the matching 2024 law provisions. The difference is rounded to the nearest dollar. Local governments that issued a municipal security under section 518 of the Revised Municipal Finance Act are exempt.

Electronic payments and fees for listings

The Department of Insurance and Financial Services may accept electronic payments for licenses, fees, and permits unless another law prohibits them. It may also charge reasonable fees for customized lists of nonconfidential information. Listing revenue pays service costs, subject to a combined $600,000 appropriation cap with section 302. Unspent revenue goes to the appropriate restricted fund at fiscal-year end.

Retirement funds pay investment management costs

Treasury can charge investment service fees to applicable retirement funds for specified expenses and grants. Fee revenue above the combined budgeted amount must be returned periodically to those funds. The law also funds outside investment professionals from retirement assets beyond the main budget appropriation. The treasurer decides which services are needed for prudent management; no individual benefit change is stated.

Child support programs split federal incentives

From an assumed $26.5 million federal child support incentive payment, Michigan retains $12 million for program expenses. Counties share $14.5 million based on federal performance measures. If the payment falls short, each share loses half the shortfall. Above $26.5 million, Michigan keeps extra money until its retained total reaches $15.3974 million; further amounts require legislative appropriation. This funds child support programs, not direct payments to families.

Child welfare funding rises, adoption funding falls

For the budget year ending September 30, 2025, Michigan adds $23.3715 million for foster care payments. It also provides $3.3896 million for the Child Care Fund and $128,700 for the Children's Trust Fund. Guardianship assistance receives $151,700. Adoption subsidy funding decreases by $352,400. These budget changes do not specify changes to any household's payment.

Health department recovers payments with safeguards

The department continues collecting revenue from third parties linked to closed or inactive cases. Some recovered money may pay related project costs, contract fees, and ongoing reimbursement-management work. The Michigan Inspector General must also audit and recover inappropriate or fraudulent Medicaid managed care payments to providers. The department cannot fine, halt, disenroll, or terminate providers or organizations over inappropriate-payment findings unless federal or Michigan law authorizes it.

Health plans fund higher Medicaid rates

Each Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan must contribute internal local funds toward the state match for higher Medicaid payment rates. State money for community mental health non-Medicaid services cannot count toward that contribution. Neither can the state's matching share of Medicaid plan payments. No contribution amount or household benefit change is stated.

Local health funding carries spending conditions

Michigan continues its 2018 essential local public health funding formula and protects each health department's previous-year funding level. A county qualifies only if its local spending on covered services meets or exceeds its fiscal year 1992–1993 spending. Health and wellness initiative programs must be research-supported and evidence-based, with interventions shown to lower costs and improve quality. They must be designed for statewide impact. Michigan must favor programs that use the money to attract matching resources, including federal funds.

Medicaid sets pharmacy payment limits

Medicaid fee-for-service dispensing payments cannot exceed the pharmacy's submitted fee or the applicable dollar limit, whichever is lower. The limit is $20.02 for medications listed on Michigan's pharmaceutical products list. For non-specialty drugs, limits are $10.80 for preferred drugs, $10.64 for drugs outside the preferred list, and $9 for nonpreferred drugs. Michigan must also base maximum generic drug prices on prices available from at least two wholesalers delivering in Michigan. These rules set provider payments and pricing methods, not a guaranteed change in household drug costs.

Mental health funding gets timing limits

Counties owing community mental health matching funds must pay equal installments at least quarterly, starting by October 1. This does not change the required match amount. A program whose projected surplus is reallocated generally cannot receive another funding reallocation that fiscal year. The department may allow another reallocation when the program responds to a public health emergency the department determines exists.

College building funds carry matching limits

State and federal funds can generally cover up to 50% of a community college capital project. Exceptions cover lump-sum special maintenance or remodeling and addition projects, and the legislature can provide otherwise. Colleges must supply the site and initial utilities, meet matching requirements before funds are released, and seek available federal construction and equipment funds. For authorized university and community college projects, the director can require proof of matching funds and board approval within 60 days after the fiscal year starts. Missing or inadequate proof can end authorization 30 days after notice to the Joint Capital Outlay Subcommittee, unless it grants an extension.

State purchasing favors American and Michigan suppliers

For fiscal year 2025–2026 funds, agencies cannot buy foreign goods or services when competitively priced, comparable-quality American options are available. Agencies must also favor qualifying Michigan businesses, including Michigan businesses owned and operated by veterans, when prices and quality are comparable. These rules are subject to the Management and Budget Act and apply through September 30, 2026.

Collection charges and tax fraud funding

Treasury deducts actual collection costs from receipts collected for state agencies and cities using its tax administration services. Unrestricted general fund collections are exempt, and excess fees must be returned to the affected accounts. Treasury also gets up to $2 million in extra funding to prevent fraudulent income tax refunds. That money must come from the fund or account receiving the relevant revenue.

State administers manufacturers' property tax replacement

Treasury administers the State Essential Services Assessment program for eligible manufacturing personal property. The program phases in a state assessment to replace locally collected personal property taxes on that property. This provision states no rates, payment amounts, or phase-in dates.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Ann Bollin
Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 214 • No: 175

Senate vote • 10/3/2025

SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Yes: 31 • No: 5 • Other: 1

House vote • 10/2/2025

conference report adopted

Yes: 101 • No: 8 • Other: 1

Senate vote • 10/1/2025

PASSED

Yes: 21 • No: 10 • Other: 6

House vote • 10/1/2025

roll call

Yes: 2 • No: 107 • Other: 1

House vote • 8/26/2025

passed; given immediate effect

Yes: 59 • No: 45 • Other: 6

Actions Timeline

assigned PA 22'25 with immediate effect
10/8/2025House
filed with Secretary of State 10/07/2025 01:30 PM
10/8/2025House
approved by the Governor 10/07/2025 12:14 PM
10/8/2025House
presented to the Governor 10/04/2025 08:52 AM
10/7/2025House
bill ordered enrolled
10/3/2025House
conference report adopted by Senate with immediate effect
10/3/2025Senate
RETURNED TO HOUSE
10/3/2025Senate
SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 258 YEAS 31 NAYS 5 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
10/3/2025Senate
CONFERENCE REPORT RECEIVED IN SENATE
10/3/2025Senate
retransmitted
10/2/2025House
conference report adopted Roll Call #240 Yeas 101 Nays 8 Excused 0 Not Voting 1
10/2/2025House
rule suspended
10/2/2025House
conference report received
10/2/2025House
referred to conference committee 10/01/2025
10/2/2025House
Senate conferees named 10/01/2025: Sens. Sarah Anthony Sean McCann Jon Bumstead
10/2/2025House
SENATE NAMED CONFEREES 10/1/2025: SENS. SARAH ANTHONY, SEAN MCCANN, JON BUMSTEAD
10/1/2025Senate
HOUSE NAMED CONFEREES 10/1/2025: REPS. ANN BOLLIN, MATT MADDOCK, ALABAS FARHAT
10/1/2025Senate
House conferees named 10/01/2025: Reps. Ann Bollin Matt Maddock Alabas Farhat
10/1/2025House
roll call Roll Call #237 Yeas 2 Nays 107 Excused 0 Not Voting 1
10/1/2025House
Senate substitute (S-1) nonconcurred in
10/1/2025House
rule suspended
10/1/2025House
laid over one day under the rules
10/1/2025House
returned from Senate with substitute (S-1)
10/1/2025House
PASSED ROLL CALL # 255 YEAS 21 NAYS 10 EXCUSED 6 NOT VOTING 0
10/1/2025Senate
PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
10/1/2025Senate

Bill Text

Public Act
10/7/2025
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As Passed by the Senate
10/3/2025
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Conference Report 1
10/3/2025
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House Concurred
10/3/2025
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As Passed by the House
10/2/2025
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Introduced
7/1/2025
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