MichiganCertain federally backed care arrangements fall outside Michigan’s kickback rule
Care arrangements and patient incentives authorized and sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are exempt from this Michigan rule against improper payments.
What it does
Model care arrangements and patient incentives do not count as kickbacks or bribes under this section when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services authorizes and sponsors them.
Argument forProviders could offer federally authorized and sponsored patient incentives without risking kickback penalties under this section.
Argument againstFederal authorization and sponsorship could shield covered arrangements and patient incentives from this state kickback rule, limiting state officials’ enforcement options.
More detail
The law excludes covered model arrangements and patient incentives from this section’s rules against kickbacks or bribes. The section covers goods or services paid for, or potentially paid for, partly or fully through programs under Michigan’s social welfare act. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must both authorize and sponsor the arrangements or incentives. The law took effect on September 21, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 22ASSIGNED PA 0097'26 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECTLatest
- Sep 22FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 9/21/2026 11:20 AM
- Sep 22APPROVED BY Governor Gretchen Whitmer 9/21/2026 9:42 AMBecame Law
- Sep 22PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 9/15/2026 1:32 PMTo Governor
- Sep 9ORDERED ENROLLED
- Sep 9FULL TITLE AGREED TO
- Sep 9GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
- Aug 25returned to Senate
- Vote recorded passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #346 Yeas 100 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 6. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25inserted full title
- Aug 25passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #346 Yeas 100 Nays 4 Excused 0 Not Voting 6Passed House
- Aug 25read a third timeMinor
- Aug 25placed on immediate passage
- Aug 25placed on third reading
- Aug 25read a second timeMinor
- Aug 25placed on second reading
- Aug 25motion to discharge committee approved
- Aug 25rule suspended
- Jul 3referred to Committee on AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded PASSED ROLL CALL # 187 YEAS 22 NAYS 14 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0. Result: pass.Upper
- Jul 3read a first timeMinor
- Jul 3received on 07/03/2026Minor
- Jul 3PASSED ROLL CALL # 187 YEAS 22 NAYS 14 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0Passed Senate
- Jul 2PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
- Jul 2RULES SUSPENDED
- Jul 2PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING
- Jul 2REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)Minor
- Jul 2RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
- Jul 2PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS
- Jul 2DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED
- Jun 18REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICESMinor
- Jun 18INTRODUCED BY SENATOR STEPHANIE CHANGIntroduced
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