The legislature shall authorize the expenditure of medicaid benefits trust fund revenues through an appropriation act only for 1 or more of the following purposes:
  (a) To finance a shortfall in the medicaid program due to a disallowance of medicaid payments from the federal government.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 12.256

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Medicaid benefits trust fund: means the Michigan Medicaid benefits trust fund established in section 5. See Michigan Laws 12.252
  • Medicaid program: means a program for medical assistance established under title XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-6. See Michigan Laws 12.252
  (b) To offset any decline in revenue caused by federal medicaid policy changes.