SB 608 Summary

• Appropriates $349.4 million in state general fund spending for fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, with total appropriations of $503.6 million including federal and other revenues.

• Provides $399.2 million gross appropriation to Department of Community Health for Medicaid expansion, behavioral health services, and medical services including the Healthy Michigan plan.

• Allocates $215 million one-time appropriation for state road maintenance and priority road investment programs, plus $227 million total for State Transportation Department.

• Authorizes state building authority financed construction projects including facility renovations at Saginaw Valley State University, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Macomb Community College, Muskegon Community College, and Southwestern Michigan College totaling $56.4 million.

• Establishes economic vitality and county incentive grant programs requiring local governments to meet accountability, service consolidation, and unfunded liability management requirements to receive revenue sharing distributions.