Bill Summary: HB 4419

• Appropriates $4.676 billion in federal funds to Michigan state departments for fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, with zero state general fund spending.

• Allocates $1.474 billion to Department of Education, including $767.6 million for COVID-19 child care public assistance and $702.5 million for child care stabilization fund with specified provider rate increases.

• Allocates $1.727 billion to Department of Health and Human Services, including $726.4 million for food assistance, $558.1 million for COVID-19 epidemiology and laboratory capacity, and $184.4 million for COVID-19 immunization and vaccine grants.

• Allocates $408.4 million to State Transportation Department for airport coronavirus response grants and highway infrastructure programs; $686.4 million to Department of Treasury for nonentitlement coronavirus local fiscal recovery fund grants to municipalities; and $379.2 million to Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity for emergency rental assistance.

• Includes provisions prohibiting vaccine passport requirements, mandatory workplace vaccination funding, and mask mandates for young children in child care facilities receiving appropriated funds.