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SB1052 • 2026

Human services: medical services; definition of kickbacks or bribes; modify. Amends sec. 4 of 1977 PA 72 (MCL 400.604).

Human services: medical services; definition of kickbacks or bribes; modify. Amends sec. 4 of 1977 PA 72 (MCL 400.604).

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Sponsor
Stephanie Chang (District 3)
Last action
2026-07-03
Official status
referred to Committee on Appropriations
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Human services: medical services; definition of kickbacks or bribes; modify. Amends sec. 4 of 1977 PA 72 (MCL 400.604).

Human services: medical services; definition of kickbacks or bribes; modify.

What This Bill Does

  • Human services: medical services; definition of kickbacks or bribes; modify.
  • Amends sec.
  • 4 of 1977 PA 72 (MCL 400.604).

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-07-03 SJ 62 Pg. 807

    PASSED ROLL CALL # 187 YEAS 22 NAYS 14 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0

  2. 2026-07-03 HJ 56 Pg. 0

    received on 07/03/2026

  3. 2026-07-03 HJ 56 Pg. 0

    read a first time

  4. 2026-07-03 HJ 56 Pg. 0

    referred to Committee on Appropriations

  5. 2026-07-02 SJ 61 Pg. 780

    DISCHARGE COMMITTEE APPROVED

  6. 2026-07-02 SJ 61 Pg. 780

    PLACED ON ORDER OF GENERAL ORDERS

  7. 2026-07-02 SJ 61 Pg. 781

    RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION

  8. 2026-07-02 SJ 61 Pg. 782

    REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)

  9. 2026-07-02 SJ 61 Pg. 782

    PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING

  10. 2026-07-02 SJ 61 Pg. 784

    RULES SUSPENDED

  11. 2026-07-02 SJ 61 Pg. 784

    PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE

  12. 2026-06-18 SJ 55 Pg. 670

    INTRODUCED BY SENATOR STEPHANIE CHANG

  13. 2026-06-18 SJ 55 Pg. 670

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES

Official Summary Text

Human services: medical services; definition of kickbacks or bribes; modify. Amends sec. 4 of 1977 PA 72 (MCL 400.604).

Current Bill Text

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SB-1052, As Passed Senate, July 3, 2026

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SENATE BILL NO. 1052

A bill to amend 1977 PA 72, entitled
"The medicaid false claim act,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 400.604).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. A person who that solicits, offers, or receives a 1
kickback or bribe in connection with the furnishing of goods or 2
services for which payment is or may be made in whole or in part 3
pursuant to under a program established under Act No. 280 of the 4
Public Acts of 1939, as amended, who the social welfare act, 280 PA 5
1939, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, makes or receives the payment, or who 6
June 18, 2026, Introduced by Senator CHANG and referred to Committee on Housing and Human
Services.
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receives a rebate of a fee or charge for referring an individual to 1
another person for the furnishing of the goods and services is 2
guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 3
years, or by a fine of not more than $30,000.00, or both. Model 4
arrangements and model patient incentives, as authorized and 5
sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, do not 6
constitute a kickback or bribe under this section. 7