Human services: medical services; compliance with the prescription drug cost and affordability review act; require. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 109o. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0003'25
Senate Bill 5 mandates that Michigan's medical assistance program, which includes Medicaid, must comply with section 12 of the "prescription drug cost and affordability review act," subject to federal law. This means the state's program for medical assistance will be required to follow specific rules related to prescription drug costs and affordability outlined in that separate act. The bill will only become effective if Senate Bill No. 3 of the 103rd Legislature is also passed into law.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Last action Apr 24, 2025
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The bill was restructured to follow standard legislative formatting, moving the title and subject matter to the top of the document. The core policy content remains unchanged: it mandates that the medical assistance program must comply with Section 12 of the prescription drug cost and affordability review act, subject to federal law. The effective date provision was also reformatted but retains the same condition that the bill only takes effect if Senate Bill No. 3 is enacted.
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Reorganized the document structure by moving the bill title and subject matter from the middle of the text to the top, and reformatting the 'Enacting section' clause for consistency.
Standardized the text capitalization and punctuation, changing 'THE PEOPLE' to 'the people' and 'Final Page' to 'Enacting section'.
Deleted internal tracking codes, page headers, and redundant introductory lines used in the committee introduction version.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 24, 2025
How they voted
20–16
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
Apr 24, 2025
D
Democratic19
100% Yea
R
Republican19
84% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Apr 24, 2025
Committee
referred to Committee on Government Operations
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Introduced
received on 04/24/2025
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED ROLL CALL # 70 YEAS 20 NAYS 15 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 1
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 4/23/2025
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Introduced
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SUE SHINK
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sue Shink
DDemocratic
Co
John Cherry
DDemocratic
Co
Stephanie Chang
DDemocratic
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