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Where's the fiscal impact, Michigan?

Why does it seem that every time Michigan puts out a child welfare bill there is no fiscal impact?

Seriously.

I always thought that a fiscal analysis was the most import component of a feasibility study of policy.

I guess that does not hold true for Michigan and this is why I do what I do.

MY POLICY IMPACT ASSESSMENT 

(written in the spirit of a high school homework assignment)

Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget is lumped together in a goo gob of legal scrutiny of its operations. Specifically, the State's Department of Health and Human Services is under a federal consent agreement in its child welfare services.

In addition, the State's DHHS is also under the federal and state purview of intense investigation.

The likelihood of any fiscal transparency would not be in the best interest of the administration as it would not maximize revenue of the State to shift into privatized contracted service providers of child welfare who will proceed to make charitable contributions to the child propaganda of Moving Michigan Forward.

This would generate and increase in child abuse reports, create a need to hire more child welfare workers, more contracts, more investigations, more litigation, and the list of wraparound services.

As the State is moving to a more in home, community based service model, education can also be captured into this reporting system to initiate services funded through Medicaid.

Medicaid in child welfare has no oversight, so there must be calculated a risk factor of fraudulent billing.

If the State is going to implement a system of this magnitude, it will need to review and revise its entire Child Welfare Law and policy accoutrements.

Senate OKs $2.6 million online child abuse reporting system

LANSING (AP) — A Michigan department will soon likely have to put together a new $2.6 million online reporting system for child abuse and neglect cases after the state Senate approved legislation that's headed for Gov. Rick Snyder.

The Senate passed the bill 37-1 Tuesday. The bill's Republican sponsor Sen. Judy Emmons of Sheridan says she's hopeful it will end up costing less, but says it's necessary to reduce a backlog of abuse or neglect reports.

A fiscal analysis of the bill says people who come into contact with kids like medical professionals, social workers, counselors and teachers would have to make an immediate phone call to a central state office or create an online report upon hearing of child abuse or neglect.  

(See below)

Currently, an oral report is mandated that Emmons calls "archaic."

Michigan Online Child Abuse Reporting Bill

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Moving Michigan Forward On The Bumpy Path To Privatization

And here we go!

Of course, Michigan cannot utilize its horrific Child Protective Services, as it would typically do in situations of environmental neglect such as lead poisoning, because you now have an entire community subject to have children removed and placed in foster care.

Then, as few individuals know, it would be a bit oxymoronic to use the Michigan Children's Trust Fund for anything remotely close to advocating for the children of Flint, as this money is strictly for the purposes of promoting child welfare propaganda to justify the need for the privatization of poverty.

As for the local councils funded by the Michigan Children's Trust Fund, well, allow me to just say that as long as they keep getting play money from the Fund, they will continue to do absolutely nothing.

Seriously.

(By the way, the last time I checked, the Michigan Children's Trust Fund has never been audited nor has it ever reported to the Legislature.)

So what Michigan has done is to hire a second public relations firm.
For this particular, how shall we say, "blemish" on the path to privatization, Snyder's child welfare propaganda machine has kicked in it newest spin on the Flint Water Crisis.

Instead of the media picking up the fact that Michigan has eliminated its Earned Income Tax Credit, it can now help in gaming the system by asking for Medicaid dollars instead of using the stash of Michigan.

Snyder asks for more Medicaid support for Flint

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder announced Sunday that he has asked for expanded Medicaid support for about 15,000 Flint residents, especially for pregnant women and those under 21, in the wake of the city’s water crisis.

“Children, teens and young adults exposed to lead need more coverage to get testing and the treatment they need,” Snyder said in a news release. He submitted a request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The expanded coverage would mean that all pregnant women and young people who used Flint’s water would be eligible for help, not just those whose income levels meet the requirements. (Those who earn more than four times the poverty level would have to buy into the program.)

Obama administration officials have already said on Friday that they expect to expand Medicaid services for Flint, including lead blood-level monitoring, behavioral health services and nutritional support for children and pregnant women in Flint as a result of the water crisis there.

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