This bill aims to amend the regulations surrounding the MI VIA waiver program by explicitly prohibiting the inclusion of health care provider gross receipts taxes in the budget calculations for participants. The health care authority is tasked with creating rules to ensure that these taxes are treated separately, meaning they will be billed and reimbursed as an additional line item rather than being factored into the individual budgetary allotments of participants.

The bill defines "individual budgetary allotment" as the total approved annual budget for services, supports, and goods for MI VIA waiver program participants, and clarifies that the MI VIA waiver program refers to the state's self-directed Medicaid home- and community-based services waiver program. This legislative change is intended to provide clearer financial management for participants by ensuring that gross receipts taxes do not diminish the funds available for their essential services.