Human services: medical services; coverage for group prenatal care services; require, the official text

Act No. 37

Public Acts of 2026

Approved by the Governor

July 21, 2026

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 22, 2026

EFFECTIVE
DATE: July 22, 2026

state of michigan

103rd Legislature

Regular session of 2026

Introduced by Senators Johnson and Chang

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 415

AN ACT to amend 1939 PA 280,
entitled “An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state; to provide
general assistance, hospitalization, infirmary and medical care to poor or
unfortunate persons; to provide for compliance by this state with the social
security act; to provide protection, welfare and services to aged persons,
dependent children, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled; to
administer programs and services for the prevention and treatment of
delinquency, dependency and neglect of children; to create a state department
of social services; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department; to
provide for the interstate and intercounty transfer of dependents; to create
county and district departments of social services; to create within certain
county departments, bureaus of social aid and certain divisions and offices
thereunder; to prescribe the powers and duties of the departments, bureaus and
officers; to provide for appeals in certain cases; to prescribe the powers and
duties of the state department with respect to county and district departments;
to prescribe certain duties of certain other state departments, officers, and
agencies; to make an appropriation; to prescribe penalties for the violation of
the provisions of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific
dates,” (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 109t.

The People of the State of
Michigan enact:

Sec.
109t. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this
section, the department shall provide coverage under the medical assistance
program for group prenatal care services. As used in this section:

(a) “Group prenatal care services” means not more than 12 prenatal
care visits provided in a group setting that are based on an evidence-based
model.

(b)
“Group setting” means a group of not less than 3 individuals.

This act is
ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of
Representatives

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor