LANSING, MI (AP)-- Michigan's House signaled it won't try to block the proposed merger of the state's Community Health and Human Services departments, but it will seek cost savings as a result.
A budget approved for Community Health on Tuesday by a House Appropriations subcommittee included around $2.2 million less for administrative costs. That signals the House Republican majority will let the merger advance but demand increased efficiencies.
The merger was proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder in a recent executive order and could be stopped if a majority of both the Senate and House voted for disapproval before it takes effect April 10.
Neither chamber's Republican majority appears interested in that tactic for now, despite intense questioning of Community Health Director Nick Lyon about the merger during a joint committee hearing last month.