evidence_text: Rep. Longjohn moved to amend the bill as follows:
  
  1. Amend page 476, following line 19, by inserting:
  
  “Sec. 1020. (1) The department shall not issue, implement, or otherwise proceed with any request for proposals, rebid, or procurement process related to the delivery, financing, or administration of public behavioral health or mental health services, nor expend state or federal funds for such purposes.
  
  (2) The department shall convene a workgroup comprised of key stakeholders, including but not limited to representatives of the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan, mental health providers, statewide advocacy groups, and the Michigan Association of Counties. The workgroup shall review the current PIHP system and make recommendations on ways to improve the system, with the goal of ensuring a simplified, workable structure that improves behavioral health outcomes. The workgroup’s recommendations shall address at least all of the following factors:
  
  (a) Improved behavioral health outcomes.
  
  (b) Conflict of interest provisions.
  
  (c) Uniform contractual and benefit standards.
  
  (d) Increased accountability and transparency for payers and providers.
  
  (e) Reduced administrative overhead costs.
  
  (3) Not later than April 1 of the current fiscal year, the workgroup shall submit a report to the department and the standard report recipients. The report shall include the workgroup’s findings and detailed recommendations for improving the existing PIHP system. These recommendations shall be based on the review described in subsection (1) and address, at a minimum, the factors outlined in that subsection, with the goal of creating a simplified and workable structure that strengthens behavioral health outcomes.
  
  (4) The department shall not begin an RFP related to changes to the PIPH system until the workgroup’s work has concluded. The department shall not implement any substantive changes to the PIHP system or move forward with a new procurement process without the express approval of the legislature.
  
  (5) The department shall not expend any funds for or related to contracting for services regarding any substantiative changes to the current PIHP system.”.
  
  The motion did not prevail and the amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor.