HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY
REP. CURTIS VANDERWALL
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, September 24,
2025
9:00 AM
Room 519, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Health Policy was called to order by Chair VanderWall.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin,
Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Hoskins and Foreman.
Absent: Reps. Whitsett and Neeley.
Excused: Reps. Whitsett and Neeley.
Representative Meerman moved to adopt the meeting minutes from September 17, 2025. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4878 before the committee:
HB 4878
(Rep. VanderWall)
A bill to require the reporting of certain
information and to prescribe conduct related to
drugs and the federal 340B program; to
prescribe civil sanctions; to allow for the
promulgation of rules; and to provide for the
powers and duties of certain state officers and
entities.
Chair VanderWall testified in support of HB 4878.
Chip Falahee, representing Bronson HealthCare, joined by Stephanie Fields, representing
Corewell Health, testified with a neutral position on HB 4878. Questions and discussions
followed.
Morgan Halloran, representing PhRMA, testified in opposition to HB 4878. Questions and
discussions followed.
Emily Gibellina, representing AbbVie, testified in opposition to HB 4878. Questions and
discussions followed.
Jarrett Skorup, representing the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, testified in opposition to HB
4878. Questions and discussions followed.
Leslie Baldwin, representing the Michigan Rare Coalition, testified in opposition to HB 4878.
Questions and discussions followed.
Frank Waters, representing the Michigan Primary Care Association, testified in support of HB
4878.
Kelli Pardee, representing the Great Lakes Bay Health Center, testified in support of HB 4878.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4878, but did not wish to speak:
Tim Golding, representing Americans for Prosperity Michigan.
Bryan Hannon, representing the Healthcare Distribution Alliance.
Jodie Tierney, representing Neurocrine Biosciences.
Sonny Koch, representing Americans for Prosperity.
Chris Baggett, representing Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Sandie Benen, representing GSK.
Edward Sagebiel, representing Lilly.
David Worthams, representing the Michigan Manufacturers Association.
Allyson Blandford, representing Amgen.
Bret Jackson, representing the Michigan Health Purchasers Coalition.
Jessie Crews, representing Gilead Sciences.
The following people submitted a card with a neutral position on HB 4878, but did not wish to
speak:
Sam Champagne, representing Henry Ford Health.
Deidra Wilson, representing McLaren Health Care.
Sonny Hoogendoorn, representing Corewell Health.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4878, but did not wish to speak:
Jon Shiflett, representing Priority Health.
Christine Shearer, representing the Michigan Association of Health Plans.
Amy Zaagman, representing the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health.
Kim Ross, representing Michigan Medicine.
Elizabeth Kutter, representing the Michigan Health and Hospital Association.
Representative Thompson moved to excuse Representatives Whitsett and Neeley from the
meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair VanderWall adjourned the meeting at
10:25 AM.
Representative Curtis VanderWall, Chair
Hazel Campbell-Crawley
Committee Clerk
hcrawley@house.mi.gov