MEMBERS:
SEN. JOHN BIZON, M.D., MAJORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. RUTH A. JOHNSON
SEN. KIMBERLY A. LASATA
SEN. MICHAEL D. MACDONALD
SEN. LANA THEIS
SEN. WINNIE BRINKS, MINORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. CURTIS HERTEL, JR.
SEN. SYLVIA SANTANA
SEN. PAUL WOJNO
THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND
HUMAN SERVICES
SENATOR CURTIS S. VANDERWALL
CHAIR
4500 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING
P.O. BOX 30036
LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536
PHONE: (517) 373-1725
FAX: (517) 373-0741
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
October 31, 2019
A joint meeting of the Senate Committee on Health Policy and Human Services and Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Community Health/Human Services was scheduled for Thursday, October 31, 2019, at 1:00
p.m., in the Senate Hearing Room of the Boji Tower.
The agenda summary is as follows:
1. Presentation by Director Robert Gordon and Inspector General and Senior Deputy Director Alan
Kimichik, of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, regarding the Policy Change
to the Public Assistance Asset Test.
Chair VanderWall called the meeting to order at 1:03 p.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time,
the following members were present: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, LaSata, MacDonald, Theis,
Brinks, Hertel, Santana, and Wojno, a quorum was present.
Chair VanderWall invited the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Community Health/Human Services to
call roll. A quorum was present.
Chair VanderWall deferred to Chair MacGregor to invite Director Robert Gordon and Inspector General and
Senior Deputy Director Alan Akimichik, of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, to give an
overview of the policy change to the Public Assistance Asset Test.
Questions followed from members of both committees.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Community Health/Human Services adjourned at 2:16 p.m.
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without
objection, the committee was adjourned at 2:17 p.m.
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Date Adopted by Committee: December 5, 2019
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