HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY
REP. JULIE M. ROGERS
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, April 20, 2023
10:30 AM
Room 519, House Office Building
The House Committee on Health Policy was called to order by Chair Rogers.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Rogers, Brenda Carter, Haadsma, Glanville, Coffia, Conlin, Farhat,
Fitzgerald, Miller, Rheingans, VanderWall, Mueller, VanWoerkom, Roth, Schmaltz,
Thompson.
Absent: Reps. Whitsett, Neeley, Filler.
Excused: Reps. Whitsett, Neeley, Filler.
Representative Coffia moved to adopt the meeting minutes from April 13, 2023. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4409 before the committee:
HB 4409
(Rep. Steckloff)
A bill to require drug manufacturers to report
certain information to the department of insurance
and financial services; to provide for the powers
and duties of certain state officers and entities; to
allow for the promulgation of rules; and to
prescribe civil sanctions.
Representative Steckloff testified in support of HB 4409. Questions and discussion followed.
Karen Jonas, Pharmacist, representing the Michigan Association of Health Plans, testified in
support of HB 4409. Questions and discussion followed.
Shauna Gardner, Director of State Policy, representing the Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America, testified in opposition to HB 4409. Questions and discussion
followed.
The Chair laid HB 4362, HB 4363 and HB 4364 before the committee:
HB 4362
(Rep. Brabec)
A bill to amend 1967 PA 281, entitled "Income tax
act of 1967," by amending section 471 (MCL
206.471), as amended by 2011 PA 38, and by
adding section 474.
HB 4363
(Rep. Neeley)
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public
health code," by amending sections 10105 and
10120 (MCL 333.10105 and 333.10120), section
10105 as amended and section 10120 as added by
2008 PA 39.
HB 4364
(Rep. Price)
A bill to amend 1941 PA 122, entitled "An act to
establish the revenue collection duties of the
department of treasury; to prescribe its powers and
duties as the revenue collection agency of this
state; to prescribe certain powers and duties of the
state treasurer; to establish the collection duties of
certain other state departments for money or
accounts owed to this state; to regulate the
importation, stamping, and disposition of certain
tobacco products; to provide for the transfer of
powers and duties now vested in certain other
state boards, commissions, departments, and
offices; to prescribe certain duties of and require
certain reports from the department of treasury; to
provide procedures for the payment,
administration, audit, assessment, levy of interests
or penalties on, and appeals of taxes and tax
liability; to prescribe its powers and duties if an
agreement to act as agent for a city to administer,
collect, and enforce the city income tax act on
behalf of a city is entered into with any city; to
provide an appropriation; to abolish the state
board of tax administration; to prescribe penalties
and provide remedies; and to declare the effect of
this act," by amending section 28 (MCL 205.28),
as amended by 2017 PA 215.
Representative Brabec and Representative Price testified in support of HB 4362, HB 4363
and HB 4364. Questions and discussion followed.
Patrick Wells OBrien, VP Communications and External Relations, representing the Gift of
Life Michigan in Ann Arbor, testified in support of HB 4362, HB 4363 and HB 4364.
Questions and discussion followed.
Armond Baskin representing himself as a Flint resident in need of a kidney, testified in
support of HB 4362, HB 4363 and HB 4364.
Amanda West and Jeff Guilfoyle, both representing the Michigan Department of Treasury,
testified in support of HB 4362, HB 4363 and HB 4364. Questions and discussion followed.
Erin Shor representing the Michigan Department of State testified in support of HB 4362, HB
4363 and HB 4364.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4362, HB 4363 and HB 4364, but
did not wish to speak:
Sean Gehle and Autumn Outman, representing Trinity Health Michigan.
Patricia Jo Herndon, Donor Sister and Aunt, representing the Michigan Donor Family
Council.
Gabe Basso, representing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
Yousef Rabhi, representing the Michigan Nurses Association.
Sean Sorenson-Abbott, representing the Michigan Health and Hospital Association.
Chair Rogers returned to HB 4409.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4409, but did not wish to speak:
Yousef Rabhi, representing the Michigan Nurses Association.
Allisyn Mattice, representing the McLaren Health Plan.
Rory Lafferty, representing the Health Alliance Plan.
Sean Sorenson-Abbott, representing the Michigan Health and Hospital Association.
Nicole Felix, representing the Meridian Health Plan.
Melissa Holmquist, representing the Upper Peninsula Health Plan.
Kristen Kraft, representing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
Keith Lake, representing America's Health Insurance Plans.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4409, but did not wish to speak:
Jessie Crews, representing Gilead Sciences.
David Worthams, representing the Michigan Manufacturers Association.
Representative Farhat moved to excuse Representatives Whitsett, Neeley and Filler from the
meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Rogers adjourned the meeting at
11:42 AM.
Representative Julie M. Rogers, Chair
Melissa Sweet
Committee Clerk
msweet@house.mi.gov