HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT
REP. STEVEN JOHNSON
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, February 25, 2021
10:30 AM
Room 326, House Office Building
The House Committee on Oversight was called to order by Chair Steven Johnson.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Steven Johnson, Outman, Hoitenga, Reilly, O'Malley, Wozniak, Brixie,
LaGrand, Young.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Outman moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 18, 2021. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid the following before the committee:
Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit Report Flint Emergency Expenditures,
Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget, January 2021. 000-2020-21
Representative Reilly motioned to refer the Office of the Auditor General Performance Audit
Report Flint Emergency Expenditures, Michigan Department of Technology Management
and Budget, January 2021. 000-2020-21 to the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and
Human Services.
The motion prevailed 9-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Steven Johnson, Outman, Hoitenga, Reilly, O'Malley, Wozniak, Brixie,
LaGrand, Young.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid the following before the committee:
Overview of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Home Policy
The Chair made remarks to the committee.
David Gehm, representing Leading Age Michigan and Wellspring Lutheran Services, testified
before the committee. Questions and discussion followed.
Dalton Herbel, representing the Leading Age Michigan, testified before the committee.
Peter Lucido, the Macomb County Prosecutor, testified before the committee. Questions and
discussion followed.
Lori and Bobby Milleville, representing herself, testified before the committee. Questions and
discussion followed.
Kim Galdes, representing herself, testified before the committee.
Karen Lynema, representing herself and Caregivers for Compromise , testified before the
committee. Questions and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card, but due to the time constraints were unable to speak:
John Swanstrom, representing himself.
Suzette, representing herself.
Jerry Zandstra, the Pastor of Wayland Christian Reformed Church.
Sarah Maynard, representing herself.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Steven Johnson adjourned the
meeting at 11:49 AM.
Representative Steven Johnson, Chair
Taylor Thrush
Committee Clerk
tthrush@house.mi.gov