HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
REP. ANN BOLLIN
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
9:00 AM
Room 352, State Capitol
Building
The House Committee on Appropriations was called to order by Chair Bollin.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. Bollin, Maddock, Phil Green, Jenkins-Arno, Kelly, Markkanen, Mueller,
Slagh, VanWoerkom, Beson, Borton, Roth, Cavitt, DeSana, Kuhn, Steele, Robinson, O'Neal,
Rogers, Steckloff, Glanville, Farhat, Martus, McKinney, Price, Snyder and Longjohn.
Absent: Reps. Edwards and Morgan.
Excused: Reps. Edwards and Morgan.
The Chair laid an Overview of the Rural Health Transformation Program before the committee.
Andrew Raymond, representing the Kalkaska Memorial Health Center, Peter Marinoff and Gabe
Schneider, representing Munson Healthcare, Tonya Darner, representing the UP Health System,
and Lauren LaPine-Ray, representing the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, all testified
on the Rural Health Transformation Program. Questions and discussions followed.
Matt Maskart, representing Pathways Community Mental Health, testified on the Rural Health
Transformation Program. Questions and discussions followed.
Isabell Pacheco, representing the Michigan Health Information Network, testified on the Rural
Health Transformation Program. Questions and discussions followed.
Phillip Berquist, representing the Michigan Primary Care Association, and Ben Frederick,
representing Memorial Healthcare, testified on the Rural Health Transformation Program.
Questions and discussions followed.
Representative Maddock moved to excuse Representative Edwards and Representative Morgan
from the meeting. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Representative Price moved to adopt the meeting minutes from January 21, 2026. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Bollin adjourned the meeting at 10:28
AM.
Representative Ann Bollin, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov