HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
REP. BRIAN BEGOLE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, June 25, 2026
9:00 AM
Room 307, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Government Operations was called to order by Chair BeGole.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. BeGole, Harris, VanderWall, Fitzgerald and McFall.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative VanderWall moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 18, 2026. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 6116, HB 6117, HB 6118 and HB 6119 before the committee:
HB 6116
(Rep. Hall)
A bill to create a hospital cost review board
and to prescribe its powers and duties; to
regulate certain hospital functions; to provide
for certain grants; to impose assessments
against certain hospitals; to provide for the
powers and duties of certain state and local
governmental officers and entities; and to
require the promulgation of rules.
HB 6117
(Rep. Harris)
A bill to create the health care cost reduction
fund; to provide for the distribution of money
from the fund; and to provide for the powers
and duties of certain state officers and entities.
HB 6118
(Rep. DeBoyer)
A bill to regulate certain health facility
acquisitions and mergers; to require certain
approvals from the hospital cost review board;
to impose a tax on certain health facility
acquisitions and mergers; to provide for the
levy, collection, and administration of the tax;
to provide for the distribution of the proceeds
of the tax; to provide for the powers and duties
of certain state governmental officers and
entities; to prescribe civil sanctions and
provide remedies; and to provide for the
promulgation of rules.
HB 6119
(Rep. Aragona)
A bill to amend 1984 PA 274, entitled
"Michigan antitrust reform act," by amending
section 4a (MCL 445.774a), as added by 1987
PA 243.
Representative Harris moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 6116. The motion prevailed 3-2-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. BeGole, Harris and VanderWall.
Nays: Reps. Fitzgerald and McFall.
Pass: None.
Representative Harris, Representative DeBoyer, and Representative Aragona testified in support
of HB 6116, HB 6117, HB 6118 and HB 6119. Questions and discussions followed.
Adam Carlson, representing the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, and Ben Frederick,
representing Memorial Healthcare, testified in opposition to HB 6116, HB 6117, HB 6118 and HB
6119. Questions and discussions followed.
Bret Jackson, representing the Michigan Health Purchasers Coalition, testified in support of HB
6116, HB 6117, HB 6118 and HB 6119. Questions and discussions followed.
Jacob Manning, representing the Small Business Association of Michigan, testified in support of
HB 6116, HB 6117, HB 6118 and HB 6119.
The following person submitted a card wishing to speak in opposition to HB 6116, HB 6117, HB
6118 and HB 6119, but due to the time constraints was unable to speak:
Ashley Meyers.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 6116, HB 6117, HB 6118 and HB
6119, but did not wish to speak:
Manny Lentine, representing the Detroit Medical Center.
Brian Shoaf, representing the Detroit Regional Chamber.
Dakota Baker, representing the Northern Michigan Chamber Alliance.
Sam Champagne, representing Henry Ford Health.
Sonny Hoogendorn, representing Corewell Health.
Chip Falahee, representing Bronson Health.
Christine Simon, representing the Grand Rapids Chamber.
Sean Gehle, representing Trinity Health Michigan.
Kevin McKinney, representing the Michigan Osteopathic Association.
Dan Papineau, representing the Michigan Chamber of Commerce.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 6118, but did not wish to speak:
Peter Theut, representing the Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan.
Jonathan Dunford, representing the Michigan Ambulatory Surgery Association.
Angela Madden, representing the Michigan Association of Ambulance Services.
The following person submitted a card in opposition to HB 6119, but did not wish to speak:
Vicki Baron, representing the Pediatrix Medical Group.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair BeGole adjourned the meeting at
10:22 AM.
Representative Brian BeGole, Chair
Edward Sleeper
Committee Clerk
esleeper@house.mi.gov