HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND SENIORS
REP. KATHY CRAWFORD
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
11:00 a.m.
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors was called to order by the Chair.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Crawford, Rendon, Farrington, Hoitenga, Wozniak, Liberati, Brenda
Carter, Cynthia Johnson.
Absent: Rep. Garrett.
Excused: Rep. Garrett.
Representative Liberati moved to adopt the meeting minutes from May 27, 2020 and June 17,
2020. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid before the committee a presentation on Long-Term Care in Michigan.
Marlon Brown, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs in the Michigan Department of
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, LARA, introduced Ms. Kim Gaedeke, Chief Deputy
Director for LARA, and Ms. Michelle Roepke, Director of the Federal Survey and
Certification Division in the Bureau of Community and Health Systems in LARA., who
proceeded with a PowerPoint presentation on Nursing Home Infection Control. Questions
and discussion followed. A copy of the PowerPoint is attached.
Kate Massey, Senior Deputy Director for the Medical Services Administration in the
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Michigan's Medicaid Director,
testified on the department's policies regarding COVID-19 long-term care. Questions from
committee followed.
Alison Hirschel, Senior Legal Counsel to the Michigan Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Program and Director of the Michigan Elder Justice Initiative testified on their role they play
in regarding long-term care in Michigan.
Representative Johnson moved to excuse Representative Garrett from the meeting. There
being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee. Representative Hoitenga moved to
adjourned. Hearing no objections, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 12:31 p.m.
Representative Kathy Crawford, Chair
Joy Brewer
Committee Clerk
joybrewer@house.mi.gov