MEMBERS:
SEN. LANA THEIS, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. JOHN BIZON, M.D.
SEN. DOUGLAS WOZNIAK
SEN. JEFF IRWIN, MINORITY VICE CHAIR
SEN. STEPHANIE CHANG
THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT
SENATOR ED MCBROOM
CHAIR
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COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
January 20, 2022
A joint meeting of the Senate Committee on Oversight and the House Committee on Oversight was scheduled
for Thursday, January 20, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., in room 519 of the House Office Building.
The agenda summary is as follows:
1. Presentation from the Office of the Auditor General regarding the Auditor General's report on under
reported long-term care facility COVID-19 deaths.
Chair S. Johnson called the House Committee on Oversight to order at 10:30 a.m. He instructed the House
Clerk to call the roll. A quorum was present.
Chair S. Johnson entertained a motion by Rep. Hoitenga to adopt the previous meeting minutes. Without
objection, the minutes were adopted.
From 10:30 a.m. to 10:35 a.m., Chair S. Johnson recessed the House Committee on Oversight.
Chair McBroom called the Senate Committee on Oversight to order at 10:34 a.m. At that time, the following
members were present: Chair McBroom, Sen.(s) Theis, Bizon, Wozniak, Irwin and Chang, a quorum was
present.
Chair McBroom entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to adopt the meeting minutes from January 18, 2022.
Without objection, the minutes were adopted.
Chair S. Johnson summarized the days agenda and gave opening comments.
Chair S. Johnson invited the following individuals from the Office of the Auditor General to give the committee
a presentation regarding their response to a request for information related to COVID-19 deaths in long-term
care facilities in Michigan made by Rep. Steven Johnson:
Doug Ringler, Auditor General
Laura Hirst, Deputy Auditor General
Brittney Simon, Senior Audit Supervisor
Member questions and discussion followed.
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Chair S. Johnson invited Elizabeth Hertel, Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
to respond to the Auditor General's report.
Member questions and discussion followed.
From 11:59 a.m. to 12:03 p.m., both the House Committee on Oversight and the Senate Committee on
Oversight recessed.
Elizabeth Hertel, Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, returned to continue
responding to the Auditor General's report.
Member questions and discussion followed.
From 12:03 p.m. to 12:46 p.m., Vice Chair Theis chaired the Senate Committee on Oversight while Chair
McBroom attended another committee hearing.
There being no further business before the House Committee on Oversight, Chair S. Johnson moved to adjourn
the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:25 p.m.
There being no further business before the Senate Committee on Oversight, Chair McBroom entertained a
motion by Sen. Theis to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 1:24 p.m..
Video of the House Committee on Oversight meeting joint with the Senate Committee on Oversight from
January 20, 2022 can be found at the House of Representatives TV Video Archive site of :
https://www.house.mi.gov/VideoArchive.
Date Adopted by Committee: 02/01/2022
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