HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT
REP. STEVEN JOHNSON
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, January 20, 2022
10:30 AM
Room 519, 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, Yaroch, O'Malley, Brixie,
LaGrand, Young.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative LaGrand joined the committee remotely.
Representative Hoitenga moved to adopt the meeting minutes from January 13, 2022. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
At 10:30 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 10:35 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
The House Oversight Committee was meeting jointly with the Senate Oversight Committee.
The Chair laid before the committee a report from the Office of the Auditor General on
nursing home deaths related to COVID-19.
The Chair gave remarks on the report.
The Chair invited Doug Ringler, Michigan's Auditor General, Laura Hirst, Michigan's Deputy
Auditor General, and Brittney Simon, Senior Audit Supervisor, to give a presentation on the
Auditor General's report. Questions and discussion followed.
The chair invited Elizabeth Hertel, Director of the Michigan Department of Health and
Human Services, to respond to the Auditor General's report. Questions and discussion
followed.
At 11:59 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 12:03 PM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
Elizabeth Hertel, Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services,
returned to continue responding to the Auditor General's report. Questions and discussion
followed.
Doug Ringler, Michigan's Auditor General, Laura Hirst, Michigan's Deputy Auditor General,
and Brittney Simon, Senior Audit Supervisor returned to continue the discussion on the
report.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Steven Johnson adjourned the
meeting at 1:25 PM.
Representative Steven Johnson, Chair
Matthew Carnagie
Acting Committee Clerk
mcarnagie@house.mi.gov