HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY, VETERANS AND HOMELAND SECURITY
REP. BEAU M LAFAVE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
12:00 PM
Room 307, House Office Building
The House Standing Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security was called to
order by Chair LaFave.
At 12:01 PM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 12:02 PM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. LaFave, Mueller, Marino, Afendoulis, Markkanen, Jones, Chirkun, T. Carter,
Manoogian.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Jones moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 18, 2019. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid SCR 11 and HCR 11 before the committee:
SCR 11
(Sen. McBroom)
A concurrent resolution to urge the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to promptly
approve a variance regarding shared bathroom facilities at
the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans.
HCR 11
(Rep. Cambensy)
A concurrent resolution to urge the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to promptly
approve a variance regarding shared bathroom facilities at
the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans.
Senator McBroom and Fred Schaible, representing the Michigan Department of Military and
Veteran Affairs, testified on the resolutions. Questions and discussion followed.
The following person submitted a card in support of SCR 11 and HCR 11, but did not wish to
speak:
Mark Sutton, representing the American Legion.
There being no further business before the committee, Rep. Beau LaFave adjourned the meeting
at 12:09 PM.
Representative Beau LaFave, Chair
Matt Carnagie
Committee Clerk
mcarnagie@house.mi.gov