HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY
REP. BRONNA KAHLE
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, March 24, 2022
10:30 AM
Room 519, House Office Building
The House Committee on Health Policy was called to order by Chair Kahle.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Kahle, Meerman, Whiteford, Alexander, Allor, Hauck, Filler, Mueller,
Beeler, Fink, Roth, Tisdel, Witwer, Pohutsky, Stone, Neeley, Morse.
Absent: Reps. Clemente, Whitsett.
Excused: Reps. Clemente, Whitsett.
Representative Hauck moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 17, 2022. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Chair Kahle laid before the committee presentations on Worker Shortages in Healthcare.
Dr. Julie Yaroch, President of ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital, gave a
presentation to the committee. Questions and discussion followed.
Kathryn Szewczuk, Executive Director of the Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority,
gave a presentation to the committee. Questions and discussion followed.
Scott Brown, Executive Director for Renaissance Community Homes, gave a presentation to
the committee. Questions and discussion followed.
Bryan Krogman, Deputy Director of Community Mental Health for Central Michigan, gave a
presentation to the committee.
Angela Madden, Executive Director of the Michigan Association of Ambulance Services,
gave a presentation to the committee. Questions and discussion followed.
Richie Farran, Vice President of Government Services for the Health Care Association of
Michigan, gave a presentation to the committee.
At 11:55 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 11:57 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
The Chair laid HB 5875 and HB 5876 before the committee:
HB 5875
(Rep. Kahle)
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled "The social
welfare act," by amending section 109 (MCL
400.109), as amended by 2018 PA 315.
HB 5876
(Rep. VanWoerkom)
A bill to amend 1945 PA 47, entitled "An act to
authorize 2 or more cities, townships, and villages,
or any combination of cities, townships, and
villages, to incorporate a hospital authority for
planning, promoting, acquiring, constructing,
improving, enlarging, extending, owning,
maintaining, and operating 1 or more community
hospitals and related buildings or structures and
related facilities; to provide for the sale, lease, or
other transfer of a hospital owned by a hospital
authority to a nonprofit corporation established
under the laws of this state for no or nominal
monetary consideration; to define hospitals and
community hospitals; to provide for changes in the
membership therein; to authorize the cities,
townships, and villages to levy taxes for
community hospital purposes; to provide for the
issuance of bonds; to provide for the pledge of
assessments; to provide for borrowing money for
operation and maintenance and issuing notes for
operation and maintenance; to validate elections
heretofore held and notes heretofore issued; to
validate bonds heretofore issued; to authorize
condemnation proceedings; to grant certain
powers of a body corporate; to validate and ratify
the organization, existence, and membership of
entities acting as hospital authorities under the act
and the actions taken by hospital authorities and
by the members of the hospital authorities; and to
prescribe penalties and provide remedies," by
amending section 9 (MCL 331.9), as amended by
1990 PA 69.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5875, but did not wish to speak:
Rich Farran, representing the Health Care Association of Michigan.
Representative Filler moved to report out HB 5875 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 17-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Kahle, Meerman, Whiteford, Alexander, Allor, Hauck, Filler, Mueller,
Beeler, Fink, Roth, Tisdel, Witwer, Pohutsky, Stone, Neeley, Morse.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Alexander moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5876. The motion prevailed
16-0-1:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Kahle, Meerman, Whiteford, Alexander, Allor, Hauck, Filler, Mueller,
Beeler, Fink, Roth, Tisdel, Witwer, Stone, Neeley, Morse.
Nays: None.
Pass: Rep. Pohutsky.
Representative Meerman moved to report out HB 5876 with recommendation, as substitute
(H-1). The motion prevailed 13-0-4:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Kahle, Meerman, Whiteford, Alexander, Allor, Hauck, Filler, Mueller,
Beeler, Fink, Roth, Tisdel, Witwer.
Nays: None.
Pass: Reps. Pohutsky, Stone, Neeley, Morse.
Representative Witwer moved to excuse Representatives Clemente and Whitsett from the
meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Kahle adjourned the meeting at
12:00 PM.
Representative Bronna Kahle, Chair
Melissa Sweet
Committee Clerk
msweet@house.mi.gov