HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND SENIORS
REP. KATHY CRAWFORD
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
9:00 a.m.
Room 308, House Office Building
The House Standing 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, Garrett, Liberati, Brenda
Carter, Cynthia Johnson.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Rendon moved to adopt the meeting minutes from January 22, 2020. There being
no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 5289 before the committee:
HB 5289
(Rep. Alexander)
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368,
entitled "Public health code," by amending sections 2882 and
2891 (MCL 333.2882 and 333.2891), section 2882 as
amended by 2002 PA 691 and section 2891 as amended by
2013 PA 136.
Val Vail-Shirey, Legislative Assistant for Representative Julie Alexander, explained the (H-2)
substitute for HB 5289.
Genevieve Marron, representing the Right to Life of Michigan, submitted a card in support of
HB 5289, but did not wish to speak.
Representative Liberati moved to adopt the substitute (H-2) for HB 5289. The motion prevailed
8-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Crawford, Rendon, Farrington, Hoitenga, Wozniak, Liberati, Brenda Carter,
Cynthia Johnson.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
Representative Wozniak moved to refer HB 5289 to the Committee on Ways and Means, with
recommendation as substitute (H-2). The motion prevailed 8-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Crawford, Rendon, Farrington, Hoitenga, Wozniak, Liberati, Brenda Carter,
Cynthia Johnson.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair laid before the committee a presentation on Kinship Care.
Dr. Sharon McDaniel, President and Chief Executive Officer of A Second Chance, Incorporated,
explained the importance of placement of children with their relatives, or family friends when
they are unable to remain in the homes of their birth parents. A copy of her handout is attached.
Questions followed.
Dr. Joo Yeunn Chang, Senior Deputy Director for the Children's Service Agency at the Michigan
Department of Health and Human Services, joined Dr. McDaniel to address questions from
committee members.
Deb Frisbee, a Parent Consultant at Adoption Family Support Network, showed a video from Jan
Wagner, a kinship caregiver from Mason County and the recipient of the Casey Family Programs
2019 Excellence Award, and briefed the committee members about her program. Questions and
discussion followed.
Brooke VanProoyen, Coordinator of the Adoption Family Support Network and a former relative
placement child, briefed the committee further about various child placement issues. Questions
followed.
Lisa Grodsky, Community Services Coordinator for the Oakland Livingston Human Services
Agency, briefed the members on her area's child placement conditions. Questions and discussion
followed.
Tina Wasilewski and Anita Rothert, Parent Education Specialist, from the Guidance Center in
Dearborn, Michigan, briefed the committee on their program.
There being no further business before the committee, Representative Wozniak moved to adjourn
the committee. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. The
Chair adjourned the meeting at 10:32 a.m.
Representative Kathy Crawford, Chair
Joy Brewer
Committee Clerk
joybrewer@house.mi.gov