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- Meeting date
- 2025-06-11
- Scheduled start
- 2025-06-11 09:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2025-06-11 10:32:00.000000
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2025-06-11 10:32:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-28
- Committee name
- Health Policy
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY REP. CURTIS VANDERWALL CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, June 11, 2025 9:00 AM Room 519, House Office Building The House Committee on Health Policy was called to order by Chair VanderWall. The Chair requested attendance to be called: Present: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman. Absent: Rep. Whitsett. Excused: Rep. Whitsett. Representative Schmaltz moved to adopt the meeting minutes from June 04, 2025. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. The Chair laid a presentation on Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) Awareness Day before the committee. Dr. Zubin Modi, joined by Sachet Walker and Aiden Walker, gave a presentation on Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Awareness Day. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair laid HB 4527 and HB 4528 before the committee: HB 4527 (Rep. VanderWall) A bill to amend 1937 PA 10, entitled "An act to define the use of travel aids by blind persons; to provide protection against accidents to such persons; to require instruction and examination in certain circumstances; and to provide penalties for violation hereof," by amending sections 1a, 2, and 3 (MCL 752.51a, 752.52, and 752.53), sections 1a and 2 as amended by 2002 PA 401 and section 3 as amended by 1986 PA 62. HB 4528 (Rep. Tisdel) A bill to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled "The code of criminal procedure," by amending section 17b of chapter XVII (MCL 777.17b), as added by 2002 PA 28. An amendment was adopted for HB 4527 at the June 4th, 2025, meeting. An amendment was adopted for HB 4528 at the June 4th, 2025, meeting. The following person submitted a card in opposition to HB 4527, and HB 4528, but did not wish to speak: Kyle Zsawacki, representing the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan. Representative Frisbie moved to report HB 4527, as amended, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 16-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman. Nays: None. Pass: None. Representative Tisdel moved to report HB 4528, as amended, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 16-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley, Hoskins and Foreman. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid SB 303 before the committee: SB 303 (Sen. Hauck) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 16189. Adam Carlson and Taylor Alpert, representing the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, testified in support of SB 303. The following people submitted a card in support of SB 303, but did not wish to speak: Dave Worthams, representing the Michigan Manufacturers Association. Kris Kraft, representing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Ashley Christian, representing Henry Ford Health. Christine Shearer, representing the Michigan Association of Health Plans. Jason Lachowski, representing the American Association of Retired Persons. Kevin McKinney, representing the Michigan Osteopathic Association. The Chair laid HB 4558 before the committee: HB 4558 (Rep. VanderWall) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," by amending sections 5553, 5555, 5557, and 5561 (MCL 333.5553, 333.5555, 333.5557, and 333.5561), as added by 2014 PA 269, and by adding sections 5560 and 5562. At 9:28 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 9:29 AM, Majority Vice Chair Thompson called the committee back to order. Chair VanderWall testified in support of HB 4558. At 9:30 AM, Majority Vice Chair Thompson laid the committee at ease. At 9:31 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order. David Guenthner, representing the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, testified in support of HB 4558. Dr. Whitney Genrich, Dr. Jennifer Schad, and Dr. Erica Jonson Carder, representing the Michigan Optometric Association, testified in opposition to HB 4558. Questions and discussions followed. Jack Baum, representing Americans for Tax Reform, testified in support of HB 4558. Dr. Jim Wachter, representing Eye Care Partners, testified in opposition to HB 4558. Questions and discussions followed. Erik Castenada, representing 1-800 Contacts, testified in support of HB 4558. Questions and discussions followed. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4558, but did not wish to speak: Jared Fleisher, representing Rocket Mortgage. The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4558, but did not wish to speak: Daniel Taylor, representing Ferris State University and the Michigan College of Optometry. Maryke Neiberg, representing the University of Detroit Mercy School of Optometry. The following person submitted a card with a neutral position on HB 4558, but did not wish to speak: Monica Martinez, representing the Michigan Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons. Representative Bohnak moved to excuse Representative Whitsett from the meeting. There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. There being no further business before the committee, Chair VanderWall adjourned the meeting at 10:32 AM. Representative Curtis VanderWall, Chair Hazel Campbell-Crawley Committee Clerk hcrawley@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Media count
- 2
- Meeting date
- 2025-06-11
- Meeting id
- meeting-166
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2025-06-11 09:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2025-2026
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Health Policy,” /meetings/meeting-166.
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