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Health Policy and Human Services
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- Meeting date
- 2020-01-08
- Scheduled start
- 2020-01-08 14:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2020-01-08 14:02:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2020-01-08 16:07:00.000000
- Location
- the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2020-01-08 16:07:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2020-01-08 14:02:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-165
- Committee name
- Health Policy and Human Services
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. JOHN BIZON, M.D., MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. RUTH A. JOHNSON SEN. KIMBERLY A. LASATA SEN. MICHAEL D. MACDONALD SEN. LANA THEIS SEN. WINNIE BRINKS, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. CURTIS HERTEL, JR. SEN. SYLVIA SANTANA SEN. PAUL WOJNO THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY AND HUMAN SERVICES SENATOR CURTIS S. VANDERWALL CHAIR 4500 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-1725 FAX: (517) 373-0741 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES January 8, 2020 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Health Policy and Human Services was scheduled for Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at 2:00 p.m., in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 672 (Sen. VanderWall). 2. Testimony regarding SB 673 (Sen. VanderWall). 3. Testimony regarding SB 675 (Sen. Zorn). 4. Testimony regarding SB 674 (Sen. MacDonald). The Chair called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, LaSata, MacDonald, Theis, Brinks, Santana, and Wojno, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to adopt the meeting minutes from December 5, 2019. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 672 and SB 673: Alan Bolter, CMH Association of Michigan – Oppose Scott Miles, Universal Health Services – Oppose The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 672 and SB 673: Gabe Schneider, Munson Healthcare – Oppose Maria Enriquez, UAW Local 6000 – Oppose The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 672, SB 675 and SB 674: Page 1 of 3 Annie Patnaude, Americans for Prosperity – Support The Chair invited Sen. Zorn to summarize SB 675. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 675: Kyle Sheiko, Michigan Outpatient Vascular Institute – Support Gabe Schneider and Cheryl Wieber, Munson Healthcare – Oppose Dr. Elias Kassab, Michigan Outpatient Vascular Institute – Support Dr. Krishna Jain, National Office Endovascular Labs LLC – Support Dr. Fadi Saab, ACV Centers – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 675: Sean Gehle and Autumn Gillard, Trinity Health Michigan – Oppose Dave Bilardello, Spectrum Health – Oppose Kristen Kraft, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan – Oppose Sam Champagne, Henry Ford Health System – Oppose John McNamara, McLaren Health Care – Oppose Ryan Burtka, Michigan Ambulatory Surgery Association – Support Alice Betz, Michigan Chapter of the American College of Cardiology – Oppose John Shaski, Sparrow Health System – Oppose The Chair invited Sen. MacDonald to summarize SB 674. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 674: Tiffany Obetts, North Flight Aero Med and Aero Med Spectrum Health – Oppose The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 674: Sean Sorenson Abbott, Michigan Health and Hospital Association – Oppose Dave Bilardello, Spectrum Health – Oppose The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 675 and SB 674: Bret Jackson, Economic Alliance for Michigan – Oppose The Chair invited Beth Nagel, of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, to summarize the Department's position on the entire package of bills SB 669 - SB 675. The Chair invited Matthew Mitchell, of the Mercatus Center of George Mason University, to give a presentation regarding Certificates of Need. Page 2 of 3 The Chair made a motion to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection, Sen. Hertel was excused from the meeting. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 4:07 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: January 16, 2020 Page 3 of 3
- Location
- the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2020-01-08
- Meeting id
- meeting-2897
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2020-01-08 14:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2019-2020
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Health Policy and Human Services,” /meetings/meeting-2897.
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