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Advice and Consent
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- Meeting date
- 2021-03-04
- Scheduled start
- 2021-03-04 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2021-03-04 12:03:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2021-03-04 14:19:00.000000
- Location
- the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2021-03-04 14:19:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2021-03-04 12:03:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-227
- Committee name
- Advice and Consent
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. JON C. BUMSTEAD, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. ED MCBROOM SEN. CURTIS HERTEL, JR., MINORITY VICE CHAIR THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ADVICE AND CONSENT SENATOR ARIC NESBITT CHAIR 6100 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-0793 FAX: (517) 373-5607 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES March 4, 2021 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Advice and Consent was scheduled for Thursday, March 4, 2021, at 12:00 noon, in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. A hearing to consider the appointment of Elizabeth Hertel as the Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The Chair called the meeting to order at 12:03 p.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Nesbitt, Sen.(s) Bumstead and McBroom, a quorum was present. The Chair made a motion to excuse absent members from the meeting. Without objection, Sen. Hertel was excused from the meeting. The Chair made a motion to adopt the meeting minutes from February 18, 2021 and February 25, 2021. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding the appointment of Elizabeth Hertel as the Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services: Elizabeth Hertel – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding the appointment of Elizabeth Hertel as the Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services: John VanFossen, Meijer – Support Melissa Seifert, AARP Michigan – Support Bret Jackson, Economic Alliance for Michigan – Support Melissa Holmquist, Upper Peninsula Health Plan – Support John McNamara, Michian Restaurant and Lodging Association – Support Justin Winslow, Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association – Support Carolyn Wilson, Beaumont Health – Support Matt Black, Michigan Academy of Family Physicians – Support Alisha Cottrell, Ascension Michigan – Support Brian Sapita, Michigan Pharmacists Association – Support Marc Corriveau, Henry Ford Health System – Support Kevin McKinney, Michigan Osteopathic Association – Support Page 1 of 3 Praveen Thadani, Priority Health – Support Dawn Siggett, Meridian Health Plan – Support Hassan Abdallah, Health Alliance Plan – Support Josiah Kissling, Michigan State Medical Society – Support Meghann Keit-Corrion, Michigan Association of Counties – Support Tina Decker, Spectrum Health – Support Adam Carlson, Michigan Health and Hospital Association – Support Mark Cook, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan – Support Brendan Hostetler, United Health Group – Support Christine Shearer and Dominick Pallone, Michigan Association of Health Plans – Support Roy Lafferty, Health Alliance Plan – Support Amy Zaagman, Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health – Support Ellen Hyman, Michigan Oral Health Coalition – Support Sean Gehle and Autumn Gillard, Trinity Health – Support Gabe Schneider, Munson Healthcare – Support Rick Lantz, Delta Dental – Support Lori Johnston, Paramount Care – Support Jim Cavanagh, Molina Healthcare – Support Allisyn Mattice-Eskau, McLaren Healthcare – Support Katherine Schmidt, Eaton County Republican Women’s Alliance – Opposition Janice Daniels, Election Integrity Fund and Michigan Conservative Union – Opposition Christine Parker, Resident – Opposition Sandra Festerling, Resident – Opposition Leonard Hickey, Resident – Opposition Sen. Roger Victory – Opposition Sen. Lana Theis – Opposition Sen. Kim LaSata – Opposition Sen. Tom Barrett – Opposition Sen. Ruth Johnson – Opposition Sen. Jim Runestad – Opposition Sen. Dale Zorn – Opposition Rep. Pamela Hornberger – Opposition Rep. Ryan Berman – Opposition Rep. Ann Bollin – Opposition Rep. Matt Maddock – Opposition Rep. John Reilly – Opposition Rep. Robert Bezotte – Opposition Rep. David Martin – Opposition Rep. Andrew Fink – Opposition Rep. Steve Carra – Opposition Rep. Matt Hall – Opposition Rep. Julie Alexander – Opposition Rep. Beth Griffin – Opposition Rep. Steve Johnson – Opposition Rep. Brad Paquette – Opposition Rep. Gary Eisen – Opposition Rep. Andrew Beeler – Opposition Rep. Luke Meerman – Opposition Rep. Bradley Slagh – Opposition Rep. Annette Glenn – Opposition Page 2 of 3 Rep. Daire Rendon – Opposition Rep. Ken Borton – Opposition Rep. Sue Allor – Opposition Rep. John Damoose – Opposition Rep. Beau LaFave – Opposition Rep. Greg Markkanen – Opposition There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 2:19 p.m. Date approved by committee: 4/29/21 Page 3 of 3
- Location
- the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2021-03-04
- Meeting id
- meeting-3278
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2021-03-04 12:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2021-2022
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Advice and Consent,” /meetings/meeting-3278.
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