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Health Policy and Human Services
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- Meeting date
- 2021-04-22
- Scheduled start
- 2021-04-22 13:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2021-04-22 13:02:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2021-04-22 14:32:00.000000
- Location
- the Senate Hearing Room of the Boji Tower
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2021-04-22 14:32:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2021-04-22 13:02:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-229
- 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 April 22, 2021 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Health Policy and Human Services was scheduled for Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., in the Senate Hearing Room of the Boji Tower. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Reported SB 247 (S-2) (Sen. VanderWall) with recommendation. 2. Testimony regarding SB 203 (Sen. VanderWall). The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:02 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, Hertel, Santana, and Wojno, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to adopt the meeting minutes from April 15, 2021. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair offered, and summarized, an (S-2) version of SB 247. The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 247: Heather Nicholoff, Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners – Support Lee Roosevelt, American College of Nurse-Midwives Michigan Affiliate – Support Mary Kay Makarewicz, Michigan Society of Hematology and Oncology – Support Alice Betz, Michigan Chapter of the American College of Cardiology – Support Brianna Romines, Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan – Support Kelly Doyle, HIV AIDS Alliance of Michigan – Support Michigan Osteopathic Assoication – Support Melissa Seifert, AARP – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 247 (S- 2): Christine Shearer, Michigan Association of Health Plans – Support Dave Worthams, Michigan Manufacturers Association – Support The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to adopt the (S-2) version of SB 247. The vote was as follows: Page 1 of 2 Yeas: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, Johnson, LaSata, MacDonald, Theis, Brinks, Hertel, Santana, and Wojno Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-2) was adopted. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Bizon to report the (S-2) version of SB 247 to the floor with recommendation that it pass. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair VanderWall, Sen.(s) Bizon, LaSata, MacDonald, Theis, Brinks, Hertel, and Santana Nays: None Pass: Sen.(s) Johnson and Wojno The motion prevailed and the bill was reported. The Chair summarized SB 203. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 203: Beverley Dahan and Vanessa Walton, InnovAge – Support Reverend Sheffield, Citizen – Support Councilperson Andre Spivey, Detroit City Council – Support Dr. Gwendolyn Graddy and Mary Naber, PACE Southeast Michigan – Oppose Laura Ferrara, Senior Care Partners PACE – Oppose Roger Myers, Presbyterian Villages of Michigan – Oppose The following cards were turned in of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 203: Dalton Herbel, LeadingAge Michigan – Oppose Melissa Seifert, AARP – Oppose Reverend Wendall Anthony, Detroit NAACP – Support Bishop Edgar Vann, Citizen – Oppose Paul Hubbard, Citizen – Oppose Phyllis Edwards, Bridging Communities – Oppose Rev. Dr. Steve Bland, Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity – Oppose Kristie King, Senior Reground Collaborative – Oppose Dr. Thomas Jankowski, Citizen – Oppose Kim Marrone, Oak Park Economic Development – Support Stephanie Winslow, PACE Association of Michigan – Oppose Alisha Cottrell, Ascension Michigan – Oppose Sean Gehle and Autumn Gillard, Trinity Health Michigan – Oppose Marc Corriveau, Henry Ford Health System – Oppose There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 2:32 p.m. Date Adopted by Committee: April 29, 2021 Page 2 of 2
- Location
- the Senate Hearing Room of the Boji Tower
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2021-04-22
- Meeting id
- meeting-3355
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2021-04-22 13:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2021-2022
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Health Policy and Human Services,” /meetings/meeting-3355.
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