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- Meeting date
- 2026-02-18
- Scheduled start
- 2026-02-18 09:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2026-02-18 10:14:00.000000
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2026-02-18 10:14:00.000000
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- 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, February 18, 2026 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 Bohnak moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 04, 2026. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 4779 before the committee: HB 4779 (Rep. Wendzel) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 20187. Representative Wendzel testified in support of HB 4779. Questions and discussion followed. Ben Frederick, representing Stryker Corporation, provided a demonstration on smoke evacuation in operating rooms, and testified in support of HB 4779. Questions and discussion followed. Ellie Kercher, RN, and Michelle Schaeffer, RN, representing themselves, testified in support of HB 4779. Questions and discussion followed. Jessica Rodriguez and Cara Erickson, representing the Michigan Ambulatory Surgery Association, testified with a neutral position on HB 4779. Questions and discussion followed. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4779, but did not wish to speak: Jennifer Pennock, representing the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses. Amy Zaagman, representing the Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health. The Chair laid HB 5302 before the committee: HB 5302 (Rep. DeBoyer) A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled "Mental health code," by amending section 273b (MCL 330.1273b), as added by 2020 PA 402. Representative DeBoyer, joined by Patrick Patterson and Allison Heerst, representing the Michigan Association of Recovery Community Organizations, testified in support of HB 5302. Questions and discussion followed. The Chair laid HB 4901, HB 5102 and HB 5313 before the committee: HB 4901 (Rep. Thompson) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," by amending sections 17211 and 17603 (MCL 333.17211 and 333.17603), section 17211 as amended by 2017 PA 22 and section 17603 as added by 2008 PA 524. HB 5102 (Rep. Kuhn) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," by amending section 16620 (MCL 333.16620), as added by 2006 PA 429; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. HB 5313 (Rep. Bierlein) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," by amending sections 16211, 16216, 16221, 16226, 16231, 16238, 17033, and 17533 (MCL 333.16211, 333.16216, 333.16221, 333.16226, 333.16231, 333.16238, 333.17033, and 333.17533), section 16211 as amended and section 16238 as added by 1993 PA 79, section 16216 as amended by 2014 PA 413, sections 16221 and 16226 as amended by 2023 PA 209, section 16231 as amended by 2017 PA 249, and sections 17033 and 17533 as amended by 1994 PA 234, and by adding sections 16211a and 16231b. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 4901, but did not wish to speak: Jarrett Skorup, representing the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Representative St. Germaine moved to report out HB 4901 with recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Rules. 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 following person submitted a card in support of HB 5102, but did not wish to speak: James Budd, representing the Michigan Dental Association. Representative Tisdel moved to report out HB 5102 with recommendation. 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 following people submitted a card in support of HB 5313, but did not wish to speak: Kevin McKinney, representing the Michigan Osteopathic Association. Dana C. Yuzon, MD, representing herself. Daniel Ryan, representing himself. Abdul-Rahman Albeiruti, MD, representing themself. Dr. George Pappas, representing himself. David T. Walsworth, representing himself. Miriam Schteingart, representing herself. Joan M. Cramer, representing herself. James Sondheimer, representing himself. Dr. Kala Ramasamy, representing themself. Anthony Zacharek, MD, representing himself. Katia Asali, representing herself. David S. Weingarden, representing David S. Weingarden MD & Associates, PC. David Boechler, representing himself. Millie Willy, representing herself. Representative DeBoer moved to report out HB 5313 with recommendation that the bill be referred to the Committee on Rules. 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 Foreman 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 10:14 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
- 2026-02-18
- Meeting id
- meeting-348
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2026-02-18 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-348.
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