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Health Policy
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- Meeting date
- 2024-09-26
- Scheduled start
- 2024-09-26 13:30:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2024-09-26 13:31:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2024-09-26 14:20:00.000000
- Location
- the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2024-09-26 14:20:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2024-09-26 13:31:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-280
- Committee name
- Health Policy
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. SYLVIA SANTANA, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. PAUL WOJNO SEN. JOHN CHERRY SEN. VERONICA KLINEFELT SEN. ERIKA GEISS SEN. MICHAEL WEBBER, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. ROGER HAUCK SEN. MARK HUIZENGA SEN. JIM RUNESTAD THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH POLICY SENATOR KEVIN HERTEL CHAIR 7600 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-7315 FAX: (517) 373-3126 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES September 26, 2024 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Health Policy was scheduled for Thursday, September 26, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., in the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 973 (Sen. Cavanagh). 2. Testimony regarding SB 974 (Sen. Irwin). 3. Testimony regarding SB 987 (Sen. McMorrow). 4. Testimony regarding SB 988 (Sen. McMorrow). 5. Testimony regarding SB 1006 (Sen. McMorrow). The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:31 p.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Hertel, Sen.(s) Santana, Wojno, Cherry, Klinefelt, Geiss, Webber, Hauck, Huizenga, and Runestad, a quorum was present. At 1:31 p.m., the Chair called for the committee to go at ease. At 1:32 p.m., the Chair reconvened the committee. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Klinefelt to adopt the meeting minutes from June 18, 2024. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair invited Sen.(s) Cavanagh and Irwin to summarize SB 973 and SB 974. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 973 and SB 974: Dr. Sarah Wallet, Planned Parenthood – Support Harsna Chahal, Citizen – Support Nupur Huria, Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health – Support Robyn Elliott, Free the Pill – Support Stephanie Williams, Mothers of Hope – Support The Chair invited Sen. McMorrow to summarize SB 987, SB 988, and SB 1006. Page 1 of 2 The Chair invited Dr. Jordan Fletcher, Dr. Shira Fishbach, and Dr. Suha Syed, from the Michigan Chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to further summarize SB 987, SB 988, and SB 1006. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB 987, SB 988, and SB 1006: Dr. Sarah Wallet, Planned Parenthood – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 973 and SB 974: Kris Kraft, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan – Oppose Amy Zaagman, Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health – Support Merissa Kovach, ACLU of Michigan – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 973: Dave Worthams, Michigan Manufacturers Association – Oppose Scott Kempa, Michigan Association of Health Plans – Oppose Leah Robinson, Michigan Chamber of Commerce – Oppose The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 987: Dave Worthams, Michigan Manufacturers Association – Oppose Leah Robinson, Michigan Chamber of Commerce – Oppose The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 987, SB 988, and SB 1006: Amy Zaagman, Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health – Support Merissa Kovach, ACLU of Michigan – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 1006: Kim Ross, Michigan Medicine – Support The Chair read the cards of those individuals not wishing to testify before the committee regarding SB 973, SB 974, SB 987, SB 988, and SB 1006: Erica Shekell, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan – Support Ashlea Phenice, Planned Parenthood – Support Joanne Bailey, Michigan Affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives – Support Susan Rosas, YWCA Kalamazoo – Support Loretta Bush, Authority Health – Support Amy Belfer, Michigan Voices – Support Amy Belfer, Michigan Youth Reproductive Justice Coalition – Support Ashya Smith, Michigan League for Public Policy – Support There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 2:20 p.m. Dated Adopted by Committee: October 2, 2024 Page 2 of 2
- Location
- the 1100 Room of the Binsfeld Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2024-09-26
- Meeting id
- meeting-4240
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2024-09-26 13:30:00.000000
- Session name
- 2023-2024
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Health Policy,” /meetings/meeting-4240.
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