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- Meeting date
- 2025-03-12
- Scheduled start
- 2025-03-12 09:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2025-03-12 10:20:00.000000
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2025-03-12 10:20:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- 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 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 Frisbie moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 05, 2025. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 4077 and HB 4078 before the committee: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 9:00 AM Room 519, House Office Building HB 4077 (Rep. Rogers) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," by amending sections 2804, 2843, 2843b, 2844, and 16221 (MCL 333.2804, 333.2843, 333.2843b, 333.2844, and 333.16221), section 2804 as amended by 2012 PA 499, section 2843 as amended by 2013 PA 79, section 2843b as added by 1986 PA 185, and section 16221 as amended by 2023 PA 209. HB 4078 (Rep. Mueller) A bill to amend 1953 PA 181, entitled "An act relative to investigations in certain instances of the causes of death within this state due to violence, negligence or other act or omission of a criminal nature or to protect public health; to provide for the taking of statements from injured persons under certain circumstances; to abolish the office of coroner and to create the office of county medical examiner in certain counties; to prescribe the The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4077 and HB 4078, but did not wish to speak: Bill Zaagman, representing the Michigan Association of County Clerks. Mary Pollock, representing the Michigan State Employee Retirees Association. Representative Bohnak moved to report out HB 4077 with recommendation. The motion prevailed 15-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. VanderWall, Thompson, Meerman, Tisdel, Bierlein, DeBoer, Prestin, Schmaltz, St. Germaine, Bohnak, Frisbie, Brenda Carter, Witwer, Neeley and Hoskins. Nays: None. Pass: None. Representative Schmaltz moved to report out HB 4078 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 Chair laid HB 4037 and HB 4038 before the committee: At 9:11 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 9:12 AM, Majority Vice Chair Thompson called the committee back to order. Representative Rogers, joined by Representative VanderWall, testified in support of HB 4037 and HB 4038. Questions and discussion followed. At 9:24 AM, Majority Vice Chair Thompson laid the committee at ease. powers and duties of county medical examiners; to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions of this act; and to prescribe a referendum thereon," by amending sections 2 and 3 (MCL 52.202 and 52.203), as amended by 2012 PA 171. HB 4037 (Rep. Rogers) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," by amending sections 2501 and 2505 (MCL 333.2501 and 333.2505), as added by 2006 PA 137, and by adding section 2508. HB 4038 (Rep. VanderWall) A bill to amend 2018 PA 175, entitled "Insurance provider assessment act," by amending section 13 (MCL 550.1763). At 9:25 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order. Kim Bachelder and Isabell Pancheco, representing the Michigan Health Information Network, testified in support of HB 4037 and HB 4038. Questions and discussions followed. Representative Rogers returned to answer questions from the committee members. Dr. Kevin Bohnsack, representing the Michigan State Medical Society, testified in support of HB 4037 and HB 4038. Questions and discussions followed. Isabell Pancheco and Representative Rogers returned to answer questions from the committee members. Larry WagenKnecht testified in support of HB 4037 and HB 4038. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4038 and HB 4037, but did not wish to speak: Kate Dorsey, representing the Michigan State Medical Society. Eric Roath, representing the Michigan Pharmacists Association. Greg Foezley, MD, representing himself. Tom Simmer, MD, representing himself. Dr. Scott Monteith, MD, representing himself. Dr. Faiyaz Syed, MD, representing the Michigan Primary Care Association. Dr. John Vismara, MD, representing United Physicians, INC. Helen Hill, representing the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Janee Tyus, representing the Health Information Technology Commission. Dr. Dennis Smith, representing himself. Amanda Klein, representing the American Heart Association. Representative Hoskins 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 10:20 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
- 2025-03-12
- Meeting id
- meeting-43
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2025-03-12 09:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2025-2026
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