- Canonical name
- Laurie Pohutsky
- Evidence text
- Representative Pohutsky moved to adopt the meeting minutes from March 3, 2022. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. At 10:39 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 10:43 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order. The Chair laid HB 4925, HB 4926, HB 4927, HB 4928 and HB 5894 before the committee: HB 4925 (Rep. Whiteford) A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled "Mental health code," by amending sections 100a, 100c, 100d, 116, 206, 208, 210, 232, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, and 281c (MCL 330.1100a, 330.1100c, 330.1100d, 330.1116, 330.1206, 330.1208, 330.1210, 330.1232, 330.1269, 330.1270, 330.1271, 330.1273, 330.1274, 330.1275, and 330.1281c), section 100a as amended by 2020 PA 402, section 100c as amended by 2020 PA 285, section 100d as amended by 2020 PA 99, section 116 as amended by 1998 PA 67, sections 206 and 232 as amended by 1995 PA 290, sections 208 and 210 as amended and sections 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, and 275 as added by 2012 PA 500, and section 281c as added by 2014 PA 200, and by adding sections 110a and 117; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. HB 4926 (Rep. Hammoud) A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled "The social welfare act," by amending section 109f (MCL 400.109f), as amended by 2017 PA 224. HB 4927 (Rep. Green) A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled "Public health code," by amending section 7408a (MCL 333.7408a), as amended by 2020 PA 380. HB 4928 (Rep. Allor) A bill to amend 1998 PA 58, entitled "Michigan liquor control code of 1998," by amending section 703 (MCL 436.1703), as amended by 2020 PA 377. HB 5894 (Rep. Brabec) A bill to amend 1994 PA 203, entitled "Foster care and adoption services act," by amending section 4c (MCL 722.954c), as amended by 2020 PA 56. Representative Whiteford testified in support of HB 4925, HB 4926, HB 4927 and HB 4928. Questions and discussion followed. Representative Brabec testified in support of HB 5894. Questions and discussion followed. Melissa Roy, representing the Autism Alliance of Michigan, testified in support of HB 4925, HB 4926, HB 4927 and HB 4928. Alan Bolter, representing the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan, testified with a neutral position on HB 4925, HB 4926, HB 4927 and HB 4928. Questions and discussion followed. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4925, HB 4926, HB 4927 and HB 4928, but did not wish to speak: Tyrone Sanders and Becky Bechler, representing the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network. The Chair laid HB 5875 before the committee: HB 5875 (Rep. Kahle) A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled "The social welfare act," by amending section 109 (MCL 400.109), as amended by 2018 PA 315. At 11:12 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 11:13 AM, Majority Vice Chair Meerman called the committee back to order. Chair Kahle testified in support of HB 5875. At 11:17 AM, Majority Vice Chair Meerman laid the committee at ease. At 11:18 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order. Dr. Renee Beniak, representing the Michigan County Medical Care Facilities Council, testified in support of HB 5875. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5875, but did not wish to speak: Dalton Herbel, representing LeadingAge Michigan. Rich Farran, representing the Health Care Association of Michigan. Meghan Keit, representing the Michigan Association of Counties. The Chair laid HB 5876 before the committee: HB 5876 (Rep. VanWoerkom) A bill to amend 1945 PA 47, entitled "An act to authorize 2 or more cities, townships, and villages, or any combination of cities, townships, and villages, to incorporate a hospital authority for planning, promoting, acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging, extending, owning, maintaining, and operating 1 or more community hospitals and related buildings or structures and related facilities; to provide for the sale, lease, or other transfer of a hospital owned by a hospital authority to a nonprofit corporation established under the laws of this state for no or nominal monetary consideration; to define hospitals and community hospitals; to provide for changes in the membership therein; to authorize the cities, townships, and villages to levy taxes for community hospital purposes; to provide for the issuance of bonds; to provide for the pledge of assessments; to provide for borrowing money for operation and maintenance and issuing notes for operation and maintenance; to validate elections heretofore held and notes heretofore issued; to validate bonds heretofore issued; to authorize condemnation proceedings; to grant certain powers of a body corporate; to validate and ratify the organization, existence, and membership of entities acting as hospital authorities under the act and the actions taken by hospital authorities and by the members of the hospital authorities; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies," by amending section 9 (MCL 331.9), as amended by 1990 PA 69. Representative VanWoerkom and Shelleye Yaklin, representing the North Ottawa Community Hospital, testified together in support of HB 5876. Questions and discussion followed. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5876, but did not wish to speak: Sean Sorenson-Abbott, representing the Michigan Health and Hospital Association. Chair Kahle returned to HB 4925, HB 4926, HB 4927 and HB 4928.
- Motion text
- to adopt the meeting minutes from March 3, 2022.
- Mover label
- Pohutsky
- Nays
- Not recorded
- Passes
- Not recorded
- Position
- 1
- Resolution method
- unique surname
- Result
- prevailed
- Service id
- service-317
- Validation state
- not applicable
- Yeas
- Not recorded