HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – State Senator Tonya Schuitmaker R-Lawton, will be holding district office hours today.
Schuitmaker’s district director, Deb Shields, will be available to meet with constituents today at the Fillmore Township Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The Township Hall is located at 4219 52nd Street in Holland.
This afternoon meet at Fennville City Hall at 222 S. Maple St. from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Tomorrow in Allegan County you can find the district director at Mugshots Coffee, 340 Water St. from 9-10 a.m. and then at Plainwell City Hall, 211 N Main from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
A bill that would restrict advertising by a government agency has been floated in the State Senate, but apparently needs work. The measure proposed by Senator Tonya Schuitmaker of Lawton would bar the Department of Health and Human Services from advertising to increase the enrollment of the State’s Healthy Michigan Plan, which has greatly expanded the number of people who are now eligible for Medicaid.
DHHS had hoped to eventually sign up 470,000 recipients for the program, but in the first year they have already signed up nearly 614,000.
Some lawmakers question if the money wouldn’t be better spent on programming. The Senate Health Policy Committee took testimony on the proposal this past week but didn’t take any action.
