22437 Local, Intergovernmental, and Regional Affairs 307 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/10/2012 Thursday Testimony only: HB 5566 (Denby) Local government; other; authorized loan amounts under the emergency municipal loan act; revise and make other general revisions. HB 5567 (Pscholka) Education; financing; permissible uses for school operating millages and repayment of hardship advances and emergency loans; amend revised school code regarding. HB 5568 (Hughes) School aid; other; provisions regarding hardship advances and repayment of emergency loans; amend state school aid act to provide for. HB 5569 (Ouimet) State financing and management; funds; disposition of surplus funds from emergency municipal loan act; clarify. HB 5570 (Rogers) State financing and management; bonds; municipal bond authority; allow to create an emergency loan board loan. H052A 517-373-1260 Updated 05/09/2012 22451 Insurance 519 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/10/2012 Thursday SB 300 (Gleason) Insurance; essential; use of credit information and credit scoring; regulate. H036A 517-373-8538 22439 Judiciary 521 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/10/2012 Thursday HB 5128 (Walsh) Courts; other; business court; create. HB 5124 (Cotter) Courts; circuit court; concurrent jurisdiction in certain courts; establish. HB 5159 (Wayne Schmidt) Courts; circuit court; veterans treatment court; provide for the state drug treatment court advisory committee to monitor. HB 5162 (Damrow) Courts; circuit court; veterans treatment court; create. HB 5466 (Heise) Construction; contracts; certain indemnification provisions; prohibit in construction-related service contracts with public agencies. H019A 517-373-5795 22459 Education: Teacher Certification and Continuing Education 308 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/15/2012 Tuesday Presentations by: Michigan Department of Education, Lisa Hansknecht, Director, Office of State and Federal Relations, and Dr. Sally Vaughn, Deputy Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer, on new teacher certification rules. Dr. Patricia Reeves, Associate Professor, Education Leadership, Western Michigan University, on HB 4645, HB 5142, and HB 5393 as they relate to the new rules. Dr. Susan Wilson, Chair of the Department of Teacher Education and the Director of the College of Education's Center for the Scholarship of Teachers, Michigan State University, on HB 4645, HB 5142, and HB 5393 as they relate to the new rules. H061A 517-373-2002 Updated 05/10/2012 22465 Families, Children, and Seniors 327 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/15/2012 Tuesday SB 454 (Nofs) Civil procedure; evidence; testimony of a vulnerable adult; allow to be presented by videotape or closed-circuit television. SB 457 (Colbeck) Counties; employees and officers; county medical examiner to establish an elder death review team; allow. SB 462 (Bieda) Health facilities; nursing homes; reporting requirements for abuse or neglect in nursing homes; modify. SB 464 (Schuitmaker) Criminal procedure; other; development of investigative protocols and abuse and neglect interview protocols for vulnerable adults; require by certain local agencies. SB 468 (Hansen) Criminal procedure; arrests; complainant's signature requirement to file a criminal complaint in cases alleging vulnerable adult abuse; prohibit magistrate from refusing to accept complaint because signed upon information and belief by individual other than the victim. HB 5223 (Farrington) Human services; services or financial assistance; applicant substance abuse testing; include in eligibility criteria for family independence assistance program benefits. H058A 517-373-5795 New 05/10/2012 13:54:03 22457 Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security 308 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/15/2012 Tuesday Presentations by: Ms. Liza Estlund-Olson, Deputy Director, Direct Talent Strategies for Veterans Workforce Development Agency for the State of Michigan, on Veterans Retraining Assistance Programs (VRAP). Dr. Stephanie Shanblatt, Provost, and Dr. Evan Montague, Dean of Students, on Lansing Community College "Veteran Friendly Practices" H101A 517-373-2002 New 05/09/2012 02:23:46 PM 22462 Government Operations 327 House Office Building, Lansing, MI 05/16/2012 Wednesday SB 640 (Kahn) State; buildings; flags of the United States and the state of Michigan flown at state buildings or sold by state agencies; require to be made in the United States. To be referred to the House Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee: SB 543 (Brandenburg) Counties; boards and commissions; membership on county department of veterans' affairs; modify eligibility criteria. H098A 517-373-2002 New 05/10/2012 09:37:10 AM