September 13, 2013
Lansing Update / Posted September 13, 2013
Committee Hears Testimony on Conscience Rights for Faith-Based Child-Placement Agencies; Increased Funding for Private Foster Care Agencies Passes House.
Lansing Update
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August 30, 2013
Lansing Update / Posted August 30, 2013
Senate Passes Medicaid Expansion on 20–18 Vote; Testimony Begins on Juvenile Life Without Parole Legislation; Labor Day Statement Highlights Dignity of Work; America Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
August 2, 2013
Lansing Update / Posted August 2, 2013
Medicaid Passes Senate Government Operations Committee; Signatures Needed for Abortion Opt-Out Petition.
July 5, 2013
Lansing Update / Posted July 5, 2013
MCC Applauds Governor’s Signature of Indigent Defense Reform; Low-Income Energy Assistance Signed into Law; Chairman of USCCB Religious Liberty Committee Renews Call for Federal Conscience Protections; Senate Launches Healthy Michigan Workgroup to Study Medicaid Reform.
June 28, 2013
Lansing Update / Posted June 28, 2013
HHS Releases Final Mandate Rule, Effective Date Delayed; MCC Applauds Senators Stabenow and Levin for Immigration Vote; Senate Committee to Discuss Medicaid Next Week; MCC Participates in Grand Rapids Human Life and Dignity Symposium; MCC Statement Regarding U.S. Supreme Court Marriage Decision.
June 26, 2013: Special U.S. Supreme Court Marriage Edition
Lansing Update / Posted June 26, 2013
MCC Response to U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Proposition 8; US Bishops Call Marriage Rulings “Tragic Day for Marriage and Our Nation”; Reminder to Participate in Abortion Insurance Opt-Out Petition Drive.
June 21, 2013
Lansing Update / Posted June 21, 2013
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Parental Consent Legislation; Second Annual Fortnight for Freedom Begins Today; Legislature Adjourns for Summer; Says Review of Medicaid Reform Will Continue; Other Legislative and Judicial Updates.
June 14, 2013
Lansing Update / Posted June 14, 2013
Medicaid Reform Passes House with Bipartisan Support; Support Needed for Abortion Insurance Petition Drive; Indigent Reform Clears House and Senate; House Approves Low-Income Energy Assistance Bill; Governor Signs 2013–2014 Budget; MCC Testifies on Behalf of Religious Censorship Prohibition; Medical Good Faith Provisions Act Signed by Governor.
June 7, 2013
Lansing Update / Posted June 7, 2013
House and Senate Pass Fiscal Year 2013–2014 Budget; MCC Continues Push for Medicaid Reform; MCC Applauds House Passage of Multi-Bill Adoption Package.
May 24, 2013
Lansing Update / Posted May 24, 2013
MCC and Catholic Health Care Leaders Testify in Support of Medicaid Reform; Indigent Defense Legislation Passes House Committee; Budget Targets Set, Conference Committees Named; House Names Representative Rutledge New Minority Floor Leader; “Medical Good Faith Provisions Act” Passes House with Unanimous Support.