A state Senate committee has issued a subpoena to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for documents related to its COVID-19 response.
Specifically, the Senate Oversight Committee wants documents dealing with the management of COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes and other congregate care facilities.
Senator Ed McBroom (R-Vulcan) is the committee chair. McBroom said he’s frustrated with foot-dragging to get documents he requested two month ago.
“In my opinion, the department has been a little bit coy here at times, where we ask for certain documents and then we get letters back saying, well those aren’t technically the way the documents exist even though we both know exactly what I was asking for,” he said.