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Witness urges Michigan House panel to probe alleged psychiatric fraud as committee advances two mental‑health bills
Summary
A committee heard testimony from a woman who said she was wrongfully declared incapacitated and urged passage of House Bills 42‑18 and 42‑19 to allow outside review of mental‑health actions; both bills were reported to the floor 15‑0.
The Michigan House Health Policy Committee heard testimony supporting House Bills 42‑18 and 42‑19 and unanimously reported both bills to the House floor.
Brenda McGee, who identified herself as a former social worker and Republican precinct delegate, told the committee she supports HB 42‑18 and HB 42‑19 and asked the panel to allow outside investigations into what she described as “psychiatric fraud.” She said she has been listed in a state database as an “incapacitated person” and asked the committee to help clear her name.
McGee said she was taken to a mental‑health screening site in November 2017…
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