Michigan State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Salli Pung, is Appointed by the Governor to the MI Nursing Homes COVID-19 Preparedness Task Force

July 07, 2020

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced appointments to the Michigan Nursing Homes COVID-19 Preparedness Task Force. 

The Michigan Nursing Homes COVID-19 Preparedness Task Force was created under Whitmer’s Executive Order 2020-135 as an advisory body in the Department of Health and Human Services to adequately inform the state’s response to a potential second wave of COVID-19.

According to Whitmer, the task force will consist of DHHS Director Robert Gordon or his designee, LARA Director Orlene Hawks or her designee, Michigan State Long Term Care Ombudsman Salli Pung, State Senators Rosemary Bayer and Curt VanderWall, State Representatives Leslie Love and Hank Vaupel.

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