LANSING, Mich. (March 19, 2026) – Today, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) issued the following statement after reaching a resolution for the thousands of physicians who depend on the restoration of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact:
“The resolution we achieved today means that thousands of people will receive uninterrupted care and physicians will be able to continue to practice in Michigan. While the House speaker says we had a ‘crisis’ on our hands, I want to be clear: this should never have become a crisis. This could have been easily settled months ago with the Senate’s bipartisan legislation, but it became clear that the speaker was unwilling to take that path.”
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