Petition-Initiated Charter Amendment Proposal (Citizens' Advisory Healthcare Action Committee)
East Lansing · Ingham County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
This is a petition-initiated proposal to amend the East Lansing City Charter to create an advisory group to gather information and make non-binding recommendations to City Council regarding access to healthcare. Shall the East Lansing City Charter be amended to add a new Chapter 21 to establish a Citizens’ Advisory Healthcare Action Committee appointed by the City Council healthcare affordability and access by to gathering state, address public testimony from the community; analyzing data; reviewing how federal, and local have affected policies affordability and access; and producing a biennial Healthcare Action Plan which evaluates changes in health insurance and benefit coverage, track actions of federal and state officials, recommends solutions, and requires the City Council to adopt and publish a Healthcare Action Plan?
In plain language
A VoterDecoder summary of the official measure text.
This petition-initiated proposal asks East Lansing voters whether to add a new Chapter 21 to the City Charter. It would establish a Citizens' Advisory Healthcare Action Committee appointed by the City Council. The committee would gather information on healthcare affordability and access, take public testimony, analyze data, and review how federal, state and local actions have affected healthcare. It would produce a biennial Healthcare Action Plan that the City Council must adopt and publish. A yes vote approves the amendment; a no vote rejects it.
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