Meghan Koorndyk, legislative aide, standing in for 87th District Rep Julie Calley Tuesday, gave an update on Lansing activities at the Barry County Commission meeting.

Among items in the June newsletter was that a package of bills on the opioid epidemic has been approved by the House Health Policy Committee. The Legislation would require medical professionals to talk with parents when prescribing opioids to anyone under 18, improve access to treatment, allow pharmacists to use their judgment to deny an opiod prescription without fear of legal problems and require schools to include the risks of prescriptions drugs in its curriculum.

Also in Calley’s newsletter, she supported the Michigan’s citizens right to carry a concealed pistol without a permit.

Anyone who legally owns a gun can carry it out in the open without  a permit. However, simply putting a coat over it requires a concealed pistol permit. Self defense is a fundamental right and honest citizens should be allowed to carry beneath their jacket, her newsletter said.

Calley sponsored a resolution adopted on the House floor declaring May 14-20 as InfantSee week in Michigan. Under the program, participating optometrists will provide a comprehensive eye assessment to infants between six months and one year of age as a no-cost public service.

Koorndyk noted that Calley will hold office hours in Middleville on June 19 from 11 a.m. to noon at the Village Hall and also in Hastings on Monday from 1p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the commission chambers in the Barry County Courthouse.