1553E67A5654F86D87258C200079C05F Hearing Summary

The primary bill
sponsors, Representatives Stweart R. and Brooks, presented House Bill 25-1003
to the House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill revises state
statute to align with a recent change in the Department of Health Care
Policy and Financing, which combined two existing Medicaid waiver programs
for children – the Children’s Home and Community-Based Services waiver
and the Children with Life Limiting Illness waiver – into the Children
with Complex Health Needs waiver program.



An informative
handout was provided to the committee (Attachment F).

The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.

Covey Carson, representing
Family Voices, testified in support of the bill.



Lana Eggers, representing
Colorado Health Care Policy and Financing Department, testified in support
of the bill.



Mariah Gillaspie,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill.



Megan Bowser,
representing Family Voices Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



Fatima Fernandez,
representing Harmony Initiative Inc., testified in a neutral position on
the bill.



Additional written
testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachment G).

The panel responded to questions from the committee.

The primary bill sponsors provided closing comments on the bill.

Members of the committee provided closing comments on the bill.