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22497DCCBCA543D087258C51006204DC Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1288

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date Mar 18, 2025      
Location HCR 0112



HB25-1288 - Lay Over
11:50:39 AM  
The committee was placed in a brief recess.
11:53:13 AM  
The committee came back to order.
11:53:21 AM  
The primary bill
sponsors, Representatives Martinez and Winter T., introduced House Bill
25-1288 to the House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill authorizes
the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) to accept monetary
gifts from private and public sources for the Primacy Care Fund. Any gifts
designated for a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) must seek a federal
match, and upon authorization, be allocated at 115 percent of the total
gift amount to the FQHC. However, any gifts donated by a FQHC may not be
allocated back to a FQHC. The bill also permits a FQHC to establish a subsidiary
company to provide additional fee-for-service services outside of the FQHC’s
Medicaid encounter rate if the services have been historically provided
and reimbursements from HCPF remain budget neutral.
11:59:34 AM  
The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
12:02:24 PM  
Joshua Block, representing
Colorado Health Care Policy and Financing Department, testified to amend
the bill. Katie Ryan, representing Denver Health, testified in support
of the bill. Mr. Ross Brooks, representing Colorado Community Health Network,
testified in support of the bill. Mr. John Santistevan, representing Salud
Family Health, testified in support of the bill.
12:12:36 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
12:15:03 PM  
The bill sponsors
introduced amendment L.001 (Attachment E).
12:16:27 PM  
The bill sponsors
introduced amendment L.002 (Attachment F).
12:16:40 PM  
The committee was placed in a brief recess.
12:17:52 PM  
The committee came back to order.
12:20:20 PM  
The bill sponsors
responded to questions regarding the amendments. Shelby Ross, Office of
Legislative Legal Services, responded to questions from the committee.
12:22:42 PM  

The bill sponsors asked that the committee withdraw amendment L.001. The bill sponsors asked that the committee withdraw amendment L.002.
12:23:00 PM  
The committee chair
laid over House Bill 25-1288.






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