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5360D1EDE373E428872583C40073713C Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB19-1065

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date Mar 21, 2019      
Location LSB B



HB19-1065 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar


03:01:00 PM  

Senator Pettersen recessed the meeting.

03:01:51 PM  

Senator Fields reconvened the meeting.

03:08:56 PM  

Senator Rankin, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 19-1065. This bill removes the restriction that not more than four of the seven trustees of a public hospital board may be residents of the city or town in which the associated hospital is located.  The bill also clarifies that a hospital board may acquire real and personal property by lease only with the approval of the board of county commissioners with the exception of hospital boards that have designated their public hospital as a TABOR-exempt state enterprise.

03:10:57 PM  
Josh Ewing, Colorado Hospital Association, testified in support of the bill and responded to questions.


03:13:49 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 19-1065 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
Moved Crowder
Seconded
Crowder Yes
Smallwood Yes
Winter Yes
Pettersen Excused
Fields Yes
Final YES: 4   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS