h_hie_2016a_2016-03-17t13:32:12z1 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/17/2016

03:00 PM -- HB 16-1294



Representative McCann called the committee back to order. Representative Lontine and Representative Esgar, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 16-1294. By January 1, 2018, the bill requires state-regulated health insurance plans and Medicaid managed care plans to provide coverage, without restriction or delay to patients, for the following contraceptives and services:

• all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive drugs, devices, and other products for women, including those prescribed by the covered person's provider or otherwise authorized under state and federal law;
• voluntary sterilization procedures;
• patient education and counseling on contraception; and
• follow-up medical services related to contraception.

The contraceptive coverage required by the bill must be available to all covered persons under the health insurance plan or Medicaid managed care plan, including dependents and children. Medicaid services must be provided at no cost to the recipient. The bill does not apply to health plans that are not required to provide contraceptive coverage under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or that are regulated under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act.



03:04 PM -- Dr. Lee Morgan, Colorado Medical Society and Colorado Section of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, testified in support of the bill. She provided a handout (Attachment G) to the committee. Dr. Morgan answered questions from the committee.



160317 AttachG.pdf



03:17 PM -- Annie Seidman, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



03:21 PM -- Allina Robertson, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



03:22 PM -- Christine Breen, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



03:25 PM -- Karoline Dapprich, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



03:29 PM



Ms. Seidman and Ms. Breen answered questions from the committee.



03:32 PM -- Bridget Kaminetsky, 9 to 5 Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Kaminetsky answered questions from the committee.



03:39 PM



Representative Esgar and Representative Lontine answered questions from the committee.



03:40 PM -- Betty Boyd, American Association of University Women of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



03:45 PM -- Reverend Laura Rossbert, Interfaith Alliance, testified in support of the bill. Rev. Rossbert answered questions from the committee.



03:50 PM -- Caitlin Westerson, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Westerson answered questions from the committee.



03:57 PM -- Cynthia Negron, Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights, testified in support of the bill.



04:01 PM -- Peg Perl, Women's Lobby of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Perl answered questions from the committee.



04:06 PM



Representative Lontine answered questions from committee members.



04:06 PM -- Leslie Chomic, League of Women Voters of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



04:09 PM -- Dr. Kelly Sennholz, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Sennholz answered questions from the committee.



04:13 PM -- Judith Burke, Health Care for All Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



04:14 PM -- Sharon Sherman, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



04:17 PM -- Ed Hanks, Colorado Right To Life, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Hanks answered questions from the committee.



04:23 PM -- Alora Riley, representing herself, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Riley answered questions from the committee.



04:33 PM -- Sara Orrange, Colorado Association of Health Plans, testified in opposition to the bill.



04:35 PM -- Jackie Zhelenyak, Denver Health, testified in opposition to the bill.



04:38 PM -- Virginia Morrison Love, America's Health Insurance Plans, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Morrison Love answered questions from the committee.



04:48 PM



Ms. Orrange, Ms. Zhelenyak, and Ms. Morrison Love answered questions from the committee.



04:59 PM -- Karen Middleton, NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Middleton answered questions from the committee.



05:07 PM



Representative Klingenschmitt explained amendment L.003 (Attachment H). The committee discussed amendment L.003.



160317 AttachH.pdf

05:11 PM



Christy Chase, Office of Legislative Legal Services, explained amendment L.004 (Attachment I). Ms. Chase answered questions about amendment L.004.



160317 AttachI.pdf

05:15 PM



Representative Lontine and Representative Esgar made concluding remarks about the bill.



05:19 PM



Committee members made comments about the bill.

05:20 PM



Representative McCann placed the committee in recess.



05:25 PM



Representative McCann called the committee back to order. Committee members made comments about the bill.

05:26 PM



The committee adjourned.