S_HHS_2017A 01/26/2017 Committee Summary
Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
| Date: | 01/26/2017 |
ATTENDANCE
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| Time: | 01:31 PM to 03:47 PM |
Aguilar
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Crowder
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| Place: | SCR 354 |
Kefalas
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Martinez Humenik
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| This Meeting was called to order by |
Smallwood
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| This Report was prepared by | |||
| Elizabeth Haskell | |||
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X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call
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| Bills Addressed: | Action Taken: | ||
| SB17-028 SB17-011 SB17-065 |
Amended, Referred to SenateAppropriations Amended, Referred to the Committee of the Whole Amended, Referred to the Committee of the Whole |
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01:32 PM -- SB 17-028
Senator Smallwood, Chair, called the meeting to order.
Senator Gardner, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-028. The bill requires the Colorado Department of Human Services (DHS) and county departments of human services to:
- collect information concerning the military affiliation of any person who has custody or control of a child who is the subject of an investigation of child abuse or neglect; and
- provide the command authority of a military installation with notice of, and information about, reports of known or suspected child abuse received concerning members of the armed forces, their spouses, significant others, or other family members who are assigned to that military installation.
The DHS and county department may enter into memoranda of understanding with the command authority of military installations to establish protocols for information sharing and for collaboration on the oversight of child welfare investigations involving military personnel and their family members. The military installation shall only use information shared about an investigation for its intended purpose and must maintain confidentiality of the information. The State Board of Human Services must promulgate rules for implementation of this bill.
Senator Gardner distributed amendments L.001 (Attachment A), L.002 (Attachment B), and L.003 (Attachment C) to the committee.
170126 AttachA.pdf170126 AttachB.pdf170126 AttachC.pdf
01:39 PM -- Martin Dempsey, United States Department of Defense and John Faught, the Kempe Foundation, came to the table. Mr. Dempsey testified in support of the bill. Mr. Faught and Mr. Dempsey responded to questions from committee members.
01:47 PM -- Julie Krow, El Paso County Department of Human Services, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Krow responded to questions from the committee.
01:55 PM
Committee discussion followed.
01:56 PM -- Ms. Krow returned to the table to respond to committee questions.
| BILL: | SB17-028 | |
| TIME: | 01:57:33 PM | |
| MOVED: | Crowder | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | ||
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Aguilar
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Crowder
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Kefalas
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Martinez Humenik
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Smallwood
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | SB17-028 | |
| TIME: | 02:02:52 PM | |
| MOVED: | Crowder | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | ||
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Aguilar
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Crowder
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Kefalas
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Martinez Humenik
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Smallwood
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | SB17-028 | |
| TIME: | 02:03:07 PM | |
| MOVED: | Crowder | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | ||
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Aguilar
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Crowder
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Kefalas
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Martinez Humenik
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Smallwood
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | SB17-028 | |
| TIME: | 02:03:26 PM | |
| MOVED: | Crowder | |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 17-028, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. | |
| SECONDED: | ||
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VOTE
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Aguilar
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Crowder
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Yes
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Kefalas
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Yes
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Martinez Humenik
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Yes
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Smallwood
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Yes
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YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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02:04 PM -- SB 17-011
Senator Lambert, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-011. The bill creates a technical demonstration forum within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) to review transportation needs for people with disabilities throughout the state and study how advanced technologies can improve access. The following agency directors and superintendents, or their designees, must serve on the forum:
• CDLE (chair);
• Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (vice-chair);
• Public Utilities Commission;
• Office of Information Technology;
• Department of Human Services;
• Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; and
• the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind.
The bill lists a variety of stakeholders and transportation and technology service providers that the forum is required to invite to present. A center for independent living in or near El Paso or Teller Counties is specified as the meeting place. The bill allows for the use of tele- or video-conferencing. No staff support is provided in the bill.
The forum may recommend legislation. It may also recommend that CDLE enter into a contract with a technology developer, transportation network company (e.g. Uber or Lyft), taxicab service, or other technological or transportation business solution provider to conduct a pilot program in El Paso and/or Teller County to be completed prior to December 1, 2017.
The forum must meet before July 1, 2017, and may meet as many times as deemed necessary by the chair. No later than December 31, 2017, it must publish a report of its research and findings on CDLE's website and provide copies to the Governor, the leadership of the General Assembly, and to members of the Joint Budget Committee. It repeals July 1, 2018.
Senator Lambert responded to questions from the committee and discussed Amendment L.001 (Attachment D).
170126 AttachD.pdf
02:19 PM
Committee discussion and questions continued.
02:24 PM -- Patrick Teegarden, CDLE, testified in a neutral position on the bill.
02:27 PM -- Pamela Yeager, the Independence Center, testified in support of the bill and distributed a handout to the committee (Attachment E). Committee questions and comments followed.
170126 AttachE.pdf
02:37 PM
Committee questions and comments continued.
02:39 PM -- Joe Cunningham, Discover Goodwill, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Cunningham responded to questions from the committee. Committee discussion followed.
02:47 PM -- Maureen Welch, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
| BILL: | SB17-011 | |
| TIME: | 02:51:26 PM | |
| MOVED: | Crowder | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment D). The motion passed without objection. | |
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Aguilar
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Crowder
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Kefalas
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Martinez Humenik
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Smallwood
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | SB17-011 | |
| TIME: | 02:52:19 PM | |
| MOVED: | Crowder | |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 17-011, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. | |
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VOTE
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Aguilar
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Yes
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Crowder
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Yes
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Kefalas
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Yes
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Martinez Humenik
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Yes
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Smallwood
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Yes
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FINAL YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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02:56 PM -- SB 17-065
Senator Lundberg, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-065. The bill creates the Transparency in Health Care Price Act. The act requires certain health care professionals and health care facilities, as defined by the bill, to make a single document available to the public that lists the direct pay prices for the most common health care services provided. Health care professionals and facilities must update the document at least annually and provide the document on request and electronically if a website exists. Under the bill, health care professionals and facilities are not required to submit their direct pay prices to any government agency for review, unless otherwise specified by existing law. The bill does not provide any agency with the authority to approve, disapprove, limit, or change the direct pay prices disclosed by health care professionals or facilities. The bill also prohibits any person, entity, or health insurer from penalizing a person who pays directly for health care services.
Senator Lundberg distributed and discussed amendments L.001(Attachment F) and L.002 (Attachment G).
170126 AttachF.pdf170126 AttachG.pdf
02:58 PM -- Hillary Jorgensen, Healthier Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
03:02 PM -- Elisabeth Arenales, Colorado Center on Law and Policy, testified in a neutral position on the bill. Committee questions and discussion followed.
03:19 PM -- Cindy Sovine-Miller, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
03:20 PM -- Katherine Mulready, Colorado Hospital Association, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Mulready responded to questions from the committee.
03:31 PM
Committee discussion and questions continued.
03:39 PM -- Christy Chase, Office of Legislative Legal Services, responded to questions from the committee.
| BILL: | SB17-065 | |
| TIME: | 03:43:35 PM | |
| MOVED: | Crowder | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment F). The motion passed without objection. | |
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VOTE
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Aguilar
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Crowder
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Kefalas
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Martinez Humenik
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Smallwood
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | SB17-065 | |
| TIME: | 03:45:40 PM | |
| MOVED: | Crowder | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment G). The motion passed without objection. | |
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VOTE
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Aguilar
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Crowder
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Kefalas
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Martinez Humenik
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Smallwood
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | SB17-065 | |
| TIME: | 03:46:02 PM | |
| MOVED: | Crowder | |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 17-065, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. | |
| SECONDED: | ||
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VOTE
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Aguilar
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Yes
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Crowder
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Yes
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Kefalas
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Yes
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Martinez Humenik
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Yes
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Smallwood
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Yes
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Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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03:47 PM
The meeting adjourned.