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Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Public Health Legislation (2020)

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Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

09/01/2020

During the 2020 session, the General Assembly considered bills related to immunizations, food safety, chemical and consumer safety, substance use disorders, and paid sick leave.

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Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System Overview Presentation

Presented to the Joint Health Committees on January 9, 2017.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/11/2017

Subjects:

Children & Domestic Matters

Human Services

Public Health

Other

Fiscal Year 2015: Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System Annual Legislative Report

Presented to the Joint Health Committee on January 9, 2017, as part of the SMART Act Presentation.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/11/2017

Subjects:

Human Services

Public Health

Other

2016 Joint Health SMART Act Presentation, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Presented to the Joint Health Committees.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/11/2017

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Staff Publications

Medical Aid-in-Dying

This memorandum provides an overview of Colorado’s Medical Aid-in-Dying law, which legalized the practice of prescribing medical aid-in-dying medication to eligible terminally ill patients in Colorado.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/10/2017

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Final/Annual Reports

Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee, 2016 Final Report

Submitted herewith is the final report of the Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee. This committee was created pursuant to Article 22 of Title 10, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of this committee is to guide Colorado's health insurance exchange, including reviewing the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/05/2017

Subject:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Final/Annual Reports

Interim Study Committee on Communication Between the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and Medicaid Clients, 2016 Final Report

This is the final report for the 2016 Interim Committee

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/30/2016

Subject:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Issue Briefs

Colorado's Efforts to Address Suicide (2016)

Colorado was tied for the fifth highest suicide rate in the nation in 2014, the most recent year of nationally available data. In 2015, there were 1,093 suicides among Colorado residents, which is the highest number of suicides in the state’s history. This issue brief outlines legislative...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/29/2016

Subjects:

Human Services

Public Health

Staff Publications

Medicaid Trends and Cost Drivers (2016)

This memorandum provides information on recent trends in Medicaid caseload growth and drivers of state Medicaid expenditures. Included in this memorandum is a ten-year history and three years of projections for Colorado Medicaid caseloads, government expenditures, and expenditures per Medicaid...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/29/2016

Subject:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Issue Briefs

Medicaid Waiver Programs Part II - Home-And Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers for Adults (2016)

Colorado currently administers 11 Home-and Community-Based Services Medicaid (HCBS) Waivers. This issue brief discusses the six waivers available to adults. An issue brief entitled Medicaid Waiver Programs Part I – Home- and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers for Children discusses the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/09/2016

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Human Services

Issue Briefs

Colorado Health Insurance Exchange (2016)

In March 2010, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), was adopted by the U.S. Congress and signed by the President. PPACA expanded health care coverage by increasing access to private health insurance and expanding eligibility for Medicaid. The law also increased...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/04/2016

Subject:

Health Care & Health Insurance

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