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HB10-1008 - HB10-1008: Ritter Signs Law for Gender Equality in Colo. Health Rates
HB10-1021 - For Business, A Bouquet of Little Statehouse Victories
HB10-1021 - HB10-1021: Colorado Payday Loan Regulation Battle Moves Backstage
HB10-1160 - HB10-1160: Colo. Bill Allows Insurance Discounts for Health Improvement
HB10-1234 - For Business, A Bouquet of Little Statehouse Victories
Short Title: Standardized Health Ins Information
Sponsors: MASSEY / FOSTER
Health Care Task Force. The bill requires the commissioner of insurance (commissioner) to adopt rules establishing standard formats for policy forms and explanation of benefit forms provided by health insurance carriers to consumers. The bill obligates the commissioner to seek input from the health insurance industry, consumers, and other stakeholders prior to adopting the rules. The bill requires carriers to comply with the standard format requirements starting July 1, 2011.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/01/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/04/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/05/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/08/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/09/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/17/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/22/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/25/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/31/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/01/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/16/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/19/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/19/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/20/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Home Health Care
Sponsors: MASSEY / FOSTER
Health Care Task Force. This bill makes telemedicine eligible for reimbursement under the state's medical assistance program (program) in order to comply with direction from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services. Eliminates incorrect references to the way reimbursement payments are made under the program. Deletes the requirement that reimbursement rates from telemedicine be budget neutral or result in cost savings to the program. Requires that any cost savings identified be considered for use in paying for home health care or home- and community-based services instead of requiring the savings be applied to payment for the services. Deletes the requirement that the state medical services board consider reductions in travel costs by home health care or home- and community-based service providers and other factors when setting reimbursement rates for services.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/04/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/09/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/13/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/14/2010 House Third Reading Passed
04/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
04/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
04/22/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/30/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/30/2010 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
05/03/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
05/04/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/25/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/25/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/25/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/07/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: No Gender Individual Health Ins Rates
Sponsors: SCHAFER S. & ... / CARROLL M. & ...
Health Care Task Force. The bill prohibits carriers from using gender as a basis for varying premium rates for individual health insurance policies and declares premium rates based on gender to be unfairly discriminatory.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/04/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/10/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/11/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/12/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 02/17/2010
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
02/18/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/04/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/09/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/15/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/16/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/17/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Lay Over
03/18/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
03/19/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
03/19/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
03/25/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
03/25/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/25/2010 Sent to the Governor
03/29/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Required Coverage Reproductive Services
Sponsors: FRANGAS & ... / FOSTER
Health Care Task Force. The bill requires entities issuing individual sickness and accident insurance polices in this state to provide the same coverage for maternity care as is currently mandated for all group sickness and accident insurance policies. The bill also requires both individual and group policies to provide coverage for pregnancy management, including contraceptive counseling, drugs, and devices. The bill excludes abortion procedures and services from pregnancy management.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor
02/03/2010 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/08/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/10/2010
02/19/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/22/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/23/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/26/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor and Technology
03/03/2010 Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/08/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/11/2010
03/11/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/12/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments
03/16/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
03/18/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
03/19/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
03/26/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
04/19/2010 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
04/22/2010 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
05/04/2010 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
05/25/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/25/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/25/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/25/2010 Governor Action - Intends to Sign
05/26/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Declaring Patients Terminally Ill
Sponsors: BALMER & ... / WILLIAMS
Hospice and Palliative Care in Colorado. The bill eliminates the ability of advanced practice nurses to declare a patient terminally ill for purposes of triggering end-of-life decisions and leaves such ability to the sole discretion of a physician.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/04/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/10/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/11/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/12/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 02/17/2010
02/12/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/17/2010
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
02/18/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/11/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/16/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/17/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily
03/18/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/19/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/05/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/07/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/07/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/15/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: CO Medical Treatment Act Updates
Sponsors: ROBERTS / NEWELL
Hospice and Palliative Care in Colorado. The bill repeals and reenacts the "Colorado Medical Treatment Decision Act". The term "artificial nourishment" replaces "artificial nutrition and hydration", the term "lacking decisional capacity" replaces "incompetent", and a new term, "persistent vegetative state", has been added in order to clarify different medical conditions under which the act shall be applied. The options available to the patient when he or she is in a terminal condition, persistent vegetative state, or otherwise lacking decisional capacity are clarified. The bill removes from statute the legal form that the declaration as to medical or surgical treatment may take and makes further clarifications concerning the declaration. Any declaration executed in compliance with Colorado law at the time it was made shall continue to be an effective declaration, and any declaration executed in compliance with the laws of another state shall be considered effective in Colorado, granted that such declaration does not violate any Colorado law.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/05/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/10/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/11/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/12/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/17/2010
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/18/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/12/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/17/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
03/25/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/05/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/07/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/07/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/15/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Quality Child Care Grant Incentive Prog
Sponsors: SOLANO & ... / HODGE & ...
Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission. Subject to the receipt of sufficient federal moneys or gifts, grants, or donations, the bill creates the Colorado quality in child care incentive grant program (grant program), with the objective of providing incentives to county or district departments of social services to increase the quality of early care and education providers and facilities in the county while allowing each grantee to retain flexibility concerning how to utilize its resources. The state board of human services is given rule-making authority to establish policies and procedures for the grant program. The department of human services is required to prepare and submit to the education and health and human services committees of the house of representatives and the senate a report describing the activities of the grant program. The bill creates a separate fund to accept federal moneys and any gifts, grants, or donations received for the purpose of implementing the grant program.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations
02/01/2010 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations
02/19/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
02/23/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/24/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/25/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
03/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education + Appropriations
03/10/2010 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations
03/19/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/25/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
03/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/07/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/08/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/08/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/15/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Medicaid Hospice Life Expectancy
Sponsors: ROBERTS & ... / WILLIAMS
Hospice and Palliative Care in Colorado. Currently, Colorado law requires a certified medical prognosis of life expectancy of 6 months or less for a patient for hospice care to be provided under medicaid. This bill increases the life expectancy prognosis to 9 months if the department of health care policy and financing (department) receives the necessary federal authorization. The executive director of the department shall notify the revisor of statutes within 60 days after receipt of federal authorization.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/05/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/09/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/13/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/14/2010 House Third Reading Passed
04/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
04/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
04/28/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
05/04/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
05/06/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
05/07/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
05/10/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
05/25/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/25/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/25/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/26/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: State Negotiated Prices Medical Goods
Sponsors: ACREE / KELLER
Interim Committee on the Developmental Disability Waiting List. The bill directs the department of health care policy and financing to negotiate agreements with suppliers of high-quality durable medical equipment and medical supplies so that persons receiving public medical benefits or who are on a waiting list for the benefits can purchase high-quality equipment and supplies at the lowest cost.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/11/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/18/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/19/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/22/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/24/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/25/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/31/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/01/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/05/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/07/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/07/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/28/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/30/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/30/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/10/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Medicaid Dental Services Contract Admin
Sponsors: MCCANN / FOSTER & ...
Health Care Task Force. This bill requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to enter into a contract with a single entity for the administration of dental services under medicaid (medicaid dental services). Medicaid dental services are primarily provided to children and are distinct from the dental services provided under the children's basic health plan that is currently administered by a single entity. The bill requires the department to monitor the contract for compliance and performance. The contracting entity will be required to provide any data and information necessary for the department to monitor and evaluate the contracting entity's performance. The department is not required to enter into a contract for the administration of medicaid dental services if no suitable proposals are received by the department or if the department determines that contracting for the administration of medicaid dental services is not cost-effective or efficient for the state or does not result in the improvement of services provided to clients.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/11/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
Short Title: Behavioral Health Crisis Response Servs
Sponsors: FRANGAS / BOYD
Health Care Task Force. This bill requires the department of human services (department) to enter into a contract with a nonprofit entity for the provision of initial triage services through a coordinated and integrated crisis response system (system services) for persons experiencing mental health or substance abuse crisis. The system services that are contracted for may include, but need not be limited to, services for a telephone hotline operating 24 hours per day and 7 days per week, services provided through an integrated information technology system, and services provided by community-based crisis centers that provide short-term mental health services to persons in crisis. The department shall be responsible for specifying goals to be achieved by contracting for these system services and shall include specific performance goals and time frames for the provision of the system services. This bill requires the department to maintain policy-making authority over services provided pursuant to the contract, monitor contract compliance, and evaluate the performance of the contracting entity. The contracting entity shall comply with federal regulations and reporting requirements. The contracting entity shall provide the department with information concerning persons receiving services in accordance with federal and state confidentiality laws and the data and information necessary for the department to monitor and evaluate the contracting entity. The department shall not be required to contract for the system if the system is not cost-effective for the state, if the system services are not appropriate to address the needs of persons in crisis, or if the system services may be provided in a different manner. The bill requires the department to report annually to the health and human services committees of the general assembly concerning the services provided through the contract.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/18/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/09/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
04/16/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/20/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/20/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
04/22/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
04/23/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
04/26/2010 House Third Reading Passed
04/26/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to
04/27/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
05/05/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
05/07/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
05/10/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
05/11/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/25/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/25/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/25/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/27/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Screening Brief Intervention Referral
Sponsors: MASSEY / BOYD & ...
Health Care Task Force. Adds to the list of optional services provided to medicaid recipients screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for alcohol and other substance abuse services.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/22/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/09/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/13/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/14/2010 House Third Reading Passed
04/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
04/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
04/22/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/30/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/30/2010 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed
05/03/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/24/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/24/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/07/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Eligibility Child Care Assistance Prog
Sponsors: MASSEY & ... / STEADMAN
Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission. Section 1 of the bill sets forth a legislative declaration concerning the need for consistent and stable child care. Section 2 clarifies certain aspects of the Colorado child care assistance program (program) that will help provide increased stability for children and families. The eligibility redetermination period is extended for all participants in the program from 6 months to 12 months, and, for a family enrolled in both the program and a head start program, the redetermination periods are aligned. A parent is not required to report any income or activity changes during the eligibility period. A parent shall not be determined ineligible for program moneys as a result of taking maternity leave or attending school. The bill allows an early care and education provider (provider) to perform pre-eligibility determinations that it then forwards to the county for final determination of eligibility. The provider may provide services to the family pending the county's final determination of eligibility but shall be reimbursed for those services only if the county determines the family is eligible for services.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations
02/22/2010 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/05/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/09/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/10/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/11/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/15/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
03/15/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education + Appropriations
03/31/2010 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/23/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/27/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/28/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/30/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
05/04/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/24/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/24/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/03/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Workers' Comp Claims Process Brochure
Sponsors: MIKLOSI / CARROLL M.
Interim Committee to Study Issues Related to Pinnacol Assurance. The bill requires the employer or the employer's insurance carrier to provide a brochure to a workers' compensation claimant, in a form approved by the director of the division of workers' compensation, that describes the entities the claimant may contact for information, the claimant's rights related to his or her medical treatment and rights to receive benefit payments, and the claims process.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor + Appropriations
02/03/2010 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations
02/12/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/18/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/19/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/22/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/24/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
03/31/2010 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/07/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/22/2010
04/22/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
04/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
05/12/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/12/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/13/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/26/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Universal Application Childrens Medicaid
Sponsors: ACREE / MITCHELL
Interim Committee on the Developmental Disability Waiting List. As part of the medicaid eligibility modernization, the bill authorizes the department of health care policy and financing to create a universal application or single point of entry for home- and community-based services waivers for children.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/05/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/10/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/11/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/12/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/17/2010
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/18/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/25/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/01/2010 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily
03/02/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
03/03/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/05/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/08/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
03/08/2010 Sent to the Governor
03/18/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: On-line Registry Med Directives Form
Sponsors: TYLER / TOCHTROP
Hospice and Palliative Care in Colorado. The bill requires the department of public health and environment (department) to create and maintain an on-line registry of medical orders for scope of treatment forms (registry). The bill also creates the medical forms on-line registry cash fund (fund) and authorizes the department to solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations to the fund to create and maintain the registry.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/11/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/18/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/19/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/22/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/24/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/11/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/16/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
03/17/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily
03/18/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/29/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/30/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
03/31/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/12/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Medicaid Community Long-term Care Saving
Sponsors: RIESBERG / BOYD
Subject to the receipt of sufficient moneys through gifts, grants, or donations, the bill directs the department of health care policy and financing (department) to contract for a study of medicaid recipients who receive services under a home- and community-based waiver to evaluate whether cost savings can be realized from changes to reimbursement methods for alternative care facilities. The department will make necessary data available to the contractor. If the study concludes that savings can be realized, the department will recommend to the joint budget committee (JBC), and the JBC may authorize, that the department implement a pilot program based upon the study. The department will report annually to the JBC on any savings realized as a result of the pilot program. If the JBC determines that the pilot program results in savings without adversely affecting the services provided, the JBC may direct the department to implement the changes to all medicaid recipients under the home- and community-based waivers. The bill makes a legislative declaration.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/08/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
02/26/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/01/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/02/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/03/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/09/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/09/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
03/31/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/23/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/27/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/28/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/30/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
05/04/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/24/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/24/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/26/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: CO Medical Donation Program
Sponsors: MERRIFIELD / TOCHTROP
The bill establishes the Colorado medical donation program (program) for the purpose of allowing certain facilities to donate medications, medical devices, and medical supplies to eligible patients in Colorado. The program is modeled after the "Colorado Cancer Drug Repository Act" established by the general assembly in 2005. The state board of health (state board) is required to administer the program. Under the program, specific health facilities are allowed to donate, receive, and dispense approved medications, medical devices, and medical supplies to patients who are uninsured or underinsured. The bill specifies that participation by facilities is voluntary and that certain medications are exempted from the program. The state board is directed to promulgate rules to implement the program.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/08/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/19/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 06/09/2010
Short Title: Safety In Day Treatment Centers
Sponsors: CASSO / SANDOVAL
The bill extends permission to certain day treatment centers, as defined by rule of the state board of human services, to use locked doors in limited, defined situations if certain safeguards are met.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/01/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
Short Title: Veterans Treatment Court
Sponsors: LOOPER / WILLIAMS
The bill authorizes each judicial district to establish a program for the treatment of certain defendants who are veterans or members of the military (veterans court). The bill describes the general components required for each veterans court. A court may place a veteran or member of the military in a supervision program, without entering a judgment of conviction, with terms and conditions that include successful completion of the veterans court. A court may not assign a defendant to a veterans court if the defendant committed an offense for which the suspension of sentence or the granting of probation is prohibited by existing law. A court may seal documents relating to a case involving a defendant who was assigned to the veterans court after the defendant is successfully discharged from the supervision program unless the district attorney objects. A county or municipal court may transfer original jurisdiction of certain cases involving misdemeanors to the district court for the purpose of assigning defendants to the veterans court.
Status
01/15/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary + Appropriations
02/08/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
02/26/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/12/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/16/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/17/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
03/23/2010 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/29/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/30/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily
03/31/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/01/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/07/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/08/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/08/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/16/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Child Welfare Adoption Multiethnic Act
Sponsors: CASSO / SANDOVAL
To bring Colorado law into compliance with certain provisions of the federal "Social Security Act of 1965", as amended, the bill requires group home parents and any person working in a 24-hour child care facility to submit to a federal bureau of investigation fingerprint-based criminal history records check through the Colorado bureau of investigation. The bill also amends certain statutory provisions to bring them into compliance with the federal "Multiethnic Placement Act of 1994", as amended. Specifically, the bill:
* Requires a child's best interests to be the primary consideration for a court, county department of social services, or licensed child placement agency in making determinations concerning the placement of the child for the purpose of adoption;
* Requires a court, county department of social services, or licensed child placement agency making a foster care or pre-adoptive placement of a child to give preference to placement with the child's relative if the child's relative can safely meet the child's needs;
* Requires an agency that has responsibility for placing children out of the home to recruit and retain prospective foster and adoptive families from communities that reflect the child's racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic background;
* Prohibits a court, county department of social services, or licensed child placement agency, in making determinations concerning the placement of a child for the purpose of adoption, from considering the racial or ethnic background, color, or national origin of either the child or a family who has submitted an application to adopt except in extraordinary circumstances;
* Prohibits a court, county department of social services, or licensed child placement agency from delaying a foster or adoptive placement of a child as a result of the racial or ethnic background, color, or national origin of the child or a family who has submitted an application to adopt; and
* Allows a birth parent to designate a specific applicant with whom he or she wishes to place his or her child for purposes of adoption in private adoption cases.
Status
01/15/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/15/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/01/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
02/04/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
02/12/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/18/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/19/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/24/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/24/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/22/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/11/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/23/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/27/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/28/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/30/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
05/03/2010 Senate Third Reading Reconsidered
05/03/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments
05/04/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/25/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/25/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/25/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/26/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Medical Orders Scope Of Treatment
Sponsors: ROBERTS & ... / WILLIAMS
The bill provides that a medical orders for scope of treatment form (MOST form) that is properly executed and signed by an adult's physician, advanced practice nurse, or, if under the supervision or authority of the physician, physician's assistant shall have the same force and effect as a physician's order with respect to medical treatment of the adult who is the subject of the MOST form. An adult with decisional capacity or an authorized decision-maker for an adult who lacks decisional capacity may execute a MOST form. The bill requires emergency medical service personnel, a health care provider, or a health care facility to comply with a MOST form that is apparent and immediately available. Emergency medical service personnel, a health care provider, or a health care facility that complies with a MOST form is exempt from civil or criminal liability or regulatory sanction. A verbal order from an adult's physician, advanced practice nurse, or, if under the supervision or authority of the physician, physician's assistant shall have the same force and effect as an executed MOST form so long as the verbal order is acknowledged in writing and signed by the adult's physician, advanced practice nurse, or, if under the supervision or authority of the physician, physician's assistant. A health care facility or a health care provider may delay compliance with an adult's executed MOST form for the purpose of consulting with the adult, the adult's authorized surrogate decision-maker, or the physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician's assistant who signed the form concerning the provisions of the form and their applicability in the present treatment environment. The bill requires a health care facility that transfers an adult who is known to have properly executed and signed a MOST form to communicate the existence of the form to the receiving health care facility before the transfer and ensure that the form accompanies the adult upon admission to or discharge from a health care facility. A health care provider or health care facility that provides care to an adult whom the health care provider or health care facility knows to have executed a MOST form must provide notice to the adult or, if appropriate, to the adult's authorized surrogate decision-maker, of any policies based on moral convictions or religious beliefs of the health care provider or health care facility relative to the withholding or withdrawal of medical treatment. A health care provider or health care facility must promptly transfer an adult who has executed a MOST form to another health care provider or health care facility if the original health care provider or health care facility will not comply with the provisions of the form on the basis of policies based on moral convictions or religious beliefs. An adult with decisional capacity may revoke all or part of his or her executed MOST form at any time. An authorized surrogate decision-maker may revoke an adult's MOST form if it was originally executed by an authorized surrogate decision-maker. Emergency medical service personnel, a health care provider, or an authorized surrogate decision-maker who becomes aware of the revocation of a MOST form must promptly communicate the fact of the revocation to a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician's assistant who is providing health care to the adult who is the subject of the form. A health care facility may not require an adult to complete a MOST form as a condition of being admitted to, or receiving treatment from, the health care facility. Neither the existence nor absence of a MOST form shall be the basis for any delay in issuing or refusing to issue an annuity or policy of life or health insurance or any increase of a premium therefor. The bill clarifies the effect of a MOST form on conflicting provisions of another form of advance medical directive.
Status
01/15/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/08/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/12/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/19/2010
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/19/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/22/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/24/2010
02/24/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/25/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Judiciary
03/25/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/31/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/01/2010 Senate Second Reading Referred to Judiciary
04/12/2010 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/21/2010
04/22/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/28/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
05/25/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/25/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/25/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/26/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Registrations Regulatory Efficiency
Sponsors: LOOPER / HUDAK & ...
Sections 1 and 18 of the bill make the "Colorado Licensing of Controlled Substances Act" and the sunset law consistent with provisions enacted in Senate Bill 09-128, enacted in 2009, that continued the regulation of administration of medication by unlicensed persons. Sections 2, 6, 11, and 15 of the bill clarify that moneys collected on behalf of administering entities of professional peer review programs do not constitute "state fiscal year spending" for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution. Section 5 of the bill clarifies the exemptions to the dental practice act by providing that dental students practicing dentistry while in dental school are exempt from the dental practice act. Section 5 also deletes the exemption for foreign-trained dentists teaching at a dental school because such dentists were granted dental license options in legislation enacted in 2009. Current law requires the department of public health and environment to inspect X-ray equipment and establish standards for persons using the equipment. Current law duplicates these regulatory requirements in the medical practice act. Sections 9 and 10 of the bill repeal these duplicative provisions from the medical practice act, thereby allowing the department of public health and environment rules to govern these activities for physicians. Current law requires out-of-state chiropractors and medical doctors to obtain special temporary licenses to practice at United States olympic committee-sanctioned events. Sections 3, 4, 7, and 8 of the bill delete these special license requirements and replace them with an exemption allowing this type of temporary professional practice for no more than 90 days per calendar year. Current law also requires a special temporary license for out-of-state medical doctors to evaluate children as patients of Shriners hospitals for children. Sections 7 and 8 of the bill repeal this special license requirement and replace it with an exemption allowing this type of temporary professional practice for not more than 90 days per calendar year. Current law requires physicians seeking relief from what they believe is anticompetitive conduct in the peer review process to seek redress from the statutorily created committee on anticompetitive conduct. Sections 12, 13, 14, and 16 of the bill repeal the committee on anticompetitive conduct and replace it with a provision authorizing physicians seeking such redress to file an action in district court, which would have the authority to award appropriate relief to a prevailing physician, including but not limited to reinstatement to prior practice privileges and appropriate monetary damages. Sections 17 through 29 of the bill repeal the regulatory functions of the division of registrations with respect to athlete agents.
Status
01/19/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/19/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/05/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
02/26/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/01/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/02/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/03/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/09/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans & Military Affairs
03/15/2010 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/18/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/22/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/24/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
03/29/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments
03/29/2010 Senate Third Reading Reconsidered
03/30/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Lay Over Daily
03/31/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/01/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/16/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/19/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/19/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/29/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Colorado Health Services Corps
Sponsors: GAGLIARDI / MORSE
The bill changes the name of the state health care professional loan repayment program to the Colorado health services corps (health services corps), the name of the health care community board to the Colorado health services advisory council, and the name of the health care professional loan repayment fund to the Colorado health services corps Labuda, McFadyen, Middleton, Pace, Rice, Scanlan, Todd, Tyler fund. Contracts for health care professional loan repayments entered into by collegeinvest or the primary care office in the department of public health and environment (primary care office) under the prior name of the program are still valid obligations. The bill specifies the manner in which the health services corps may make a lump sum payment on an eligible professional's education loans pursuant to a contract. The bill exempts the selection of health care professionals from the competitive bidding requirements of the procurement code. The bill repeals the $35,000 per year limit on the amount of education loan repayment that a health professional may receive under the health services corps. The bill requires the primary care office to report specified information to the governor and specified committees of the general assembly on or before December 1, 2011, and every other December 1 thereafter. The bill makes conforming amendments due to the name changes.
Status
01/19/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/05/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/10/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/11/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/12/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/17/2010
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/18/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/25/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/30/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/31/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/13/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
04/14/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/16/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/19/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/19/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/20/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Wellness Incentives Rewards Outcomes
Sponsors: RICE & ... / MITCHELL & ...
Current law allows health insurance carriers offering individual health coverage plans and small group plans and the board of directors of the CoverColorado program or carriers providing health benefit plans to CoverColorado participants to offer incentives or rewards to encourage persons covered under the plans to participate in a wellness and prevention program. The incentives or rewards can be based only on participation in a wellness and prevention program and cannot be tied to any particular outcome achieved by participating in the program. The bill repeals the restriction on incentives based on outcomes and allows carriers to base the incentives or rewards on satisfaction of a standard related to a health factor if the incentive or reward under the wellness and prevention program is consistent with the nondiscrimination requirements of the federal "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996".
Status
01/20/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/08/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Lay Over Amended
02/11/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/26/2010
02/26/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/08/2010
03/08/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/09/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/10/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/16/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor and Technology
03/31/2010 Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
04/14/2010 Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/20/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/21/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/23/2010
04/23/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments
04/27/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/28/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/24/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/24/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/26/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Service Process Motor Vehicle Insurance
Sponsors: KERR A. / TOCHTROP
The bill requires a motor vehicle insurance company to be appointed as an insured person's agent for service of process in a lawsuit arising from an accident that may be covered by the person's motor vehicle insurance. If a potential defendant and the defendant's insurance company cannot be served in such a lawsuit, the bill deems the defendant to be uninsured for the purposes of allowing recovery under an uninsured motorist coverage policy.
Status
01/22/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
02/26/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
03/04/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/09/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/09/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2010
03/12/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2010
03/12/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/15/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/18/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
03/29/2010 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/01/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/05/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/05/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Lay Over Daily
04/07/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/07/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/28/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/30/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/30/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/05/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Plain Language In Insurance Policies
Sponsors: KEFALAS / NEWELL
The bill requires that automobile insurance policies, health benefit plans, limited benefit health insurance, dental plans, and long-term care plans that are issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2011, be written at or below the tenth-grade reading level. Current law does not require any readability level. The bill also requires the text of the policies and plans to be written in 12-point type or larger and to contain an index or table of contents if they are longer than 3 pages or 3,000 words. Section 2 of the bill applies to automobile insurance policies. Section 3 applies to health benefit plans, limited benefit health insurance, dental plans, and long-term care plans. Section 1 makes the violation of either section 2 or 3 an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.
Status
01/22/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor
03/03/2010 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
03/10/2010 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/15/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/16/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/18/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor and Technology
03/22/2010 Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/25/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/26/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/29/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/31/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/01/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/16/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/19/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/19/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/20/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Limit Reimburs Fully Comp Injured Person
Sponsors: LEVY / STEADMAN
Benefield, Carroll T., Casso, Court, Ferrandino, Hullinghorst, Labuda, McFadyen, Merrifield, Middleton, Pommer, Primavera, Scanlan, Schafer S., Solano, Todd Shaffer B. Under current law, an insurer that pays benefits to a person who is injured due to an act or omission of a third party may, under some circumstances, obtain repayment of those benefits out of any recovery paid to the injured party, regardless of whether the injured party has been fully compensated for his or her losses. The bill would limit the ability of an insurer to obtain a repayment of benefits if the repayment would cause the injured party to not be fully compensated. Additionally, if the injured party has been fully compensated and the repayment is allowed, the amount of the repayment is limited to the amount actually paid by the insurer. Finally, the bill requires the insurer to pay its proportionate share of attorney fees and costs incurred by the injured party in obtaining the settlement or judgment. If a dispute arises regarding an insurer's right to reimbursement or subrogation, it is to be resolved in the same jurisdiction in which the underlying civil claim was handled. When the injured party recovers damages that he or she believes are not sufficient to fully compensate him or her, the injured party must notify the insurer in writing that the recovery obtained is less than the sum of all of the injured party's damages. If the insurer disputes the injured party's claim, the insurer may file a post-trial or other appropriate motion, or if there is no underlying civil action, may seek a declaratory judgment, to determine whether the injured party's recovery is insufficient to fully compensate the injured party. If the court agrees with the injured party, the insurer has no right to reimbursement or subrogation. An insurer is precluded from bringing a direct action against the at-fault third party for subrogation or reimbursement, and the third party cannot add the insurer as a copayee on any check or draft in payment of a settlement or judgment for the injured party. Insurers cannot delay, withhold, or reduce benefits because the obligation to pay benefits results from the acts or omissions of a third party or as a means to compel reimbursement or subrogation. Additionally, if an insurer obtains reimbursement of benefits paid, the insurer must apply the amount of the reimbursement as a credit against any applicable lifetime cap on benefits contained in the applicable policy or plan. The bill does not affect statutory liens granted to hospitals that provide care to an injured party.
Status
01/22/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
02/22/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/22/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
02/25/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/01/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/02/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/05/2010
03/05/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/08/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/11/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
03/22/2010 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/25/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/26/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/29/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/30/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Lay Over Daily
03/31/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/01/2010 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/16/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/19/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/19/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/28/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Primary Care Act
Sponsors: ACREE / BOYD
Section 1 of the bill expresses the intent of the general assembly to encourage the expansion of primary health care services to shortage areas throughout the state through use of available space in public buildings and donations and investments by private businesses to assist physicians in locating and offering primary care services in rural areas. Section 2 of the bill allows medical malpractice insurers to discount the medical malpractice insurance rates of licensed physicians who provide primary care services in health professional shortage areas for at least 50% of their practice time. Section 3 of the bill expands the state health care professional loan repayment program by:
* Eliminating the cap on the amount of an award under the program; and
* Eliminating restrictions on the type of setting in which a health care professional may provide primary care services in order to be eligible for loan repayment under the program. Section 4 of the bill requires the department of health care policy and financing to develop a 5-year strategic plan for increasing reimbursement rates for primary care providers, and removing differentiation in rates based on service delivery location, under medicaid.
Status
01/22/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
01/22/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary + Health and Human Services
01/22/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary + Health and Human Services + Appropriations
01/28/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Health and Human Services
02/11/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
02/18/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/09/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
Short Title: Group Life Ins Minimum No Reqmnt
Sponsors: KERR A. / STEADMAN
Current law establishes the minimum number of persons that must be covered by a group life insurance policy. The current minimum number of persons required to be covered is 3. This bill deletes the minimum number requirement.
Status
01/26/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor
02/02/2010 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
02/05/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/08/2010 House Second Reading Passed
02/09/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/17/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor and Technology
03/03/2010 Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/08/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
03/09/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/15/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/18/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
03/18/2010 Sent to the Governor
03/25/2010 Governor Action - Signed
03/29/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Chiropractor & Pharmacist Admin Drugs
Sponsors: RIESBERG / SANDOVAL
Section 1 of the bill permits a prescription drug outlet to allow a pharmacist to take immunizations and vaccines off the premises for administration to a patient. Sections 2 and 3 require the board of chiropractic examiners to develop a formulary of nutritional remedial measures that may be administered by a chiropractor for the treatment of neuromuscular-skeletal conditions.
Status
02/01/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/22/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/25/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/26/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/18/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
03/25/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/07/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/08/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/08/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/15/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Medical Malpractice Insurance Sales
Sponsors: DELGROSSO / TOCHTROP
Current law requires physicians, dentists, and health care institutions to comply with minimum financial responsibility requirements for professional liability insurance coverage as a condition of active licensure or authority to practice in Colorado. Section 1 of the bill clarifies that this financial responsibility requirement may be satisfied by maintaining insurance through approved nonadmitted insurers authorized by law to insure in Colorado. Section 2 makes a conforming amendment contingent on the possible passage of other legislation affecting this law.
Status
02/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor
02/23/2010 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/26/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/01/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/03/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor and Technology
03/15/2010 Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/18/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
03/22/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/05/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/07/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/07/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/15/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Authentication Of Verbal Medical Orders
Sponsors: PACE / NEWELL
The bill requires that a licensed hospital require that all verbal orders be authenticated by the physician or responsible individual who has the authority to issue a verbal order in accordance with hospital and medical staff polices. The bill requires that a verbal order be authenticated within 48 hours after the time the order was made unless a read-back and verify process is followed. If a read-back and verify process is followed, the order may be authenticated within 30 days after the date the order was made. Current federal law requires a 48-hour authentication period unless state law designates a specific time frame for the authentication of verbal orders.
Status
02/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/18/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/23/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/24/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/25/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/31/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/06/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/07/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/12/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
04/13/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/28/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/30/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/30/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/05/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Fair Settle Ins Claim Medical Benefits
Sponsors: PRIMAVERA
Current law authorizes double benefits, attorney fees, and costs to a first-party claimant whose claims for benefits under an insurance policy have been delayed or denied without a reasonable basis for that action. The bill establishes a presumption of unreasonableness when an insurer either:
* Denies or delays a claim without a reasonable basis for the action; or
* Denies or delays the payment of a claim for medical benefits or a request for authorization for medical services by a first- or third-party claimant; the decision to delay or deny payment of the medical claim relates to medical necessity, appropriateness, or reasonableness; and the decision is made by a person who is not licensed in good standing in Colorado and in active clinical practice in the same field or specialty area as the field or specialty area to which the medical claim or requested medical service relates. The bill extends the remedies available under current law to third-party claimants who assert a claim for medical benefits or request for authorization for medical services against an insured under a liability policy when the claim is denied or delayed as described in the second bullet, above.
Status
02/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
03/08/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/12/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/15/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/16/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/19/2010
03/19/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/22/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/23/2010 House Second Reading Re-referred to Judiciary
04/05/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/08/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/09/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/12/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/16/2010
04/16/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/19/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/20/2010 House Second Reading Lost with Amendments
Short Title: Repeal Telemedicine Pilot Programs
Sponsors: LAMBERT / WHITE
Budget Package Bill. The bill repeals provisions directing the department of health care policy and financing to conduct pilot programs on the use of telemedicine.
Status
02/08/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
02/16/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
02/17/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed
02/18/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/19/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
02/23/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/24/2010 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed
02/25/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/05/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/08/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
03/08/2010 Sent to the Governor
03/18/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Medical Ins Coverage Denials Appeals
Sponsors: STEADMAN & ... / LOOPER & ...
Interim Committee on the Developmental Disability Waiting List. Section 1 makes legislative findings. Sections 2 and 3 require a health insurance company to notify any known covered person's designated representative of any denial of a benefit and of the right to appeal the denial. The designated representative could exercise certain rights during the appeal processes. Section 4 directs the department of health care policy and financing (department) to provide recipients of public medical benefits with information concerning the recipient's right to appeal denials of benefits by third parties. Section 5 provides that, by signing the application for medicaid, the applicant is designating the department as the applicant's designated representative for purposes of appealing any denial of benefits by a health insurance company paid for by medicaid. Section 6 requires the department or its independent contractor to notify an insurance carrier that the department is the designated representative of a medicaid recipient. The department or the department's independent contractor, if necessary, shall appeal an adverse insurance coverage decision at any level. Any agreement with an independent contractor to review and appeal adverse coverage decisions by an insurance carrier shall require the contractor to report specified information to the department. The department will report annually the information from the independent contractor to specified committees of the general assembly, which reporting requirement is repealed July 1, 2017. The bill expresses the intent of the general assembly that additional recoveries from third parties pursuant to the bill should be used to pay the expenses of a long-term care ombudsman office and to reduce the waiting list of persons with a developmental disability. Section 7 directs the department to establish a long-term care ombudsman office to assist long-term care recipients.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
03/03/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/16/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/21/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/26/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/27/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/27/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
04/27/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
05/03/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
05/07/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
05/10/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
05/11/2010 House Third Reading Passed
05/11/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/19/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/07/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Identification Documents Reduce Poverty
Sponsors: BOYD / SUMMERS
Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force. Section 1. This bill contains a legislative declaration. Section 2. Prohibits the state from charging a fee for a certified birth or death record if the applicant is a county department of social services or human services or the applicant has a letter of referral from such a county department. Section 3. Prohibits the state from charging a fee for a Colorado identification card to an applicant referred by, or released within the prior 6 months from, the department of corrections, the division of youth corrections, or a county jail. Section 4. Authorizes a court to grant a name change if a person has previously been convicted of a felony if specified conditions are found by the court. Directs the court to forward information on the name change to specified departments.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/04/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
02/19/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/24/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/25/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
03/15/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/23/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/27/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/28/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/29/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
05/04/2010 House Third Reading Passed
05/05/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/19/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/05/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Workers' Comp Conflicts Of Interest
Sponsors: CARROLL M. / MIKLOSI
Interim Committee to Study Issues Related to Pinnacol Assurance. Section 1 of the bill requires a physician who has been proposed by the division of workers' compensation (division) in the department of labor and employment to perform an independent medical examination (IME) of an injured worker to disclose any business, employment, financial, or advisory relationship with an insurer or self-insured employer if a party requests the information. Section 1 gives a party to the IME process the right to obtain and review the information regarding any physicians proposed to conduct the IME prior to making a determination to eliminate one of the proposed physicians as an examiner. Section 1 also directs the director of the division to adopt rules as necessary to implement the disclosure requirements. Section 2 of the bill prohibits the payment of a financial incentive by an insurer, self-insured employer, or health care provider to deny or delay a workers' compensation claim, or to deny or delay medical care or payment for medical treatment for any such claim. Section 2 declares that a violation of its provisions constitutes bad faith and an unfair or deceptive practice in the business of insurance and subjects the person committing the violation to penalties under the unfair or deceptive insurance practices statutes, which may be up to $3,000 per violation, not to exceed an aggregate penalty of $30,000, or, in the case of knowing violations, up to $30,000 per violation, not to exceed an aggregate penalty of $750,000 annually. Section 2 also subjects persons violating its provisions to penalties under the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado". Section 3 prohibits a treating physician from communicating with the insurer or employer of an injured worker unless the injured worker is present or the communication is in writing and is provided to the injured worker. Section 4 specifies that contractual provisions that establish a reversionary interest in an insurer for indemnity benefits are void as against public policy.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
03/31/2010 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/07/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/22/2010
04/22/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/27/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
04/28/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
05/06/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
05/10/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
05/11/2010 House Third Reading Passed
05/11/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/18/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/18/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/18/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/27/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Workers' Comp Benefits Knowing Penalty
Sponsors: TOCHTROP / PACE
Interim Committee to Study Issues Related to Pinnacol Assurance. Increases the penalty for violating the workers' compensation laws from up to $500 to up to $1,000. Changes the mental state from "willfully" to "knowingly" in the statute that penalizes denying workers' compensation medical benefits, delaying payment of medical benefits for more than 30 days, or stopping payments. Allows the director of the division of workers' compensation or an administrative law judge to apportion the penalties, in whole or part, among the aggrieved party, the medical services provider, and the workers' compensation cash fund.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
03/31/2010 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/06/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/07/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/22/2010
04/22/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily with Amendments
04/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/27/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
05/03/2010 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
05/05/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
05/06/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
05/07/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
05/10/2010 House Third Reading Passed
05/11/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Reconsider
05/11/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/11/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Pass
05/18/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/18/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/18/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/26/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Workers' Compensation Accountability
Sponsors: HODGE / RYDEN
Interim Committee to Study Issues Related to Pinnacol Assurance. Section 1 of the bill requires workers' compensation insurers to survey a limited number of injured workers at the close of each claim. Section 1 also requires the insurers to report the results of the surveys to the division of workers' compensation (division) in the department of labor and employment, and requires the division to post the survey results on the division's web site. Finally, section 1 prohibits an employer or insurer from taking disciplinary action or otherwise retaliating against an injured worker or his or her dependents for completing a survey. Section 2 of the bill requires the chief executive officer of Pinnacol Assurance to submit an annual report to the governor and committees of the general assembly reporting on the business operations, resources, and liabilities of the Pinnacol Assurance fund. Section 3 of the bill requires the division to post on the division's web site the procedure for an injured worker to follow to file a complaint with the division regarding any issue over which the director or his or her designee has authority to pursue, settle, or enforce.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary + Appropriations
03/31/2010 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/16/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/21/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/26/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/27/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/27/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor
05/05/2010 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
05/06/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
05/07/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
05/10/2010 House Third Reading Passed
05/11/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/19/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/27/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Family System Navigators
Sponsors: TOCHTROP / SOLANO
Legislative Oversight Committee for the Continuing Examination of the Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness Who Are Involved in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems. Under the current demonstration programs for system of care family advocates, the services are provided by family advocates. The bill will allow family system navigators to provide the same services through the demonstration programs. The bill makes necessary conforming amendments.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/20/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/26/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
01/28/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
02/01/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/04/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/10/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2010
03/12/2010 House Second Reading Passed
03/15/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/22/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
03/22/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/22/2010 Sent to the Governor
03/31/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: CoverColorado Financial Viability
Sponsors: BOYD / MASSEY
Health Care Task Force. The bill authorizes the board of directors (board) of the CoverColorado program to establish a schedule of fees for compensating health care providers that render covered health care services to CoverColorado participants. The bill also prohibits health care providers from billing participants for costs in excess of the applicable fee on the fee schedule for services covered by the program. Additionally, the bill authorizes the board to maintain enrollment in the CoverColorado program consistent with the program's financial resources.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/03/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/05/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/09/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/15/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/16/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/17/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
04/05/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/08/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/13/2010
04/13/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/14/2010 House Third Reading Passed
04/15/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/16/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/30/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/30/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/03/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/20/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Liability Lmts Life Hlth Ins Protection
Sponsors: SANDOVAL / BENEFIELD
Current law establishes the life and health insurance protection association (association) to pay benefits to an eligible person whose insurer, who is a member of the association, becomes insolvent and cannot pay benefits. Under current law, with regard to annuities and structured settlement annuities, the benefits for which the association may become liable is capped at $100,000 in the present value of annuity benefits. The current limit for health insurance benefits, which applies to long-term care benefits, is also $100,000. The bill increases the annuity and structured settlement annuity benefits limit to $250,000 and increases the limit applicable to long-term care benefits to $300,000.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/20/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/26/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
01/28/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
02/01/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs and Labor
02/16/2010 House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
02/19/2010 House Second Reading Passed
02/22/2010 House Third Reading Passed
02/26/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
02/26/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
03/01/2010 Sent to the Governor
03/05/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Medicaid Hospice Room And Board Charges
Sponsors: TOCHTROP & ... / SOPER & ...
Hospice and Palliative Care in Colorado. Subject to the receipt of any necessary federal authorization, the bill requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to pay a nursing facility directly for inpatient services provided to a medicaid recipient who elects to receive hospice care rather than paying the hospice provider who then pays the nursing facility. The bill directs the department, subject to the receipt of sufficient gifts, grants, or donations, to pay the state's costs of preparing the request to seek federal authorization to pay the nursing facility directly. The bill specifies that such gifts, grants, or donations shall be deposited into the hospice care account in the department of health care policy and financing cash fund and may be used only for the state's costs of preparing the request.
Status
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/13/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/04/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
03/19/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/25/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/30/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/30/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
04/12/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/23/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/27/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/28/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/29/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
05/04/2010 House Third Reading Passed
05/05/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/18/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/18/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/18/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/21/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Nurse Home Visitor Program Admin
Sponsors: TAPIA / MCFADYEN
The bill modifies and clarifies the roles of the department of public health and environment (department) and the health sciences facility at the university of Colorado (health sciences facility) with regard to the nurse home visitor program (program), which receives moneys from tobacco litigation settlement funds. Specifically, the bill:
* Clarifies that the term "health sciences facility" means the Anschutz medical campus, or a successor facility selected by the president of the university of Colorado, at the university of Colorado health sciences center;
* Designates the health sciences facility, rather than the department, as the recipient of applications for the program;
* Requires the state board of health to consult with the health sciences facility when promulgating rules regarding program applications;
* Clarifies that the health sciences facility shall monitor and evaluate the implementation, operation, and effectiveness of the program;
* Requires program contractors and entities administering the program to cooperate with the health sciences facility and the department in preparation of those reports;
* Requires the nurse home visitor program to pay the annual program evaluation costs incurred by the department and the health sciences facility; and
* Clarifies that, except for duties related to program reports, the role of the department under the program is limited to financial administration, and limits to one full-time equivalent employee the annual amount that the department may retain from the nurse home visitor program fund for costs in executing this duty.
Status
01/15/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
01/15/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/17/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
03/05/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/09/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/22/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/23/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
04/12/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
04/15/2010 House Second Reading Passed
04/16/2010 House Third Reading Passed
04/30/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/30/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/03/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/04/2010 Governor Action - Intends to Sign
06/08/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Farm-to-school Interagency Task Force
Sponsors: SANDOVAL / SOLANO
In order to provide for the development of a state farm-to-school program, which will promote the consumption of nutritional foods provided by state agricultural producers, the bill creates the "Farm-to-School Healthy Kids Act", which establishes the interagency farm-to-school coordination task force (task force). The bill describes the composition and duties of the task force, and sets a future repeal date of December 31, 2013.
Status
01/15/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
02/11/2010 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/16/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/19/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
02/24/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
02/26/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
03/04/2010 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/10/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2010
03/12/2010 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/15/2010 House Third Reading Passed
03/18/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
03/18/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/07/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/08/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/08/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/08/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/15/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: First Degree Murder Of A Fetus
Sponsors: SCHULTHEIS / NIKKEL
Makes killing a fetus in certain circumstances a class 1 felony. Makes the following exceptions to a charge involving the killing of a fetus:
* That the defendant was providing medical treatment to which the mother of the fetus consented; or
* That the act was committed by a physician in a case where, to a medical certainty, the result of childbirth would be death of the mother of the fetus or where her death from childbirth, although not medically certain, would be substantially certain or more likely than not. Makes a 5-year appropriation.
Status
01/22/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans & Military Affairs
03/03/2010 Senate Committee on State, Veterans & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
Short Title: Dev Disab Oversight Cmt & Task Force
Sponsors: BACON / PRIMAVERA
The bill establishes a 6-member legislative oversight committee on developmental disabilities and autism (committee) and a 25-member task force on developmental disabilities and autism (task force) to examine the Colorado systems that provide services and supports to and across the life span of persons with developmental disabilities including autism. The committee will annually report to the general assembly on the issues studied and may propose legislative changes based on the recommendations from the task force. The chair and vice-chair of the committee will appoint 16 members of the task force. The other 9 members shall be representatives of specified state agencies appointed by the executive directors of those agencies. All members of the task force shall be voting members. The task force will examine specific issues related to the services and supports to persons with developmental disabilities, including autism. The task force is charged with providing guidance and recommendations to the committee, including studying and making recommendations on strategies to implement the recommendations of the autism commission that was created in 2008. The task force will obtain input from groups in the state affected by the issues studied by the task force. The task force may create subcommittees. The payment of the committee's per diem and the staff support for the committee and the task force is dependent upon gifts, grants, and donations credited to the legislative department cash fund. The committee and the task force are repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
Status
02/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/10/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
Short Title: Michael Skolnik Med Transparency 2010
Sponsors: CARROLL M. / RYDEN
Pursuant to the "Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act", enacted in 2007, physicians licensed in Colorado are required to report information pertaining to their practice history, including the following:
* The physician's name, address, and telephone number;
* Information pertaining to any license to practice medicine held by the physician at any time;
* Any board certifications and specialties;
* Any affiliations with hospitals or health care facilities;
* Any health care-related business ownership interests or employment contracts if the aggregate value of the contracts exceeds $5,000 annually;
* Any public disciplinary action taken by the state board or the regulatory body of another state or country;
* Any agreement or stipulation to temporarily cease or restrict practice or any board order restricting or suspending the physician's license;
* Any final action resulting in an involuntary limitation or probationary status on, or reduction, nonrenewal, denial, revocation, or suspension of the physician's medical staff membership or clinical privileges at a hospital or health care facility on or after September 1, 1990;
* Any involuntary surrender of the physician's United States drug enforcement administration registration;
* Any final criminal conviction or plea arrangement relating to the commission or alleged commission of a felony or crime of moral turpitude;
* Any final judgment, settlement, or arbitration award in a medical malpractice claim; and
* The refusal of an insurance carrier to issue a medical malpractice insurance policy to the physician due to past claims experience. The bill enacts the "Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act of 2010" to extend similar reporting requirements, as applicable, to the following health care professionals who apply for a new license, certification, or registration or to renew, reinstate, or reactivate a license, certification, or registration, on or after July 1, 2011:
* Audiologists and licensed hearing aid providers;
* Acupuncturists;
* Podiatrists;
* Chiropractors;
* Dentists and dental hygienists;
* Physician assistants;
* Direct-entry midwives;
* Practical nurses, professional nurses, and advanced practice nurses;
* Optometrists;
* Physical therapists; and
* Psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, professional counselors, addiction counselors, and unlicensed psychotherapists. The reporting requirements, as enacted in the original "Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act" of 2007, are modified to require all impacted professionals, including physicians, to:
* Report the location of the applicant's practice if different than the applicant's address of record;
* Report information about the education and training the person received pertaining to his or her profession;
* Provide information about other licenses, certifications, or registrations to practice the applicant's profession that were issued in the previous 10 years, rather than those issued at any time in the person's career; and
* Comply with their responsibility to report adverse actions to the appropriate regulatory body as otherwise required by law. The requirement to report the license number, type, original issue date, last renewal date, and expiration date of any other license, certification, or registration issued to the person is eliminated. In addition to the information required to be reported, an impacted professional is also permitted to submit information pertaining to relevant awards and recognitions received by the person.
Status
02/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Finance + Appropriations
02/11/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/04/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Finance
03/16/2010 Senate Committee on Finance Re-Refer Unamended to Appropriations
03/19/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/23/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
03/25/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
03/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/30/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/30/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Finance
03/30/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Finance + Appropriations
04/12/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Finance
04/27/2010 House Committee on Finance Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
05/04/2010 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations
05/07/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
05/07/2010 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
05/10/2010 House Third Reading Passed
05/11/2010 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
05/19/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/09/2010 Governor Action - Intends to Sign
06/10/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Pharmaceutical Transparency Act
Sponsors: CARROLL M. / TYLER
The bill enacts the "Pharmaceutical Transparency Act" (act), to be administered by the secretary of state (secretary). The act, which is modeled on the federal "Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009" pending in the United States congress, requires manufacturers of a drug, medical device, biological product, or medical supply for which payment is available under the state medicaid program or the children's basic health plan to submit an annual transparency report to the secretary. The transparency report, due March 31, 2011, and each March 31 thereafter, is to detail information regarding payments or other transfers of value made by the manufacturer to a health care practitioner during the immediately preceding calendar year. Specifically, the bill requires information as to the name, address, and other identifying information of the health care practitioner, and the value, dates, and description of the form and nature of the payment or transfer of value. Like the pending federal legislation, the bill would also require manufacturers to disclose information pertaining to ownership or investment interests held by a health care practitioner in the manufacturer, detailing the dollar amount invested, the value and terms of the interest, and payments or other transfers of value provided to the health care practitioner. The bill imposes an additional transparency requirement, not contained in the federal proposal, obligating a manufacturer to disclose whether or not it has adopted procedures to assure adherence to the code of interactions with healthcare professionals (code) adopted by the pharmaceuticals trade group known as "pharmaceutical research and manufacturers of America" (PhRMA). A manufacturer would also have to disclose whether it: Has publicly announced its commitment to abide by the code; completes an annual certification of its policies to ensure compliance; and is identified by PhRMA on a public web site as a manufacturer that has committed to abide by the code. The bill authorizes the secretary to impose fines on a manufacturer for failure to comply with the reporting requirements of the act. The fines may be between $1,000 and $10,000 for each payment or transfer of value not reported, not to exceed an aggregate fine of $150,000 per calendar year, and in the case of knowing violations, between $10,000 and $100,000 for each payment or transfer of value not reported, not to exceed an aggregate fine of $1,000,000 in any calendar year. The bill requires the secretary to adopt rules to establish reporting procedures and a method for making the reported information available to the public through a searchable web site. The secretary is also required, by rule, to establish fees to be imposed on reporting manufacturers to cover the secretary's direct and indirect costs to administer the act. The fees and any fines imposed on manufacturers are to be deposited in the department of state cash fund and are to be available, subject to appropriation by the general assembly, to the secretary for use in administering the act. Finally, the act obligates the secretary to submit an annual report to the governor and the general assembly by May 1, 2011, and each May 1 thereafter, analyzing the data submitted by manufacturers that year.
Status
02/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Finance + Appropriations
02/18/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/04/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Finance
03/16/2010 Senate Committee on Finance Re-Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/16/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/20/2010 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments
04/21/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/21/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
04/26/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
04/29/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/30/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
05/03/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
05/04/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
05/05/2010 House Second Reading Passed
05/06/2010 House Third Reading Passed
05/18/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/18/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/18/2010 Sent to the Governor
06/09/2010 Governor Action - Intends to Sign
06/10/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: HCBS Autism Services Coordination
Sponsors: HUDAK / RICE
The law currently directs the department of health care policy and financing (department) to contract with a community centered board for persons with developmental disabilities to serve as the single entry point agency and as the care planning agency for children with autism under the home- and community-based services waiver. If the community centered board is unwilling or unable to contract with the department for these services, the bill allows the department to enter into the contract with a single entry point agency or a department-approved case management agency to provide the services.
Status
02/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/17/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
02/22/2010 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily
02/24/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed
02/25/2010 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily
02/26/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
03/02/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services
03/11/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/17/2010 House Second Reading Passed
03/18/2010 House Third Reading Passed
04/05/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
04/05/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/06/2010 Sent to the Governor
04/15/2010 Governor Action - Signed
Short Title: Medicaid Hospice Room And Board
Sponsors: WILLIAMS / RIESBERG
Currently, a person eligible for medicaid who has elected to receive hospice care and who needs to be in a residential care facility must go to a class I nursing facility. Subject to the receipt of federal authorization, the bill allows the person to go to either a class I nursing facility or to a licensed hospice inpatient facility. It directs the department of health care policy and financing (department) to establish the reimbursement rate for room and board for patients receiving routine hospice care. The bill conditions the department's request for federal authorization upon the receipt of sufficient money from gifts, grants, or donations to pay for the costs of preparing and submitting the request.
Status
02/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/01/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
02/18/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/19/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
Short Title: Provider Fee Enhanced Match Use
Sponsors: BOYD / RIESBERG
For the 2009-10 and 2010-11 state fiscal years, the bill authorizes the amount of increased federal financial participation, pursuant to the federal "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" or other federal act, generated from appropriations out of the hospital provider fee cash fund to be used to offset other general fund appropriations for medicaid services. The bill recognizes that moneys in the health care expansion fund have been used to offset general fund expenditures for medicaid services. The bill specifies that the first $41.4 million of increased federal financial participation shall be transferred to the health care expansion fund and that any amount in excess of $41.4 million be appropriated for medicaid services.
Status
02/16/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services
02/16/2010 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
03/03/2010 Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/06/2010 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/08/2010 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
04/09/2010 Senate Third Reading Passed
04/13/2010 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health and Human Services + Appropriations
04/15/2010 House Committee on Health and Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
04/23/2010 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
04/27/2010 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily
04/28/2010 House Second Reading Passed
04/29/2010 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily
05/04/2010 House Third Reading Passed
05/19/2010 Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/20/2010 Signed by the President of the Senate
05/20/2010 Sent to the Governor
05/27/2010 Governor Action - Signed