Amendments for HB24-1153
House Journal, March 6
16 HB24-1153 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
17 the Committee on Finance with favorable
18 recommendation:
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20 Amend printed bill, page 4, strike lines 19 through 27.
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22 Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
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24 Page 5, line 20, strike "REPRODUCTIVE" and substitute "REPRODUCTIVE,
25 SEXUAL, AND GENDER-BASED".
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27 Page 6, strike lines 19 through 22.
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29 Reletter succeeding paragraphs accordingly.
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31 Page 7, strike lines 1 through 3 and substitute:
32 "(d) "CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION" OR "CME" MEANS A
33 PROGRAM OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION THAT IS ACCREDITED BY
34 AN ORGANIZATION SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (3)(d) OF THIS SECTION.".
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36 Page 7, line 10, strike "FORTY" and substitute "THIRTY".
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38 Page 7, line 25, strike "FORTY" and substitute "THIRTY".
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40 Page 7, line 27, strike "OR".
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42 Page 8, strike lines 1 and 2 and substitute "MUST:
43 (I) BE ACCREDITED BY THE COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY, THE
44 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, OR THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR
45 CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION AND QUALIFY FOR AMA PRA
46 CATEGORY 1 CREDIT™;
47 (II) QUALIFY FOR PRESCRIBED CREDIT FROM THE AMERICAN
48 ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS;
49 (III) BE AN APPROVED PROGRAM OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF
50 OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS; OR
51 (IV) BE A PROGRAM REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN NATIONAL
52 BOARD CERTIFICATION, NOT INCLUDING A PROGRAM OF SELF STUDY OR A
53 PROGRAM SELF-CLAIMED OR SELF-DOCUMENTED BY THE PHYSICIAN.".
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55 Page 8, line 3, strike "FORTY" and substitute "THIRTY".
1 Page 8, line 26, after the semicolon insert "AND".
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3 Page 8, strike line 27.
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5 Reletter succeeding paragraph accordingly.
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7 Page 9, strike lines 1 through 5.
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9 Page 9, line 7, strike "(7)(c)" and substitute "(7)(b)".
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11 Page 9, strike lines 12 through 27.
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13 Reletter succeeding paragraphs accordingly.
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15 Page 10, strike lines 1 through 7.
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17 Page 10, strike lines 11 and 12 and substitute:
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19 "(b) (I) RELATING TO ANY CME CREDIT HOURS IN A SPECIFIC
20 TOPIC, IF THE BOARD APPROVES THE TOPIC, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF
21 CREDIT HOURS, THE FREQUENCY OF THE REQUIREMENT, AND WHICH
22 PHYSICIANS ARE SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENT. NOTHING IN THIS
23 SUBSECTION (7)(b)(I) ALLOWS THE BOARD TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
24 REQUIRED CME CREDIT HOURS SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (3)(a) OF THIS
25 SECTION.
26 (II) THE BOARD SHALL INITIATE A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS TO
27 CONSIDER REQUIRING, FOR GENERAL PRACTICE AND FOR ALL SPECIALTIES,
28 SPECIFIC CME CREDIT HOURS RELATING TO HEALTH DISPARITIES AND
29 OUTCOMES DATA; REPRODUCTIVE, SEXUAL, AND GENDER-BASED HEALTH
30 CARE; AND EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT BIAS, INCLUDING THE NUMBER AND
31 FREQUENCY OF CME CREDIT HOURS.".
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33 Reletter succeeding paragraphs accordingly.
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35 Page 10, line 23, strike "RANDOM," and substitute "RANDOM WITH AN
36 OVERSAMPLING OF NONBOARD-CERTIFIED PHYSICIANS,".
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38 Page 11, line 3, strike "FORTY" and substitute "THIRTY".
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40 Page 11, strike lines 12 and 13 and substitute:
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42 "(I) THE BOARD SHALL ASSESS A CIVIL PENALTY IN THE FORM OF
43 A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE; AND".
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45 Strike "APPROVED" on: Page 8, line 22; Page 10, line 9; and Page 11, line
46 4.
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House Journal, March 26
28 HB24-1153 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
29 the Committee on Appropriations with favorable
30 recommendation:
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32 Amend the Health and Human Services Committee Report, dated March
33 5, 2024, page 1, strike lines 1 and 2 and substitute:
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35 "Amend printed bill, page 4, line 23, strike "FAILING" and substitute
36 "FAILING, WITHOUT REASONABLE CAUSE,".".
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38 Page 1 of the report, line 10, strike "SECTION."." and substitute "SECTION.
39 (e) "NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION" MEANS A CERTIFICATION
40 PROGRAM THAT MEETS ACCEPTED STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION AND
41 INCLUDES BOTH:
42 (I) A PROCESS FOR DEFINING SPECIALTY-SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR
43 KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS; AND
44 (II) AN INDEPENDENT, EXTERNAL, PSYCHOMETRICALLY VALID
45 ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR BOTH INITIAL
46 CERTIFICATION AND RECERTIFICATION OR CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATION BY
47 THE CERTIFYING BODY THAT GRANTED THE INITIAL CERTIFICATION IN THE
48 MEDICAL SPECIALTY.".".
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50 Page 1 of the report, lines 15 and 16, strike "THE COLORADO MEDICAL
51 SOCIETY, THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, OR".
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53 Page 2 of the report, lines 2 and 3, strike "COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS
54 AND GYNECOLOGISTS;" and substitute "OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION;".
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1 Page 2 of the report, line 5, strike "A PROGRAM OF SELF STUDY OR".
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3 Page 3 of the report, strike lines 4 through 6 and substitute:
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5 "Page 11 of the bill, line 12, after "FAILURE" insert "TO COMPLY WITHOUT
6 REASONABLE CAUSE".
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8 Page 11 of the bill, line 13, strike "CONDUCT;" and substitute "CONDUCT
9 PURSUANT TO SECTION 12-240-121 (1)(ii);".".
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