Amendments for HB24-1456
House Journal, April 23
50 HB24-1456 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
51 the Committee of the Whole with favorable
52 recommendation:
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54 Amend printed bill, page 3, line 16, strike "syphilis." and substitute
55 "syphilis - rules - repeal.".
1 Page 4, strike lines 7 through 18 and substitute:
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3 "(b) THIS SUBSECTION (1) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1,
4 2025.".
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6 Page 4, line 20, strike "AND SYPHILIS".
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8 Page 4, line 23, strike "AND SYPHILIS".
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10 Page 4, line 26, after the period add "EACH LICENSED HEALTH-CARE
11 PROVIDER AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE CARE TO A PERSON WHO IS PREGNANT
12 IN THIS STATE SHALL, FOR ALL PERSONS WHO ARE PREGNANT UNDER THE
13 CARE OF THE LICENSED HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER, TAKE, OR CAUSE TO BE
14 TAKEN, A BLOOD SAMPLE AND SUBMIT THE BLOOD SAMPLE TO AN
15 APPROVED LABORATORY FOR A STANDARD SEROLOGICAL TEST FOR HIV.
16 (3) (a) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2025, THE STATE BOARD OF
17 HEALTH CREATED IN SECTION 25-1-103 SHALL PROMULGATE RULES
18 CONCERNING PRENATAL TESTING STANDARDS FOR SYPHILIS, INCLUDING
19 FREQUENCY OF TESTING.
20 (b) AT LEAST ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT OF
21 PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SHALL REVIEW THE RULES
22 PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR ALIGNMENT WITH
23 NATIONAL PRENATAL TESTING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SEXUALLY
24 TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
25 HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT'S INFECTION CONTROL DUTIES ESTABLISHED
26 IN SECTION 25-4-408. BEFORE EACH REVIEW OF THE RULES, THE
27 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SHALL MAKE
28 RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS AWARE OF THE REVIEW, INCLUDING
29 HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES.".
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House Journal, April 29
15 Amendment No. 1, Health & Human Services Report, dated April 23,
16 2024, and placed in member's bill file; Report also printed in House
17 Journal, April 23, 2024.
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19 Amendment No. 2, by Representative Daugherty:
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21 Amend the Health and Human Services Committee Report, dated April
22 23, 2024, page 1, after line 5 insert:
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24 "Page 4 of the printed bill, line 19, after "(2)" insert "(a)".".
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26 Page 1 of the report, strike line 8 and substitute:
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28 "Page 4 of the bill, after line 26 insert:
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30 "(b) EACH LICENSED HEALTH-CARE".
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32 Page 1 of the report, line 13, after the period add "IF THE PERSON
33 DECLINES TO BE TESTED, THE LICENSED HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER SHALL
34 DOCUMENT THAT FACT IN THE PERSON'S MEDICAL RECORD.".
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36 Page 2 of the report, line 4, strike "AGENCIES."." and substitute
37 "AGENCIES.
38 SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-4-406, amend (1)
39 introductory portion; and add (1.5) as follows:
40 25-4-406. Reports - confidentiality. (1) The public health
41 reports required pursuant to section 25-4-405 and any records resulting
42 from compliance with that section held by the state department and local
43 COUNTY AND DISTRICT public health agencies, or any health-care
44 provider, facility, third-party payer, physician, clinic, laboratory, blood
45 bank, health records database, or other agency, are confidential
46 information. The information may SHALL only be released, shared with
47 any agency or institution, or made public, upon subpoena, search warrant,
48 discovery proceedings, or otherwise, under the following circumstances:
49 (1.5) IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (1)(a) OF THIS SECTION,
50 FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES, THE STATE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE
51 AVAILABLE TO COUNTY AND DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES
52 DE-IDENTIFIED CASE RATE DATA FOR SYPHILIS THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE
53 COUNTY OR DISTRICT, WHICH DATA MUST REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL
54 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.".
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56 Renumber succeeding section accordingly.".
1 As amended, ordered engrossed and placed on the Calendar for Third
2 Reading and Final Passage.
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