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BILL SUMMARY For SB22-203

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date Apr 18, 2022       Location SCR 357

SB22-203 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar


01:46:49 PM  
Senator Fields and Senator Smallwood, co-prime bill sponsors, introduced Senate Bill 22-206, which requires the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), in conjunction with the Department of Public Health and Environment, to develop a regulatory plan for Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) providers by June 30, 2023. The bill outlines stakeholders, data, and processes that must be considered in developing the plan. By March 1, 2024, HCPF must establish, administer, and enforce minimum regulatory standards and rules for PACE and contracted entities. HCPF is required to continually analyze the reimbursement methodology for PACE entities and provide legislative updates on new methodology requirements.

Senator Fields and Senator Smallwood distributed and discussed a fact sheet to the committee (Attachment B).

Committee members discussed the bill.
01:51:48 PM  
Shelbie Engelking, representing the Colorado Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly Ombudsman Program, and Disability Law Colorado, testified in support of the bill.
01:55:30 PM  
Ms. Bethany Pray, representing the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, testified in support of the bill.

Bryan Fife, representing the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Jeanette Hensley, representing the Colorado Center for Aging, testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Deborah Lively, representing LeadingAge Colorado, testified in a neutral position on the bill.

Committee members asked questions of the panel.


Additional written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachment C).

02:10:26 PM
Motion Refer Senate Bill 22-203 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
Moved Smallwood
Seconded
Buckner Yes
Holbert Yes
Jaquez Lewis Yes
Simpson Yes
Smallwood Yes
Ginal Yes
Fields Yes
Final YES: 7   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS