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250A50988CE3F69B872589A6008034B5 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB23-298

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date May 5, 2023      
Location HCR 0107



SB23-298 - Referred to House Appropriations


05:20:23 PM  
Representative Bockenfield and Representative McCormick, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 23-298, allowing certain public hospitals to improve access to health care through collaboration. The bill exempts hospitals with fewer than 50 beds from select antitrust requirements for the purpose of improving healthcare access in rural or frontier communities. A handout was provided to the committee (Attachment A). The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
05:26:15 PM  
Kim Bimestefer, representing
the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, testified in support
of the bill.




Kevin Stansbury,
representing Lincoln Health and the Eastern Plains Healthcare Consortium,
testified in support of the bill.




The panelists
responded to questions from the committee.
05:40:54 PM  
Representative Bockenfield and Representative McCormick provided concluding remarks on the bill.


05:42:48 PM
Motion Refer Senate Bill 23-298 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Young
Seconded Bradley
Amabile Yes
Bradfield Yes
Bradley Yes
English Yes
Gonzales-Gutierrez Yes
Hamrick Yes
Holtorf Yes
Jodeh Yes
Story Yes
Young Yes
Michaelson Jenet Yes
Final YES: 11   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS






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