S_HHS_2019A 04/10/2019 10:11:22 AM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGSENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Date 04/10/2019 Attendance Crowder X Smallwood X Winter * Pettersen X Fields X X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call Time 10:11:22 AM to 11:31:36 AM Place LSB B This Meeting was called to order by Senator Fields This Report was prepared by Elizabeth Haskell Hearing Items Action Taken hHB19-1147 Referred to Senate Finance hSB19-217 Laid Over hHB19-1183 Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations HB19-1147 - Referred to Senate Finance 10:11:31 AM Senator Lee, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 19-1147. The bill makes various revisions to the Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Program (program), and increases surcharges on certain motor vehicle violations which are used to finance the program. Among other changes, the bill: renames the program, trust fund board, and trust fund to remove the word "traumatic," and redefines brain injury for the purposes of the program; eliminates spending requirements for education and research; clarifies that persons served by the program must receive service coordination and skills training; eliminates a requirement that an individual must exhaust all other health benefit funding before being eligible for assistance from the trust fund; requires that at least five board members have certain experience with brain injuries, as outlined in the bill; and removes a prohibition against the use of General Fund for the program. The bill transfers $450,000 from the General Fund to the newly renamed Colorado Brain Injury (BI) Trust Fund and appropriates the money to the Department of Human Services for FY 2019-20. Increased surcharges. Certain motor vehicle violations are subject to an additional surcharge that is deposited into the BI Trust Fund and used to finance the program. The bill increases the surcharge assessed for state and local speeding violations from $15 to $20. Under current law, if the surcharge for a state speeding violation is collected by a municipal court, the surcharge increases to $17, and $2 is retained by the municipality; the bill eliminates the increased surcharge and municipal share in these instances. The bill also increases the surcharge on persons convicted of DUI, DUI per se, driving while ability impaired (DWAI), and underage drinking and driving (UDD) from $20 to $25. 10:15:55 AM Jim Tatten, representing himself, testified against the bill. 10:19:06 AM Gretchen Russo, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. 10:23:23 AM Valillian McGuire, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. 10:26:19 AM The witness panel responded to questions. 10:29:40 AM Lydia Waligorski, Violence Free Colorado, testified in support of the bill. 10:32:44 AM Nicolas Meier, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. 10:39:23 AM The witness panel responded to questions. 10:40:42 AM Senator Lee made closing remarks. 10:44:20 AM Gretchen Russo returned to the table to respond to questions. 10:48:36 AM Motion Refer House Bill 19-1147 to the Committee on Finance. Moved Crowder Seconded Crowder Yes Smallwood No Winter Yes Pettersen Excused Fields Yes Final YES: 3 NO: 1 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB19-217 - Laid Over 10:55:11 AM Senator Foote and Senator Tate, bill sponsors, requested that the bill be laid over until April 11, 2019. Senator Fields announced that the bill will be laid over. HB19-1183 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations 10:58:34 AM Senator Bridges, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 19-1183 and responded to questions. The bill encourages public schools and public places, as specified in this bill, to have sufficient quantities of functional automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to ensure reasonable availability for use during cardiac arrest emergencies. All public places are required to accept any gifts, grants, or donations of an AED that meets federal standards. In addition, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) shall award a $75,000 contract to a nonprofit organization for the purpose of acquiring and distributing AEDs to public places by September 1, 2019. Finally, this bill extends good samaritan protections to certain persons and entities including those who provide teaching or training on CPR, persons whose primary duties do not include the provision of health care, and any person or entity that provides medical oversight services to a location where an AED is located. 11:00:19 AM Richard Perse, Play with Heart, testified in support of the bill. 11:05:17 AM Alan Himelfarb, Starting Hearts, testified in support of the bill. 11:14:02 AM The witness panel responded to questions. 11:14:17 AM Ariel Hammerquist, Legislative Council Staff, responded to questions about the fiscal impact of the bill. 11:23:37 AM Committee discussion and questions followed. 11:25:44 AM Senator Bridges made closing remarks. 11:26:35 AM Senator Fields recessed the meeting. 11:26:36 AM Senator Fields reconvened the meeting. 11:30:35 AM Motion This is a conceptual amendment - Page 2, strike lines 6 through 10 and renumber statutory citations accordingly. Moved Pettersen Seconded Crowder Smallwood Winter Pettersen Fields YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 11:31:06 AM Motion Refer House Bill 19-1183, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Pettersen Seconded Crowder Yes Smallwood No Winter Yes Pettersen Yes Fields Yes Final YES: 4 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 11:31:36 AM The committee adjourned.