S_HHS_2022A 03/14/2022 01:32:30 PM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGSENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Date 03/14/2022 Attendance Fields X Jaquez Lewis X Kirkmeyer X Simpson X Smallwood X Buckner X Ginal X Time 01:32:30 PM to 02:23:26 PM Place SCR 357 This Meeting was called to order by Ginal This Report was prepared by Jerard Brown Hearing Items Action Taken hSB22-143 Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar hHB22-1113 Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar SB22-143 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar 01:33:33 PM Senator Kirkmeyer and Senator Woodward, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 22-143, which updates language in Article 30 of Title 12 C.R.S., which regulates health care occupations and professions, to refer to “regulators” instead of “boards.” 01:37:01 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 22-143 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Moved Kirkmeyer Seconded Fields Excused Jaquez Lewis Yes Kirkmeyer Yes Simpson Yes Smallwood Yes Buckner Yes Ginal Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS HB22-1113 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar Attachment Tag File Name Attachment A http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2022A/commsumm.nsf/0/EC7667AD7B4F...$File/Attachment A.pdf?OpenElement Attachment A.pdf 01:37:13 PM Senator Kirkmeyer and Senator Ginal, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 22-1113, which requires the Judicial Department’s Child Welfare Appeals Workgroup to monitor and report on the implementation of recommendations from its 2021 final report. It also requires district courts to issue written orders within 35 days after hearings concerning termination of the parent-child legal relationship. Senator Kirkmeyer and Senator Ginal answered questions from the committee. 01:43:51 PM Mrs. Kaci Nice, representing self, testified in support of the bill. Melanie Jordan, representing the Office of Respondent Parents' Counsel, testified in support of the bill. Mrs. Heather Gonzales, representing the Colorado State Foster Parents Association, testified in support of the bill. 01:54:48 PM Ms. Lauren Langan, representing the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Langan answered questions from the committee. 02:03:37 PM Mrs. Heather Williamson, representing self, testified in support of the bill. 02:07:50 PM Jody Britton, representing self, testified in support of the bill. 02:12:01 PM Mrs. Korey Elger, representing the Colorado Department of Human Services, testified in support of the bill. 02:13:44 PM Ms. Ellen Toomey-Hale, representing self, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Toomey-Hale answered questions from the committee. Additional written testimony was provided to committee members (Attachment A). 02:19:58 PM Senator Kirkmeyer and Senator Ginal provided closing remarks. 02:23:12 PM Motion Refer House Bill 22-1113 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Moved Ginal Seconded Fields Yes Jaquez Lewis Yes Kirkmeyer Yes Simpson Yes Smallwood Yes Buckner Yes Ginal Yes Final YES: 7 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 02:23:26 PM The committee adjourned.