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A6ADD5EB43F1F88387258B12000B2F2B Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB24-116

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date May 2, 2024      
Location Old State Library



SB24-116 - Referred to House Appropriations


08:02:11 PM  
The primary bill
sponsor, Representative Jodeh, introduced Senate Bill 24-116 to the House
Health and Human Services Committee. Under current law, people seeking
to enroll in Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus apply through the Department
of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF). However, certain populations,
including persons under 19 or who qualify for the Breast and Cervical Cancer
Program, are deemed presumptively eligible while their applications are
processed and eligible to receive services immediately. HCPF and Denver
Health are currently the only institutions that can make a presumptive
eligibility determination. The bill allows hospitals to make these determinations.
Additionally, the bill makes changes to the requirements for indigent patients
receiving health care discounts on services not reimbursed through the
Colorado Indigent Care Program including: requiring a patient to attest
to residing in Colorado; placing a price cap on comprehensive bills that
aligns with the current caps on individualized bills; authorizing health-care
facilities to deny discounted care to a patient if, during the initial
screening, the patient is determined to be presumptively eligible for Medicaid;
clarifying that the health professional who provides services is responsible
for billing the patient for those services, unless the services are billed
on a comprehensive bill; excluding primary care provided in clinics in
rural or frontier counties that offer a sliding-fee scale from receiving
discounted care; and requiring health professionals, in addition to health
facilities, to report certain data to the Department of Health Care Policy
and Financing.
08:06:12 PM  
The bill sponsor responded to questions from the committee.
08:06:33 PM  
Mr. Nikolas Otte,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill.




Adeline Ewing,
representing Colorado Hospital Association, testified in support of the
bill.




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




A set of printed
handouts were provided to members of the committee (Attachment B).
08:13:15 PM  
The primary bill
sponsor, Representative Jodeh, provided closing comments on Senate Bill
24-116.


08:14:51 PM
Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-116 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Young
Seconded Hamrick
Bradfield No
Bradley No
Brown Yes
English Yes
Hamrick Yes
Hernandez Yes
Lieder Excused
McCormick Yes
Ortiz Yes
Weinberg No
Wilson No
Young Yes
Daugherty Yes
Final YES: 8   NO: 4   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS