Date: 01/31/2017
Location: HCR 0107

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 17-1052 to the Committee of the W	PASS

01:56 PM -- HB17-1052

Representative Beckman, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 17-1052 to the committee. The bill increases the flexibility of the Child Welfare Allocation Committee and the Colorado Department of Human Services to consider various factors affecting the population of children in need of child welfare services when determining the formula for allocating county child welfare funding. Specifically, it removes the requirement that county funding allocations, expenditures, and caseloads over the previous three years be considered when setting the formula, as well as the prior year spending on and the number of families provided preventative family preservation services.

02:00 PM

Representative Beckman responded to questions from the committee regarding congregate care and block grants for rural communities.

02:04 PM -- Barbara Kirkmeyer, Weld County Commissioners and Colorado Counties, Inc., testified in support of the bill. Ms. Kirkmeyer responded to questions from the committee.

02:20 PM

Committee members continued to dialogue with Ms. Kirkmeyer regarding child welfare allocations.

02:28 PM

Representative Beckman gave concluding remarks on her bill.

BILL:	HB17-1052
TIME:	02:30:20 PM
MOVED:	Pabon
MOTION:	Refer House Bill 17-1052 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with one excused.
SECONDED:	Hooton
		VOTE
	Catlin	Yes
	Everett	Yes
	Ginal	Yes
	Hooton	Yes
	Landgraf	Excused
	Lewis	Yes
	Liston	Yes
	Michaelson Jenet	Yes
	Pabon	Yes
	Pettersen	Yes
	Ransom	Yes
	Danielson	Yes
	Singer	Yes
Final YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:33 PM

Representative Singer adjourned the meeting.