Location: HCR 0107
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-214
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH CARE & HUMAN SERVICES
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-214
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH CARE & HUMAN SERVICES
| Votes: View--> | Action Taken: |
| Refer Senate Bill 17-214 to the Committee of the W | PASS |
01:38 PM -- SB 17-214
Representative Exum and Representative Pettersen presented House Bill 17-214 to the committee. The bill allows municipalities, special districts, fire authorities, and county improvement districts that employ one or more firefighters to participate in a voluntary firefighter cancer benefits program. Participation constitutes payment of contributions into a multiple employer health trust designed to pay awards to covered individuals diagnosed with cancer or their surviving family members. The trust must establish award levels between $100 and $225,000 based on the category and stage of the cancer. The trust must also make payments to the covered individual for the actual cost, up to $25,000, for rehabilitative or vocational training employment services and educational training and for cosmetic disfigurement costs, if necessary, up to $10,000. Any benefits paid by the trust must be offset by any payments made under the Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado. Firefighters, including those who work on a part-time or volunteer basis, must meet certain criteria to be eligible for benefits under the trust.
01:47 PM -- Mike Rogers, Colorado Professional Fire Fighters, testified in support of the bill.
01:51 PM -- Chief Don Lombardi, Colorado State Fire Chiefs, testified in support of the bill.
01:54 PM -- Ann Terry, Special District Association, testified in support of the bill.
01:55 PM
Mr. Rogers, Chief Lombardi, and Ms. Terry responded to questions from the committee.
02:08 PM
Representative Pettersen and Representative Exum gave concluding remarks.
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| BILL: | SB17-214 | |
| TIME: | 02:10:46 PM | |
| MOVED: | Pettersen | |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 17-214 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. | |
| SECONDED: | Danielson | |
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VOTE |
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Catlin |
Yes |
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Everett |
Yes |
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Ginal |
Yes |
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Hooton |
Yes |
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Landgraf |
Yes |
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Lewis |
Yes |
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Liston |
Yes |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Michaelson Jenet |
Yes |
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Pettersen |
Yes |
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Ransom |
Yes |
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Danielson |
Yes |
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Singer |
Yes |
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Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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