H_PBH_2022A 03/18/2022 10:46:10 AM Committee Summary

Representative Holtorf and Represenative Amabile, co-prime sponsors, made comments on House Bill 22-1268, concerning a reporting of Medicaid reimbursement rates paid to mental health providers, which the committee heard testimony on at its March 15, 2022, hearing.  Representative Amabile explained amendment L.001 (Attachment A).

Representative Amabile explained amendment L.002 (Attachment B).

Representative Amabile explained amendment L.003 (Attachment C).

Representative Amabile explained amendment L.005 (Attachment D).

Representative Holtorf further explained amendment L.005.

Representative Amabile and Representative Holtorf provided concluding remarks on the bill.  Committee members commented on the bill.

Representative A. Valdez and Representative Larson, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 22-1114, concerning authorizing a transportation network company to provide nonmedical transportation services to persons who are enrolled in certain Medicaid waiver programs.  The bill authorizes a transportation network company to provide non-medical transportation services to persons enrolled in certain Medicaid waiver programs beginning July 1, 2024.  Representative Larson discussed amendment L.004 (Attachment E).

Representative Larson and Representative A. Valdez responded to questions from the committee.

Salvador Pozos, representing the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 19, testified to amend the bill.

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

Michael Hoover, representing the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council's Public Policy Committee, testified in support of the bill.

Committee members commented on the testimony from the panelists.

Jaime Lewis, representing the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, testified in support of the bill.

Rachelle Rice, representing self, testified in support of the bill.

Kian Phair, representing self, testified in support of the bill.

Karen Whitehead, representing self, testified in support of the bill.

Bryn Baldassari, representing the Stepping Stone Support Center, testified in support of the bill.

Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment F).

Representative Larson discussed amendments L.004 and L.005 (Attachment G).

Representative Larson further discussed amendment L.004.

Representative Larson and Representative A. Valdez provided concluding remarks on the bill. The committee members made comments on the bill.

Representative Lindsay, prime bill sponsor, presented House Bill 22-1292, concerning expanding the uses of money in the State Dental Loan Repayment Fund to include oral health programs administered by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Under current law, the Dental Loan Repayment Program Fund receives 1.0 percent of Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement deposited to the Tobacco Litigation Settlement Cash Fund. This bill renames the fund as the Dental Loan Repayment and Oral Health Programs Fund and expands the use of the money in the fund to include oral health programs within the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Dr. Karen Foster, representing the Colorado Dental Association, testified to amend the bill.

Lisa Valdez, representing Kids in Need of Dentistry, testified in support of the bill.

Steve Holloway, representing the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, testified in support of the bill.

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.

Representative Lindsay explained amendment L.001 (Attachment H).

Representative Lindsay made concluding remarks on the bill.

Committee members commented on the bill.

Representative Young and Representative Larson, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 22-077, concerning the adoption of an interstate compact to allow a person who is a licensed professional counselor in the person's state of residence to practice professional counseling in a compact state in which the person is not licensed. The bill permits Colorado to join the interstate licensed professional counselor compact.

Dr. Ryan Burkhart, representing the Colorado Counseling Association, testified in support of the bill.

Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment I).

Representative Larson and Representative Young provided concluding remarks on the bill.

Committee members commented on the bill.