H_PBH_2023A 03/21/2023 01:31:57 PM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGHOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Date 03/21/2023 Attendance Amabile X Bradfield X Bradley X English * Hamrick X Holtorf X Jodeh * Joseph X Story X Young X Michaelson Jenet * Time 01:31:57 PM to 06:06:42 PM Place HCR 0107 This Meeting was called to order by Michaelson Jenet This Report was prepared by Amanda King Hearing Items Action Taken hHB23-1228 Amended, referred to House Finance hHB23-1200 Amended, referred to House Appropriations hHB23-1223 Amended, referred to House Appropriations HB23-1228 - Amended, referred to House Finance Attachment Tag File Name Attachment A http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/76016126014E...$File/Attachment A.pdf?OpenElement Attachment A.pdf Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/5AD71752F983...$File/Attachment B.pdf?OpenElement Attachment B.pdf 01:33:29 PM Representative Willford and Speaker McCluskie, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 23-1223, concerning nursing facility reimbursement rate setting. The bill makes several changes to the Medicaid nursing facility reimbursement rate setting process. Speaker McCluskie referenced amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee. 01:43:05 PM Bonnie Silva, representing the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, testified in support of the bill. She provided a handout to the committee (Attachment B). Doug Farmer, representing the Colorado Health Care Association, testified in support of the bill. Heather TerHark, representing Vivage/Beecan, testified in support of the bill. Eddy Boyles, representing the Julia Temple Healthcare Center, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 02:13:42 PM John Stewart, representing Beecan Health, testified in support of the bill. Mindy Moskowitz, representing Shalom Park, testified in support of the bill. Deborah Lively, representing LeadingAge Colorado, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 02:28:11 PM Speaker McCluskie made additional comments about the bill and the bill's fiscal note. 02:30:48 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). Moved Michaelson Jenet Seconded Jodeh Amabile Bradfield Bradley English Hamrick Holtorf Jodeh Joseph Story Young Michaelson Jenet YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 02:31:10 PM Representative Willford made concluding remarks on the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 02:37:54 PM Motion Refer House Bill 23-1228, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. Moved Michaelson Jenet Seconded Hamrick Amabile Yes Bradfield Yes Bradley Yes English Yes Hamrick Yes Holtorf Yes Jodeh Yes Joseph Yes Story Yes Young Yes Michaelson Jenet Yes Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS HB23-1200 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment C http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/A29F48A7CF77...$File/Attachment C.pdf?OpenElement Attachment C.pdf Attachment D http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/1C14B6014CA0...$File/Attachment D.pdf?OpenElement Attachment D.pdf Attachment E http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/855E0A258AE7...$File/Attachment E.pdf?OpenElement Attachment E.pdf 02:38:01 PM The committee recessed. 02:38:29 PM The committee came back to order. 02:39:57 PM Representative Ricks and Representative Bockenfeld, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 23-1200, concerning improved outcomes for persons with behavioral health disorders. The bill creates a pilot program under the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) to provide vouchers to applicants for private behavioral health care. Additionally, the bill requires the BHA to develop a family input form for behavioral health entities and Medicaid providers. Representative Ricks discussed amendment L.007 (Attachment C). The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee. 02:50:00 PM Meighen Lovelace, representing the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, testified in support of the bill. She provided an information packet to the committee (Attachment D). Michael Neil, representing the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Julie Reiskin, representing the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Hillary Jorgensen, read testimony on behalf of Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition members, in support of the bill. Francesca Maes, representing the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions for the committee. 03:11:10 PM Ryan Templeton, representing the BHA, testified in opposition to the bill. Edie Sonn, representing the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council, testified to amend the bill. Cristen Bates, representing the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, was available to answer committee questions. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 03:35:30 PM Sandra Sharp Dummit, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. Renee Payne, representing Disability Law Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Dawn Howard, representing the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Bridget Anshus, representing Mental Health Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Vladimir Lora Parsi, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Joseph Noland, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. Written testimony was provided to the committee (Attachment E). 03:59:25 PM The committee recessed. 04:09:10 PM The committee came back to order. 04:10:47 PM The committee recessed. 04:11:50 PM The committee came back to order. 04:12:42 PM Ms. Bates returned to provide additional information to the committee and respond to futher questions from the committee and bill sponsors. 04:34:39 PM Representative Ricks explained amendment L.007 and responded to questions from the committee. 04:39:33 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment C). Moved Michaelson Jenet Seconded English Amabile Bradfield Bradley English Hamrick Holtorf Jodeh Joseph Story Young Michaelson Jenet YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 04:39:34 PM Representative Bockenfeld and Representative Ricks made concluding remarks on the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 04:46:35 PM Motion Refer House Bill 23-1200, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Story Seconded Bradley Amabile Yes Bradfield Yes Bradley Yes English Yes Hamrick Yes Holtorf Yes Jodeh Yes Joseph Yes Story Yes Young Yes Michaelson Jenet Excused Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS HB23-1223 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment F http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/0B902537ABBB...$File/Attachment F.pdf?OpenElement Attachment F.pdf Attachment G http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/EA7F44B2DE99...$File/Attachment G.pdf?OpenElement Attachment G.pdf Attachment H http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/0BE3185A772D...$File/Attachment H.pdf?OpenElement Attachment H.pdf Attachment I http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/0C4B245A11D1...$File/Attachment I.pdf?OpenElement Attachment I.pdf Attachment J http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/C5F31114D882...$File/Attachment J.pdf?OpenElement Attachment J.pdf Attachment K http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/E07D30BAD354...$File/Attachment K.pdf?OpenElement Attachment K.pdf Attachment L http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/3FA5FC0A6B71...$File/Attachment L.pdf?OpenElement Attachment L.pdf 04:46:41 PM The committee recessed. 04:57:02 PM The committee came back to order. 04:59:32 PM Representative English and Representative Bacon, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 23-1223, concerning the creation of a task force to establish shared guidance for entities to utilize in prioritizing grant money to achieve maximum impact to reduce negative outcomes for youth. The bill creates a task force in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to establish shared goals, objectives, and guidelines for governmental agencies and community-based agencies to reduce youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk for target communities. Specifically, the task force must identify target communities; work to prioritize, align, and pool government resources; and work to prioritize the distribution of existing and new government grants. The task force must be formed by December 2023, present preliminary findings to the General Assembly in January 2024, and present its final report in January 2025. The bill sponsors provided a handout the committee (Attachment F). Amendments L.001, L.003, L.004, L.005, L.006 were distributed to the committee (Attachments G through K). The bill sponsors answered questions from the committee. 05:07:34 PM Representative English read statements in support of the bill from Dane Washington, Sr. and Angie McPhaul. The letter from Ms. McPhaul was distributed to the committee (Attachment L). 05:13:16 PM Benzel Jimmerson, representing Metro DEEP Inc., testified in support of the bill. Narcy Jackson, representing Athletics and Beyond, testified in support of the bill. June Marcel, representing Denver Public Schools, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee. 05:33:18 PM Wes Skiles, representing the SAS Institute, testified to amend the bill. He responded to questions from the committee. John Correllus, representing the SAS Institute, was available to answer committee questions. Sarah DeVore, representing the SAS Institute, was available to answer committee questions. 05:41:29 PM Representative Bacon explained amendment L.001. 05:41:30 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment G). Moved Michaelson Jenet Seconded Bradley Amabile Bradfield Bradley English Excused Hamrick Holtorf Jodeh Joseph Story Young Michaelson Jenet YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:41:49 PM Representative Bacon explained amendment L.003. 05:44:23 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment H). Moved Michaelson Jenet Seconded Amabile Amabile Bradfield Bradley English Excused Hamrick Holtorf Jodeh Joseph Story Young Michaelson Jenet YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:44:30 PM Representative Bacon explained amendment L.004. 05:45:15 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment I). Moved Michaelson Jenet Seconded Amabile Amabile Bradfield Bradley English Excused Hamrick Holtorf Jodeh Joseph Story Young Michaelson Jenet YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:45:16 PM Representative Bacon explained amendment L.005. She responded to questions from the committee. 05:49:08 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment J). Moved Michaelson Jenet Seconded Jodeh Amabile Bradfield Bradley English Excused Hamrick Holtorf Jodeh Joseph Story Young Michaelson Jenet YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:49:47 PM Representative Bacon explained amendment L.006. 05:51:04 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment K). Moved Michaelson Jenet Seconded Amabile Amabile Bradfield Bradley English Excused Hamrick Holtorf Jodeh Joseph Story Young Michaelson Jenet YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 05:51:05 PM Representative Bacon responded to questions from the committee. Representative English and Representative Bacon made concluding remarks on the bill. Committee members commented on the bill. 06:06:32 PM Motion Refer House Bill 23-1223, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved English Seconded Michaelson Jenet Amabile Yes Bradfield Yes Bradley Yes English Yes Hamrick Yes Holtorf Yes Jodeh Yes Joseph Yes Story Yes Young Yes Michaelson Jenet Yes Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS 06:06:42 PM The committee adjourned.