H_PHC_2017A 03/21/2017 Committee Summary

01:35 PM -- SB 17-142



Representative Danielson, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-142 to the committee. Under current federal law, a patient who undergoes a mammogram must receive a report of the results. This bill requires that the mammography report include a specified notice when a patient's mammogram indicates that the patient has dense breast tissue. Specifically, the notice must inform the patients that:

• their mammogram indicates that they have dense breast tissue;

• dense breast tissue is common and not abnormal;

• dense breast tissue can make interpreting mammogram results more difficult;

• dense breast tissue may be associated with an increased risk of breast cancer; and

• the notice is provided to raise awareness and inform their conversations with their doctor.

The bill specifies that the required notice does not create a cause of action or a standard of care, obligation, or duty that provides the basis for a cause of action.



01:39 PM



Representative Danielson responded to questions from the committee.













01:43 PM -- Dr. Taj Kattapuram, Colorado Radiological Society, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Kattapuram responded to questions from the committee.



01:50 PM -- Dr. Steph Timothy, Colorado Breast Density Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Timothy responded to questions from the committee.



01:55 PM -- Dick Brown, Colorado Section - American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, testified in support of the bill.



01:59 PM -- Jennifer Gross, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.



02:06 PM



Representative Danielson gave concluding remarks. Committee members commented on the bill.

02:12 PM



The committee recessed briefly.



02:20 PM -- SB 17-178



Representative Singer called the meeting back to order. Representative Melton, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 17-178 to the committee. The bill prohibits a court from requiring, as a condition of any bond, that a person who possesses a valid registry identification card abstain from using medical marijuana.











02:24 PM



Representative Melton responded to questions from the committee.



02:36 PM -- Jason Warf, Southern Colorado Cannabis Council, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Warf responded to questions from the committee.



02:45 PM -- Shawn Coleman, Drug Policy Alliance, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Coleman responded to questions from the committee.



02:52 PM -- Teri Robnett, Cannabis Patients Alliance, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Robnett responded to questions from the committee.



03:03 PM



Representative Melton gave concluding remarks on the bill. Committee members commented on the bill.

03:16 PM -- HB 17-1229



Representative Singer and Representative Becker, bill sponsors, presented House Bill 17-1229 to the committee and distributed a handout (Attachment A). The bill makes changes to workers' compensation law. It requires mental impairment claims to be proven by evidence supported by the testimony of a licensed psychiatrist, rather than a physician, or a psychologist. The bill defines "psychologically traumatic event" as one generally outside of a worker's usual experience that would evoke significant symptoms of distress in a worker in similar circumstances, or an event within a worker's usual experience only when the worker is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist after:



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• experiencing an attempt by another person to cause the worker serious bodily injury or death through the use of deadly force;

• witnessing a death, or the immediate aftermath of a death, of one or more people as the result of a violent event; or

• repeatedly witnessing the serious bodily injury (or immediate aftermath) of one or more people as a result of an intentional act or of an accident.

03:26 PM -- Jackie Zheleznyak, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Zheleznyak responded to questions from the committee.



03:36 PM -- Frank Cavanaugh, Colorado Self-Insured Association, testified in opposition to the bill.



03:40 PM -- Dr. John Nicoletti, Fraternal Order of Police, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Nicoletti responded to questions from the committee.



03:49 PM -- Edie Sonn, Pinnacol Assurance, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Sonn responded to questions from the committee.



03:55 PM -- Howard Paul, Colorado Search and Rescue Board, testified in support of the bill.



04:00 PM -- Kevin Bommer, Colorado Municipal League, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Bommer responded to questions from the committee.



04:08 PM -- Amy Newton, Pinnacol Assurance, responded to questions from the committee.



04:11 PM -- Tim Dienst, Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



04:14 PM -- Jim Crone, County Sheriffs of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



04:19 PM -- Don Enlow, Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Association of State Patrol Professionals, testified in support of the bill.



04:24 PM -- Ron Sloan, Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police, testified in support of the bill.



04:27 PM -- Nick Fogel, Fraternal Order of Police, testified in support of the bill.







04:30 PM -- Sean Harper, Fraternal Order of Police, testified in support of the bill.



04:36 PM



Representative Becker and Representative Singer gave concluding remarks on the bill. Committee members commented on the bill.

04:50 PM



Representative Danielson adjourned the meeting.