B954D75C6C7EEC92872589A30073A5C4 Hearing Summary

Co-prime sponsors, Representatives Bird and Sirota, gave an overview of Senate Bill 23-289, concerning Community First Choice Medicaid Benefit. The bill creates the Community First Choice option under the the state Medicaid program. The bill sponsors provided a handout to the committee (Attachment B).

The committee asked questions on the bill.

David Bolin, representing
Colorado Long-Term Assistance Service Providers, testified in support of
the bill.



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



Additional written
testimony is including as Attachments C.1 and C.2.

The committee asked the panel of witnesses questions.

The sponsors gave closing comments on the bill.

The committee gave closing comments on the bill.