B60D6123C3754EA087258AD80071E2EE Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For HB24-1229HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICESDate Mar 6, 2024 Location HCR 0112 HB24-1229 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole Attachment Tag File Name Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/E53A4844762A...$File/Attachment B.pdf?OpenElement Attachment B.pdf Attachment C http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/1A847B6F561B...$File/Attachment C.pdf?OpenElement Attachment C.pdf 01:43:58 PM The primary bill sponsor, Representative English, introduced House Bill 24-1229 to the House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill changes the requirements for people in need of long-term care to become presumptively eligible for Medicaid by removing the requirement for a level of care assessment and allowing the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to collect any information required for federal authorization. The bill sponsor provided the committee with a printed handout (Attachment B). 01:48:48 PM David Bolin, representing Colorado Long-Term Assistance Service Providers, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Deborah Lively, representing LeadingAge Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Doug Farmer, representing the Colorado Health Care Association, testified in support of the bill. Candace Bailey, representing the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, testified in support of the bill. 01:57:23 PM Dawn Russell, representing American Disabled For Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT), testified in support of the bill. Ms. Julie Reiskin, representing the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Additional written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachment C). 02:01:36 PM The primary bill sponsor, Representative English, provided closing comments on House Bill 24-1229. 02:02:57 PM Members of the committee provided closing comments regarding the bill. 02:04:16 PM Motion Refer House Bill 24-1229 to the Committee of the Whole. Moved English Seconded Bradley Bradfield Excused Bradley Yes Brown Yes English Yes Hamrick Yes Hernandez Excused Holtorf Yes Lieder Yes McCormick Yes Ortiz Yes Weinberg Yes Young Yes Daugherty Yes Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS