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PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB24-116
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date May 2, 2024
Location Old State Library
SB24-116 - Referred to House Appropriations
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08:02:11 PM |
The primary bill
sponsor, Representative Jodeh, introduced Senate Bill 24-116 to the House
Health and Human Services Committee. Under current law, people seeking
to enroll in Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus apply through the Department
of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF). However, certain populations,
including persons under 19 or who qualify for the Breast and Cervical Cancer
Program, are deemed presumptively eligible while their applications are
processed and eligible to receive services immediately. HCPF and Denver
Health are currently the only institutions that can make a presumptive
eligibility determination. The bill allows hospitals to make these determinations.
Additionally, the bill makes changes to the requirements for indigent patients
receiving health care discounts on services not reimbursed through the
Colorado Indigent Care Program including: requiring a patient to attest
to residing in Colorado; placing a price cap on comprehensive bills that
aligns with the current caps on individualized bills; authorizing health-care
facilities to deny discounted care to a patient if, during the initial
screening, the patient is determined to be presumptively eligible for Medicaid;
clarifying that the health professional who provides services is responsible
for billing the patient for those services, unless the services are billed
on a comprehensive bill; excluding primary care provided in clinics in
rural or frontier counties that offer a sliding-fee scale from receiving
discounted care; and requiring health professionals, in addition to health
facilities, to report certain data to the Department of Health Care Policy
and Financing.
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08:06:12 PM |
The bill sponsor responded to questions from the committee.
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08:06:33 PM |
Mr. Nikolas Otte,
representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
Adeline Ewing,
representing Colorado Hospital Association, testified in support of the
bill.
Nancy Dolson,
representing Colorado Health Care Policy and Financing Department, testified
in support of the bill.
A set of printed
handouts were provided to members of the committee (Attachment B).
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08:13:15 PM |
The primary bill
sponsor, Representative Jodeh, provided closing comments on Senate Bill
24-116.
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08:14:51 PM
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Motion |
Refer Senate Bill 24-116 to the Committee on Appropriations. |
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Hamrick |
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Bradfield |
No |
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Bradley |
No |
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Brown |
Yes |
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English |
Yes |
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Hamrick |
Yes |
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Hernandez |
Yes |
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Lieder |
Excused |
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McCormick |
Yes |
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Ortiz |
Yes |
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Weinberg |
No |
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Wilson |
No |
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Young |
Yes |
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Daugherty |
Yes |
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Final |
YES: 8 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS |
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