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s_fin_2016a_2016-03-17t11:37:19z1 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/17/2016



Final

BILL SUMMARY for SB16-077



SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt Amendment L.004 (Attachment E). This amendme

Adopt Amendment L.005 (Attachment F). The motion p

Change the date of the sunset review of the Employ

Refer Senate Bill 16-077, as amended, to the Commi
Pass Without Objection



Pass Without Objection

PASS







12:08 PM -- SB16-077



Senator Kefalas, prime sponsor, returned to the committee continue his presentation of Senate Bill 16-077. The committee heard witness testimony and adopted Amendments L.001 (a strike-below amendment), L002, and L.003 (Attachments B, C, and D, respectively) on February 16. The bill, as amended by Amendment L.001, outlines policies designed to increase employment opportunities for persons with intellectual and development disabilities (IDD). The bill specifies five agency partners — the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE), the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), the Department of Education (CDE), the Department of Higher Education (DHE), and the Department of Human Services (DHS) — which must work together to identify employment and educational opportunities for persons with disabilities. The bill also creates the Employment First Core State Advisory Group (advisory group) within CDLE.



16SenateFin0317AttachB.pdf16SenateFin0317AttachB.pdf 16SenateFin0317AttachC.pdf16SenateFin0317AttachC.pdf



16SenateFin0317AttachD.pdf16SenateFin0317AttachD.pdf



Senator Kefalas presented and explained Amendment L.004, a strike-below amendment, and Amendment L.005 (Attachments E and F, respectively). The members also received a memo, published by Legislative Council Staff, about the fiscal impact of the bill with Amendment L.004 (Attachment G).



16SenateFin0317AttachE.pdf16SenateFin0317AttachE.pdf 16SenateFin0317AttachF.pdf16SenateFin0317AttachF.pdf



16SenateFin0317AttachG.pdf16SenateFin0317AttachG.pdf

BILL: SB16-077
TIME: 12:16:54 PM
MOVED: Hill
MOTION: Adopt Amendment L.004 (Attachment E). This amendment replaces Amendments L.001, L.002, and L.003. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Johnston
Kerr
Hill
Neville T.
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
BILL: SB16-077
TIME: 12:21:08 PM
MOVED: Hill
MOTION: Adopt Amendment L.005 (Attachment F). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Johnston
Kerr
Hill
Neville T.
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
BILL: SB16-077
TIME: 12:21:31 PM
MOVED: Neville T.
MOTION: Change the date of the sunset review of the Employment First Advisory Partnership from September 1, 2026, to September 1, 2021. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Johnston
Kerr
Hill
Neville T.
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL: SB16-077
TIME: 12:22:57 PM
MOVED: Hill
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 16-077, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Yes
Johnston
Yes
Kerr
Yes
Hill
Yes
Neville T.
Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS