Date: 04/05/2010

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB10-175

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to refer Senate Bill 10-175 to the CommitteePASS



02:40 PM -- Senate Bill 10-175

Representative Riesberg introduced Senate Bill 10-175 which relocates several sections of statute concerning behavioral health, substance abuse treatment, and mental health facilities so that the sections are grouped together in Title 27 of the Colorado Revised Statute.

02:44 PM -- Mike Hoover, Colorado Cross Disability Coalition, spoke in support of the bill. He spoke to the need to protect vulnerable populations.

02:50 PM -- Mike McCarty, Colorado Cross Disability Coalition, spoke to his concern with language in the bill related to taking property. Members of the committee discussed with the witness that the bill was moving the language in the statue to a different part of the statute.

02:57 PM -- Edward George, representing himself, spoke to a portion in the law that allows physical restraint to be used on individuals with mental illness.

03:00 PM -- Sheryle Hutter, Colorado Cross Disability Coalition, spoke in support of the bill. She stated that she understands the concept of the bill and the restriction of the bill title, but that she wanted to take the opportunity to let the committee know some of her concerns regarding how mental health and vulnerable populations are managed in Colorado.

BILL:SB10-175
TIME: 03:04:00 PM
MOVED:Riesberg
MOTION:Moved to refer Senate Bill 10-175 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a 10-0 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Acree
VOTE
Acree
Yes
Apuan
Yes
Gerou
Yes
Kefalas
Yes
Kerr J.
Yes
Primavera
Excused
Roberts
Yes
Swalm
Yes
Tyler
Yes
Gagliardi
Yes
Riesberg
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS




03:06 PM

Representative Riesberg spoke to the committee's agenda for April 8, 2010. The committee adjourned.