House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services (05/03/2013)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH CARE & HUMAN SERVICES

Date:	05/03/2013	ATTENDANCE

Time:	11:24 AM to 11:37 AM	Conti	X
		Everett	X
Place:	HCR 0107	Joshi	X
		Landgraf	X
This Meeting was called to order by		May	X
	Representative Primavera	McCann	X
		Schafer	X
This Report was prepared by		Singer	X
	Amanda King	Stephens	X
		Tyler	X
		Wilson	X
		Young	X
		Primavera	X
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
SB13-276		Referred to Appropriations

11:24 AM -- Senate Bill 13-276

Representative Gerou presented Senate Bill 13-276 concerning the Disability Investigational and Pilot Support Fund. The bill moves the Coordinated Care for People with Disabilities Fund from the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and renames it the Disability Investigational and Pilot Support Fund within the Department of Personnel. The new fund is to consist of moneys transferred from the from the Coordinated Care for People With Disabilities Fund, moneys appropriated by the General Assembly, and moneys received as gifts, grants, or donations. Under current law, interest or income earnings from the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund are credited to the Coordinated Care for People With Disabilities Fund. The bill relocates these earnings to the Disability Investigational and Pilot Support Fund.

The Disability Investigational and Pilot Support Fund will be managed by the renamed Disability-Benefit Support Contract Committee. The bill expands the committee membership. The committee is directed to use the Disability Investigational and Pilot Support Fund to award grants and loans to projects or programs to study or pilot new and innovative ideas, which will lead an improved quality of life or increased independence for people with disabilities. The Disability Investigational and Pilot Support Fund is authorized to make transfers to the existing Registration Number Fund. The Registration Number Fund is also amended to allow for the receipt of gifts, grants, or loans and clarifies that such moneys remain in the fund.

The bill also removes the statutory authority of the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to operate the pilot program for coordinated care for people with disabilities. This program was established in 2006 and ceased operations as of December 31, 2012.

Representative Gerou responded to questions about the transfer from the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Fund and why the Disability Investigational and Pilot Support Fund is being transferred to the Department of Personnel. She continued to respond to questions about the role of the license plate auction group, what constitutes sufficient funds, and the appropriations in the bill.

11:31 AM -- Mark Simon, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. He provided a handout to the committee (Attachment A). He discussed the pilot programs funded through the Coordinated Care for People with Disabilities Fund and the need to continue consumer-driven pilot programs. He discussed moving the fund to the Department of Personnel, the license plate auction process,
and the possible creation of a revolving loan fund.

130503 AttachA.pdf

11:35 AM

Representative Gerou discussed her intentions to offer a second reading amendment to address a technical issue in the bill.


BILL:	SB13-276
TIME:	11:35:52 AM
MOVED:	Young
MOTION:	Refer Senate Bill 13-276 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0.
SECONDED:	Joshi
		VOTE
	Conti	Yes
	Everett	Yes
	Joshi	Yes
	Landgraf	Yes
	May	Yes
	McCann	Yes
	Schafer	Yes
	Singer	Yes
	Stephens	Yes
	Tyler	Yes
	Wilson	Yes
	Young	Yes
	Primavera	Yes

Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

11:36 AM

The committee adjourned.