Final
BILL SUMMARY for
SB05-173
HOUSE
COMMITTEE ON
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Votes:
Action Taken:
Adopt L.006. The motion passed without objection.
Adopt L.007. The motion passed 12-1.
Pass Without Objection
PASS
02:30 PM -- Senate Bill 05-173
Representative Hall, sponsor, presented the bill regarding Medicaid long-term care, community care, an advisory committee, and a coordinated care pilot program. Amendment L.008 was distributed to members (Attachment D).
The following persons testified.
02:34 PM --
John Zabawa, Colorado Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (CAHSA), described CAHSA'a support of long-term care policies that fulfill individual client needs.
02:39 PM --
David Reyes, Total Long-term Care, discussed the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). He described Colorado's long-term care system as fragmented and lacking coordination among providers. He discussed amendment L.008.
02:45 PM --
Dean Painter, Eaton Senior Programs, spoke in support of the bill.
02:49 PM --
Julie Reiskin, Colorado Cross Disability Coalition, spoke in support of the bill.
02:50 PM --
Barbara Prehmus, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, spoke in support of the bill. She answered questions about private contracts for writing Medicaid waivers.
02:55 PM --
Laura Landwirth,
Colorado Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, discussed CAHSA's support of long-term care initiatives.
02:58 PM --
Marilyn Spiegel, AARP, spoke in support of the bill and distributed a long-term care opinion survey to members (a copy was not made available to staff).
02:59 PM --
Betsy Murray, Home Care Association of Colorado, spoke in support of the bill.
03:01 PM
Amendments L.006 and L.007 were distributed to members (Attachments E and F).
BILL:
SB05-173
TIME:
03:02:44 PM
MOVED:
Boyd
MOTION:
Adopt L.006. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
Stafford
VOTE
Berens
Clapp
Cloer
Green
Lundberg
McGihon
Riesberg
Soper
Stafford
Sullivan
Weissmann
Frangas
Boyd
Not Final
YES:
0
NO:
0
EXC:
0
ABS:
0
FINAL ACTION:
Pass Without Objection
03:03 PM
Representative Weissmann discussed L.007.
BILL:
SB05-173
TIME:
03:04:44 PM
MOVED:
Weissmann
MOTION:
Adopt L.007. The motion passed 12-1.
SECONDED:
Cloer
VOTE
Berens
Yes
Clapp
Yes
Cloer
Yes
Green
Yes
Lundberg
Yes
McGihon
Yes
Riesberg
Yes
Soper
Yes
Stafford
No
Sullivan
Yes
Weissmann
Yes
Frangas
Yes
Boyd
Yes
Not Final
YES:
12
NO:
1
EXC:
0
ABS:
0
FINAL ACTION:
PASS
03:06 PM
Representative Boyd distributed and discussed L.008 (Attachment G). The amendment was severed. Severed section A is lines one to 11, and severed section B is lines 12 to 16.
BILL:
SB05-173
TIME:
03:11:46 PM
MOVED:
Weissmann
MOTION:
Amend severed section B of L.008, line 14, after "by", insert "the General Assembly acting by bill." Strike the remainder of line 14 and all of lines 15 and 16. The motion failed 3-10.
SECONDED:
Sullivan
VOTE
Berens
No
Clapp
No
Cloer
No
Green
No
Lundberg
No
McGihon
No
Riesberg
No
Soper
No
Stafford
No
Sullivan
Yes
Weissmann
Yes
Frangas
No
Boyd
Yes
Not Final YES:
3
NO:
10
EXC:
0
ABS:
0
FINAL ACTION:
FAIL
03:15 PM
Representative Boyd made a motion to adopt severed section B of L.008. The motion died for lack of a second. Members commented on severed section A of L.008.
BILL:
SB05-173
TIME:
03:20:13 PM
MOVED:
Boyd
MOTION:
Adopt severed section A (lines one to 11) of L.008. The motion failed 3-10.
SECONDED:
Weissmann
VOTE
Berens
No
Clapp
No
Cloer
Yes
Green
No
Lundberg
No
McGihon
No
Riesberg
No
Soper
No
Stafford
No
Sullivan
No
Weissmann
Yes
Frangas
No
Boyd
Yes
Not Final YES:
3
NO:
10
EXC:
0
ABS:
0
FINAL ACTION:
FAIL
03:21 PM
Representative Green distributed and discussed a handwritten amendment (Attachment H). Members commented on the amendment. The motion to adopt the amendment was withdrawn. Representative Hall made concluding remarks.
BILL:
SB05-173
TIME:
03:33:56 PM
MOVED:
Stafford
MOTION:
Refer the bill, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed 13-0.
SECONDED:
Berens
VOTE
Berens
Yes
Clapp
Yes
Cloer
Yes
Green
Yes
Lundberg
Yes
McGihon
Yes
Riesberg
Yes
Soper
Yes
Stafford
Yes
Sullivan
Yes
Weissmann
Yes
Frangas
Yes
Boyd
Yes
Final YES:
13
NO:
0
EXC:
0
ABS:
0
FINAL ACTION:
PASS