Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology (04/17/2006)

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STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, LABOR AND TECHNOLOGY

Date:	04/17/2006	ATTENDANCE

Time:	02:09 PM to 03:07 PM	Boyd	X
		Evans	X
Place:	SCR 354	Kester	X
		Takis	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Wiens	X
	Senator Takis	Tochtrop	*
		Veiga	*
This Report was prepared by
	Jeanette Chapman
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
Conf 06-Confirmation Financial Services Board Conf 06-Confirmation Colorado Banking Board SB06-221		Favorably Refer to the Full Senate Favorably Refer to the Full Senate Amended, Referred to the Committee of the Whole

02:10 PM

Appointees for membership to the state Financial Services Board: Douglas Ferraro, Stephen Williams, Martell Chapital-Smith, introduced themselves and discussed their experiences with the board. A packet of background materials for the appointees was provided to the committee (Attachment A). They responded to questions from the committee.


BILL:	Conf 06-Confirmation Financial Services Board
TIME:	02:16:02 PM
MOVED:	Veiga
MOTION:	Favorably refer appointees Ferraro, Williams, and Chapital for re-appointment by the full Senate. The motion passed 6-0-1.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Boyd	Yes
	Evans	Yes
	Kester	Yes
	Takis	Yes
	Wiens	Yes
	Tochtrop	Excused
	Veiga	Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:17 PM

Candidates for reappointment to the Colorado Banking Board: Mary Reisher, William Mitchell, and D. Terry Reitan, introduced themselves and discussed their experiences with the board. A packet of candidate materials was provided to the committee (Attachment B).


BILL:	Conf 06-Confirmation Colorado Banking Board
TIME:	02:21:04 PM
MOVED:	Boyd
MOTION:	Favorably refer appointees Reisher, Mitchell, Reitan for confirmation to the Colorado Banking Board by the full Senate. The motion passed 6-0-1.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Boyd	Yes
	Evans	Yes
	Kester	Yes
	Takis	Yes
	Wiens	Yes
	Tochtrop	Excused
	Veiga	Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:22 PM -- Senate Bill 06-221

Senator Hagedorn introduced his bill regarding the establishment of a trauma care reimbursement program for the state. He provided a strike-below amendment to the committee (Attachment C) that would add a study of funding for statewide trauma care to the list of possible areas of study by the Health Care Task Force. Senator Wiens spoke about the necessity of including first responder funding for natural disasters and other emergency situations in such a study. The committee discussed broadening the charge to examine all kinds of unreimbursed costs of health care providers to include trauma care, emergency preparedness, as well as auto insurance.

02:39 PM -- Kevin Klein, Colorado State Fire Chiefs Association and Trauma Care Preservation Coalition, spoke in support of the proposed amendment to the bill.

02:43 PM -- Dr. Andrew Berson, Memorial Hospital Central, spoke in support of the proposed amendment and described his experiences as a trauma care provider. He responded to questions from the committee regarding the different levels of trauma centers across the state. Senator Veiga raised a question as to whether the state has an overabundance of level one and two trauma care providers.

02:58 PM -- David Patterson, Rural/Metro Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado, spoke in support of the proposed amendment.

02:59 PM -- Robert Ferm, American Insurance Association, spoke in support of the proposed amendment.

03:01 PM

Senator Hagedorn made closing comments on the merits of the legislation. The committee discussed the appropriateness of sending the bill as amended to the committee of the whole, rather than to appropriations.


BILL:	SB06-221
TIME:	03:04:45 PM
MOVED:	Takis
MOTION:	Amendment L.003 (Attachment C). Senator Takis proposed an amendment to the amendment. After the amendment to the amendment passed without objection, the motion on L.003, as amended was also passed without objection.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Boyd
	Evans
	Kester
	Takis
	Wiens
	Tochtrop	Excused
	Veiga
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	SB06-221
TIME:	03:05:34 PM
MOVED:	Takis
MOTION:	Refer SB 221 to the Committee of the Whole, as amended. Senator Tochtrop explained the reasons for her no vote. The motion passed 6-1.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Boyd	Yes
	Evans	Yes
	Kester	Yes
	Takis	Yes
	Wiens	Yes
	Tochtrop	No
	Veiga	Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:	SB06-221
TIME:	03:05:05 PM
MOVED:	Takis
MOTION:	Amend L.003. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Boyd
	Evans
	Kester
	Takis
	Wiens
	Tochtrop	Excused
	Veiga
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

03:07 PM

The committee recessed.