Bill Summary for Bill Number HB06-1018

Date: 03/21/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1018

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Motion to refer HB 06-1018 to the Committee on App	PASS

02:05 PM -- House Bill 06-1018

Senator Sandoval, chair, called the meeting to order. Senator Hagedorn, prime sponsor, explained the provisions of HB 06-1018 which, beginning with FY 2006-07, increases funding to the Older Coloradans Cash Fund from receipts collected from the state sales and use tax from $2.0 million to $3.0 million annually. He indicated that the bill qualifies under the Referendum C and HB 05-1350 spending requirements because the bill increases funding for health care. The committee discussed the fiscal impacts of the bill to the SB 97-1 diversion.

The following persons testified on the bill:

02:11 PM -- Mr. Thomas Swanson, AARP, testified in support of the bill. He distributed a survey of AARP members on the issue of long-term care (Attachment A). He indicated that 80 percent of AARP members thought it was important to have access to long term care, 70 percent were concerned about the costs of long-term care, and 80 percent supported increased services under the Older Coloradans Act. He explained how home- and community-based services were cost effective for long-term care services. He also stated that more money was necessary for the Older Coloradans Act than was being provided for by the bill, but he recognized that the state has fiscal restraints.

02:13 PM -- Ms. Fern Osborne, Older Americans Coalition, testified in support of the bill and discussed why the additional funding provided by the bill is important.

02:17 PM -- Mr. Mike Drake, Colorado Senior Lobby, testified in support of the bill.

02:17 PM -- Ms. Sue Bozinovski, representing the state's 16 area agencies on aging, spoke in support of the bill and discussed why the funds were critical to older Coloradans. She discussed some of the programs and services that are provided funding through the Older Coloradans Act, such as meals on meals, in home services, rides to medical appointments, and medical assistance. She indicated that the Act is underfunded and that in-home services are preferred by older Coloradans and are less costly to the state.


BILL:	HB06-1018
TIME:	02:22:49 PM
MOVED:	Veiga
MOTION:	Motion to refer HB 06-1018 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a 4 - 1 vote.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	No
	Shaffer	Excused
	Taylor	Excused
	Teck	Yes
	Tupa	Yes
	Veiga	Yes
	Sandoval	Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 1 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS