Bill Summary for Bill Number HB06-1050

Date: 04/13/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1050

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 06-1395 to the Committee on Appro	PASS

11:46 AM -- House Bill 06-1395 - Concerning Residential Child Health Care

Representative Buescher, prime sponsor, distributed a fact sheet on the bill (Attachment A) and explained the provisions in the bill. This bill is recommended by the Joint Budget Committee. It includes the following provisions regarding residential child health care:

• defines psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) for purposes of the program for residential child health care;
• authorizes the program for residential child health care to provide services to Medicaid-eligible children residing in PRTFs;
• requires the Medical Services Board to define in rule the staff permitted to order, monitor, and assess seclusion and restraint in PRTFs, and the corresponding restrictions on the use of seclusion and restraint;
• for FY 2006-07 and the first half of FY 2007-08, specifies that the 20 percent county share shall be reduced to the county's FY 2004-05 actual contribution;
• on or before February 1, 2007, requires the Department of Human Services to submit recommendations to the Joint Budget Committee on a county share for the actual cost of providing residential child health care services for the last half of FY 2007-08;
• for FY 2008-09 and each fiscal year thereafter, requires that the county share be 20 percent;
• authorizes the department to seek supplemental funding related to the implementation of the placement of children in a residential child health care program for both FY 2006-07 and FY 2007-08;
• defines residential child care facility to include community-based residential child care facilities, shelter facilities, and therapeutic residential child care facilities (TRCCFs); and
• establishes a provisional license for specified mental health professionals who are working in residential child care facilities.

Representative Buescher closed by commenting on the fiscal impact of the bill on the General Fund.

The following persons testified:

11:53 AM -- Ms. Pat Ratliff, Colorado Counties Incorporated, testified in support of the bill.
11:53 AM -- Ms. Holly Stevenson, Colorado Health Care Policy and Financing, testified in support of the bill.
11:54 AM -- Ms. Judy Rodriguez, Colorado Department of Human Services, testified in support of the legislation.


BILL:	HB06-1395
TIME:	11:54:37 AM
MOVED:	Cloer
MOTION:	Refer House Bill 06-1395 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a 13-0-0.
SECONDED:	Judd
		VOTE
	Benefield	Yes
	Cloer	Yes
	Crane	Yes
	Frangas	Yes
	Garcia	Yes
	Harvey	Yes
	Jahn	Yes
	Kerr	Yes
	Marshall	Yes
	Massey	Yes
	McCluskey	Yes
	Judd	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS