Bill Summary for Bill Number HB12-1300

Date: 03/01/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1300

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Adopt prepared amendment L.001 (Attachment E). The Refer House Bill 12-1300, as amended, to the Commi	Pass Without Objection PASS

02:29 PM -- House Bill 12-1300

The committee returned to order.

Representative Gardner, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 12-1300 concerning professional review committees. He distributed prepared amendment L.001 (Attachment E), which strikes everything below the enacting clause. He explained his reasons for offering the strike-below amendment and responded to questions from the committee. He indicated that all of the witnesses would likely be testifying to the strike-below amendment, rather than to the printed bill.

02:41 PM -- Dr. Brent Keeler, representing the Colorado Medical Society, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Keeler provided the committee with a written statement (Attachment F). He also provided a letter of support from the Colorado Medical Society (Attachment G). He read his prepared remarks and responded to questions from the committee.

02:55 PM

The committee discussed the need for professional review of medical caregivers.

02:59 PM

Representative Gardner discussed some process-oriented issues with the bill and indicated that he is still working with stakeholders to fine-tune the bill with amendments that will be offered on second reading.

03:01 PM -- Dr. Michael Chase, representing Kaiser Permanente, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Chase stressed that professional review is essential for improving patient safety and insuring physician competence. He discussed the importance of confidentiality with regard to professional review. He talked about sharing information among various medical entities involved in professional review.

03:04 PM -- Brian Tobias, representing the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), came to the table to respond to questions about the sunset review process.

03:05 PM -- Richard Morales, representing DORA, testified that the department has some reservations about the amendment.

03:06 PM -- Ann McCullough, representing the Colorado Hospital Association, testified in support of the bill and potential amendments. Ms. McCullough responded to questions from the committee about the ways the bill brings Colorado law into conformance with federal law.

03:12 PM -- Linda Siderius, representing the Colorado Nurses' Association and the Colorado Association of Nurse Midwives, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Siderius indicated that nurses, advanced practice nurses, and nurse midwives want to participate in the professional review process. She discussed concerns with language in the strike-below amendment pertaining to the advanced practice nurses. Representative Gardner expressed his commitment to continuing to work with the nursing community to get the bill right.

03:16 PM -- John Conklin, representing the Colorado Medical Society, made himself available to respond to technical and legal questions.

03:17 PM -- Mel Sabey, representing a number of Colorado hospitals, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Sabey stressed the importance of confidentiality in the area of professional review. He addressed earlier questions about the "objectively reasonable" and "good faith" standards.

03:22 PM -- Susan Koontz, representing the Colorado Medical Society, provided technical and legal assistance in response to questions from the committee.

03:29 PM

Representative Gardner provided closing comments about the bill. He thanked the stakeholders for their hard work over the last several months.

03:31 PM -- Duane Gall, representing the Office of Legislative Legal Services, came to the table to respond to questions from the committee.


BILL:	HB12-1300
TIME:	03:36:02 PM
MOVED:	Gardner B.
MOTION:	Adopt prepared amendment L.001 (Attachment E). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:	Pabon
		VOTE
	DelGrosso
	Duran
	Kagan
	Lee
	Nikkel
	Pabon
	Ryden
	Sonnenberg
	Waller
	Barker
	Gardner B.

YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:	HB12-1300
TIME:	03:36:48 PM
MOVED:	Gardner B.
MOTION:	Refer House Bill 12-1300, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:	Kagan
		VOTE
	DelGrosso	Yes
	Duran	Yes
	Kagan	Yes
	Lee	Yes
	Nikkel	Yes
	Pabon	Yes
	Ryden	Yes
	Sonnenberg	Yes
	Waller	Yes
	Barker	Yes
	Gardner B.	Yes

Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS