Date: 03/22/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB12-127

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.005 (Attachment A). The motion p
Moved to refer Senate Bill 12-127, as amended, to 		Pass Without Objection
PASS



01:44 PM -- Senate Bill 12-127

Representative Summers presented Senate Bill 12-127 concerning the participation of providers of long-term care in Medicaid care coordination programs. The bill requires that the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing allow long-term care providers to participate if it establishes a program of health homes for chronic conditions. It also requires the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to permit long-term care providers to contract with regional care collaborative organizations either as health homes or to provide primary, specialty, or long-term care supports. Representative Summers discussed the legislative declaration contained in the bill. Representative Summers responded to questions about whether the bill would include people with developmental disabilities and whether regional care collaborative organizations can already contract with long-term care providers.


01:57 PM -- Laura Landwirth, Leading Age Colorado, testified in support of the bill. She discussed the background behind Senate Bill 12-127. Ms. Landwirth responded to questions about the bill, including why the bill is needed.


02:03 PM -- Terri Hurst, Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council, testified in support of the bill. She stated that currently community mental health centers are not allowed to be primary care medical providers within the regional care collaborative organizations. She stated that bill would allow community mental health centers to serve as health care homes for the clients they serve.


02:05 PM -- Marijo Rymer, The Arc of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. She discussed how a person with developmental disabilities could benefit from the bill. Ms. Rymer responded to a question about the Accountable Care Collaborative model.


02:11 PM

Representative Summers made additional comments about the bill. He explained amendment L.005 (Attachment A), which would include hospice and palliative care centers as organizations that could be considered health homes.
BILL:SB12-127
TIME: 02:14:19 PM
MOVED:Summers
MOTION:Moved amendment L.005 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Kefalas
VOTE
Bradford
Brown
Fields
Joshi
Kefalas
Kerr J.
Massey
McCann
Peniston
Schafer S.
Young
Acree
Excused
Summers
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION:

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02:15 PM

The committee discussed the bill, including concerns about the bill related to persons with developmental disabilities.


BILL:SB12-127
TIME: 02:17:18 PM
MOVED:Summers
MOTION:Moved to refer Senate Bill 12-127, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with one member excused.
SECONDED:Kefalas
VOTE
Bradford
Yes
Brown
Yes
Fields
Yes
Joshi
Yes
Kefalas
Yes
Kerr J.
Yes
Massey
Yes
McCann
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Schafer S.
Yes
Young
Yes
Acree
Excused
Summers
Yes
YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS