Bill Summary for Bill Number HB12-1052

Date: 01/24/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1052

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved to refer House Bill 12-1052 to the Committee	PASS

05:16 PM -- House Bill 12-1052

Representative Summers provided an overview of House Bill 12-1052, concerning the collection of health care work force data from health care professionals. The bill requires DORA to collect health care workforce data from certain health care professionals when receiving their initial or renewal license applications beginning on or before July 1, 2013. The bill specifies which health care professionals are affected and what data elements are to be reported. The data collected is not required to be validated and there is no penalty for noncompliance. DORA is authorized to accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations to implement the data collection system. Representative Summers explained how the data would be analyzed and utilized. Representative Summers responded to questions from the committee about the impact on health care providers and the relationship the data will have to federal shortage areas data.

05:25 PM -- Stephen Holloway, DPH&E, explained the role of the Primary Care Office. He reviewed the information distributed to the committee (Attachment X). The committee and Mr. Holloway dialogued about the data availability, the fees that would be assessed, the information contained in the fiscal note, privacy issues related to the data that would be collected, if the data reporting would be mandatory, and what support exists for the bill.

05:32 PM -- Alicia Haywood, Colorado Rural Health Center, explained the role of the Colorado Rural Health Center. She expressed the organization's support of House Bill 12-1052. Ms. Haywood responded to questions about the funding for the program. The committee was provided a fact sheet (Attachment Y) and a letter of support from the Colorado Health Foundation (Attachment Z).

05:37 PM -- Fran Ricker, Colorado Nurses Association, explained the support of the association for House Bill 12-1052 and the need for the data that would be collected through the implementation of House Bill 12-1052. Ms. Ricker responded to questions about if the institutions of higher education have been contacted about the bill.

05:42 PM

Representative Summers provided wrap-up on the bill. Representative Summers responded to questions about the data that would be collected and the fiscal note.


BILL:	HB12-1052
TIME:	05:45:23 PM
MOVED:	Summers
MOTION:	Moved to refer House Bill 12-1052 to the Committee on Economic and Business Development. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:	Kefalas
		VOTE
	Bradford	Yes
	Brown	Yes
	Fields	Yes
	Joshi	Yes
	Kefalas	Yes
	Kerr J.	Yes
	Massey	Excused
	McCann	Yes
	Peniston	Excused
	Schafer S.	Yes
	Young	Yes
	Acree	Yes
	Summers	Yes

YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

05:46 PM

The committee adjourned.