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Second Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. 98­0532.01 DFH HOUSE BILL 98­1225

STATE OF COLORADO

BY REPRESENTATIVE Epps;

also SENATOR Wham.

REREVISED

HEWI

A BILL FOR AN ACT

CONCERNING ADJUSTMENT OF THE FEE FOR THE PHYSICIANS' AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS' PEER HEALTH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Bill Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.)

Increases the fee assessed physicians and physician assistants for the peer health assistance program from $28 to $50. Authorizes the state board of medical examiners thereafter to adjust annually the amount of the fee to reflect changes in the consumer price index.


Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  12­36­123.5 (3.5) (b), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

12­36­123.5.  Physicians' and physician assistants' peer health assistance fund. (3.5) (b)  Effective July 1, 1994, JANUARY 1, 1999, as a condition of licensure in this state, and effective July 1, 1995, JANUARY 1, 1999, as a condition of physician assistant certification, every renewal applicant shall pay to the administering entity that has been selected by the board pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e) of this subsection (3.5) an amount set by the board not to exceed twenty­eight FIFTY dollars per year, which MAXIMUM amount MAY BE ADJUSTED ON JANUARY 1, 2000, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE BOARD TO REFLECT CHANGES IN THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE DENVER­BOULDER CONSOLIDATED METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS, ALL GOODS, OR ITS SUCCESSOR INDEX. SUCH FEE shall be used to support designated providers that have been selected by the board to provide assistance to physicians and physician assistants needing help in dealing with physical, emotional, or psychological problems which THAT may be detrimental to their ability to practice medicine.

SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.