HB1273

                              First Regular Session
       
                           Sixty-second General Assembly

LLS NO. 99-0626.03 Bart Miller HOUSE BILL 99-1273

                                    STATE OF COLORADO

       BY REPRESENTATIVE Witwer;
       also SENATOR Epps.

       HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, WELFARE, & INSTITUTIONS


                                                            A BILL FOR AN ACT

101  CONCERNING  THE  APPLICABILITY  OF  THE  "COLORADO MEDICAL PRACTICE

102  ACT"    TO   DETERMINATIONS   OF   APPROPRIATENESS   OF   MEDICAL   CARE

103  UNDER HEALTH CARE COVERAGE POLICIES.

                                                                   Bill Summary

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

                   Includes     within     the    definition    of    the    practice    of    medicine    the    act
       of     determining     the     appropriateness     of    medical    care,    including    the    medical
       necessity of such care, as it relates to the coverage of health care benefits.



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

    2              SECTION       1.       12-36-106       (1),      Colorado      Revised      Statutes,      is

    3  amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:

    4              12-36-106.      Practice      of      medicine      defined      -      exemptions     from

    5 licensing     requirements     -     repeal.     (1)     For     the     purpose     of     this    article,

    6  "practice of medicine" means:

    7              (e.5)    THE    ACT    OF    DETERMINING    THE    APPROPRIATENESS    OF

    8  MEDICAL  CARE,  INCLUDING  THE MEDICAL NECESSITY OF SUCH CARE, AS IT

    9  RELATES TO THE COVERAGE OF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS;

10              SECTION     2.     Effective    date.    This    act    shall    take    effect    at    12:01



       [ ] denotes HOUSE amendment. { } denotes SENATE amendment.

       Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.

       Dashes through the words indicate material to be deleted from existing statute.

       Page 2

    1  a.m.     on     the     day     following     the    expiration    of    the    ninety-day    period    after

    2  final     adjournment     of     the     general    assembly    that    is    allowed    for    submitting

    3  a     referendum     petition     pursuant     to    article    V,    section    1    (3)    of    the    state

    4  constitution;     except    that,    if    a    referendum    petition    is    filed    against    this    act

    5  or    an    item,    section,    or    part    of    this    act    within    such   period,   then   the   act,

    6  item,    section,    or    part,    if    approved    by    the    people,    shall   take   effect   on   the

    7  date    of    the    official    declaration    of    the    vote    thereon    by   proclamation   of   the

    8  governor.