Bill Summary for Bill Number HB09-1358

Date: 04/24/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB09-1358

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved to postpone House Bill 09-1358 indefinitely.	PASS

01:31 PM -- House Bill 09-1358

Representative Rice, prime sponsor, presented House Bill 09-1358 concerning the creation of a health care authority to develop and administer a health care system for Colorado. The bill establishes the Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act and the Colorado Health Care Authority. The authority is a statutory public entity, and is governed by a 17-member board of directors. It is considered a political subdivision of the state, but is not an agency of state government or subject to direction by any state agency. The authority is to recommend to the General Assembly and implement a health care system that includes the following elements:

an individual mandate for coverage and an enforcement mechanism;
recommendations concerning the impact of incorporating medical portions of liability insurance, workers' compensation, and auto insurance;
use of information technology including personal health records, administration and evidence-based practices;
a financing system that includes coordination with existing federal, state, and private health care funding as well as vouchers issued on an income-based sliding scale; and
other issues the board deems necessary to design and implement a new health care system.

The board is required to annually report on its progress to the Health and Human Services Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives and to the Governor. The bill also specifies that prior to implementation of a new health care system, approval must be received from General Assembly.

01:31 PM

Representative Rice asked the committee to postpone the bill indefinitely and explained that the bill would have created a group to develop and administer a health care system for Colorado. He said that he has spoken with the interested parties, who have agreed to come together and discuss health care this interim, and therefore the bill is not necessary at this time.


BILL:	HB09-1358
TIME:	01:32:40 PM
MOVED:	Rice
MOTION:	Moved to postpone House Bill 09-1358 indefinitely. The motion passed 11-0.
SECONDED:	Ryden
		VOTE
	Balmer	Yes
	Bradford	Yes
	Gagliardi	Yes
	Liston	Yes
	Priola	Yes
	Ryden	Yes
	Scanlan	Yes
	Soper	Yes
	Stephens	Yes
	Casso	Yes
	Rice	Yes

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

01:38 PM

The committee adjourned.