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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB25-1288

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date Mar 18, 2025       Location HCR 0112

HB25-1288 - Lay Over
11:50:39 AM  
The committee was placed in a brief recess.
11:53:13 AM  
The committee came back to order.
11:53:21 AM  
The primary bill sponsors, Representatives Martinez and Winter T., introduced House Bill 25-1288 to the House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill authorizes the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) to accept monetary gifts from private and public sources for the Primacy Care Fund. Any gifts designated for a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) must seek a federal match, and upon authorization, be allocated at 115 percent of the total gift amount to the FQHC. However, any gifts donated by a FQHC may not be allocated back to a FQHC. The bill also permits a FQHC to establish a subsidiary company to provide additional fee-for-service services outside of the FQHC’s Medicaid encounter rate if the services have been historically provided and reimbursements from HCPF remain budget neutral.
11:59:34 AM  
The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.
12:02:24 PM  
Joshua Block, representing Colorado Health Care Policy and Financing Department, testified to amend the bill. Katie Ryan, representing Denver Health, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Ross Brooks, representing Colorado Community Health Network, testified in support of the bill. Mr. John Santistevan, representing Salud Family Health, testified in support of the bill.
12:12:36 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
12:15:03 PM  
The bill sponsors introduced amendment L.001 (Attachment E).
12:16:27 PM  
The bill sponsors introduced amendment L.002 (Attachment F).
12:16:40 PM  
The committee was placed in a brief recess.
12:17:52 PM  
The committee came back to order.
12:20:20 PM  
The bill sponsors responded to questions regarding the amendments. Shelby Ross, Office of Legislative Legal Services, responded to questions from the committee.
12:22:42 PM  

The bill sponsors asked that the committee withdraw amendment L.001. The bill sponsors asked that the committee withdraw amendment L.002.
12:23:00 PM  
The committee chair laid over House Bill 25-1288.