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BILL SUMMARY For HB19-1065

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & INSURANCE
Date Mar 5, 2019       Location HCR 0107

HB19-1065 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole


11:45:16 AM  
Representative Soper, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 19-1065 to the committee.  The bill allows more than four of the seven trustees of a public hospital board to be residents of the city or town in which the hospital is located.  The bill also clarifies that a hospital board may acquire real and personal property by lease only with the approval of the board of county commissioners with the exception of hospital boards that have designated their public hospital as a TABOR-exempt state enterprise.
11:48:41 AM  
Representative Soper responded to committee questions.
11:49:25 AM  
Joshua Ewing, Colorado Hospital Association, testified in support of the bill and distributed a handout (Attachment A). Mr. Ewing responded to committee questions.
11:55:41 AM  
Representative Soper gave closing remarks on the bill.

11:57:19 AM
Motion Refer House Bill 19-1065 to the Committee of the Whole.
Moved Soper
Seconded Buckner
Baisley Yes
Beckman Yes
Buckner Yes
Jackson Yes
Jaquez Lewis Yes
Mullica Yes
Soper Yes
Titone Yes
Will Yes
Caraveo Yes
Lontine Yes
Final YES: 11   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS