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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB25-084

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date Apr 30, 2025       Location HCR 0112

SB25-084 - Referred to House Appropriations
07:11:23 PM  
Representatives Bradfield and Rydin, co-prime sponsors, introduced Senate Bill 25-084 to the House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill requires the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to establish Medicaid dispensing fee rates that encourage an adequate level of market participation from infusion pharmacies that prepare and dispense parenteral nutrition (TPN) by January 1, 2026. In the program’s first year, dispensing fee rates are capped at 30 percent of the infusion pharmacy’s administrative cost to prepare and dispense TPN.The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.

A handout was provided to the committee (Attachment G).
07:19:45 PM  
Dr. Lindsey Gumer, representing Children's Hospital Colorado, testified in support of the bill.  Lynne Sustersic, representing Amerita Specialty Infusion Services, testified in support of the bill.  Kristin Gutknecht, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.
07:27:46 PM  
The panel responded to questions from the committee.
07:28:09 PM  
The bill sponsors provided closing comments on the bill.  Brendan Fung, representing Legislative Council Staff, responded to questions from the committee.
07:32:58 PM  
Members of the committee provided closing comments on the bill.

07:36:29 PM
 Motion Refer Senate Bill 25-084 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Rydin
Seconded Bradfield
Bradfield Yes
Bradley Excused
English Yes
Feret Yes
Garcia Sander Yes
Gilchrist Yes
Hamrick Yes
Johnson Yes
McCormick Yes
Rydin Yes
Stewart K. Yes
Lieder Yes
Brown Yes
Final YES: 12   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS