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Bill Summary for Bill Number SB16-077 Date: 03/17/2016
Location: LSB B
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB16-077

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt Amendment L.004 (Attachment E). This amendme
Adopt Amendment L.005 (Attachment F). The motion p
Change the date of the sunset review of the Employ
Refer Senate Bill 16-077, as amended, to the Commi
Pass Without Objection

Pass Without Objection
PASS



12:08 PM -- SB16-077

Senator Kefalas, prime sponsor, returned to the committee continue his presentation of Senate Bill 16-077. The committee heard witness testimony and adopted Amendments L.001 (a strike-below amendment), L002, and L.003 (Attachments B, C, and D, respectively) on February 16. The bill, as amended by Amendment L.001, outlines policies designed to increase employment opportunities for persons with intellectual and development disabilities (IDD). The bill specifies five agency partners — the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE), the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), the Department of Education (CDE), the Department of Higher Education (DHE), and the Department of Human Services (DHS) — which must work together to identify employment and educational opportunities for persons with disabilities. The bill also creates the Employment First Core State Advisory Group (advisory group) within CDLE.

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16SenateFin0317AttachD.pdf16SenateFin0317AttachD.pdf

Senator Kefalas presented and explained Amendment L.004, a strike-below amendment, and Amendment L.005 (Attachments E and F, respectively). The members also received a memo, published by Legislative Council Staff, about the fiscal impact of the bill with Amendment L.004 (Attachment G).

16SenateFin0317AttachE.pdf16SenateFin0317AttachE.pdf 16SenateFin0317AttachF.pdf16SenateFin0317AttachF.pdf

16SenateFin0317AttachG.pdf16SenateFin0317AttachG.pdf
BILL: SB16-077
TIME: 12:16:54 PM
MOVED: Hill
MOTION: Adopt Amendment L.004 (Attachment E). This amendment replaces Amendments L.001, L.002, and L.003. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Johnston
Kerr
Hill
Neville T.
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
BILL: SB16-077
TIME: 12:21:08 PM
MOVED: Hill
MOTION: Adopt Amendment L.005 (Attachment F). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Johnston
Kerr
Hill
Neville T.
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
BILL: SB16-077
TIME: 12:21:31 PM
MOVED: Neville T.
MOTION: Change the date of the sunset review of the Employment First Advisory Partnership from September 1, 2026, to September 1, 2021. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Johnston
Kerr
Hill
Neville T.
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

BILL: SB16-077
TIME: 12:22:57 PM
MOVED: Hill
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 16-077, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Yes
Johnston
Yes
Kerr
Yes
Hill
Yes
Neville T.
Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS