8447B77C30C0E68187258AFC006C111D Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For HB24-1229SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICESDate Apr 11, 2024 Location SCR 357 HB24-1229 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar Attachment Tag File Name Attachment A http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/3B812B3B117F...$File/Attachment A.pdf?OpenElement Attachment A.pdf Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/commsumm.nsf/0/5B066F180A77...$File/Attachment B.pdf?OpenElement Attachment B.pdf 01:40:28 PM Senators Mullica and Will, primary bill sponsors, presented House Bill 24-1229, which changes the requirements for people in need of long-term care to become presumptively eligible for Medicaid by removing the requirement for a level of care assessment and allowing the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to collect any information required for federal authorization. Senator Mullica provided a handout to the committee (Attachment A). 01:41:45 PM Deborah Lively, representing LeadingAge Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Jill Schnathorst, representing Colorado Health Care Policy and Financing Department, testified in support of the bill. Kenneth Maestas, representing The Colorado Cross Disability Coalition (CCDC), testified in support of the bill. Committee members asked the panel questions. Additional written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachment B). 01:49:53 PM The bill sponsors provided closing remarks. 01:51:25 PM Motion Refer House Bill 24-1229 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Moved Mullica Seconded Gonzales Yes Jaquez Lewis Yes Michaelson Jenet Yes Mullica Yes Rich Yes Smallwood Excused Will Yes Ginal Yes Fields Yes Final YES: 8 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
