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F9FAEE27335F5086872583E7008261D8 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB19-1203

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date Apr 25, 2019      
Location LSB B



HB19-1203 - Referred to Senate Appropriations


05:45:04 PM  

Senator Todd, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 19-1203.  The bill creates the School Nurse Grant Program in the Primary Care Office of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to award grants on a five-year cycle to local education providers (LEPs) to increase the number of school nurses. LEPs may use grant awards to hire school nurses; however, the grant may not supplant existing expenditures on school nurse positions or other student health care services.  LEPs must include specified information in grant applications and CDPHE must review grant applications and make recommendations to the State Board of Health (state board).  The state board may establish selection criteria in rule, in addition to those specified in the bill.  Subject to available appropriations, the state board must award up to $3.0 million annually in grants.  Each grant is awarded for an initial term of one year and must be renewed annually for four additional years, so long as the nurse remains employed in the grant-funded position.  Participating LEPs are required to provide specified information and CDPHE must submit a report to the General Assembly that, at a minimum, includes the information reported by the LEPs.

05:48:05 PM  

Kelly Grenham, Colorado Association of School Nurses, testified in support of the bill.

05:50:37 PM  

Haley Houtchens, Children's Hospital Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

05:54:53 PM  
Julie Wilken, representing herself, testified in support
of the bill.
05:58:23 PM  
Scott Bedell, representing himself, testified in support
of the bill.
06:00:55 PM  
The witness panel responded to questions.


06:13:46 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 19-1203 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Crowder
Seconded
Crowder Yes
Smallwood Yes
Winter Excused
Pettersen Yes
Fields Yes
Final YES: 4   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS






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