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h_hie_2016a_2016-03-10t13:36:00z0 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/10/2016



Final

BILL SUMMARY for SB16-127



HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, INSURANCE, & ENVIRONMENT


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 16-127 to the Committee of the W PASS







01:36 PM -- SB 16-127



Representative Arndt, bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 16-127. The bill repeals the Medical Clean Claims Transparency and Uniformity Act. Correspondingly, it repeals all ongoing work of the Medical Clean Claims Task Force and eliminates the requirement that commercial insurance carriers use the claims codes developed by the task force. Related definitions in statute are also repealed.



01:46 PM -- Marilyn Rissmiller, Colorado Medical Society, testified in support of the bill.



01:48 PM --
Mark Painter, Medical Clean Claims Task Force, testified in support of the bill and responded to committee questions.





01:50 PM



Representative Arndt made closing remarks about the bill.



01:50 PM



Committee members made comments about the bill.


BILL: SB16-127
TIME: 01:51:05 PM
MOVED: Landgraf
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 16-127 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0.
SECONDED: Brown
VOTE
Brown
Yes
Buckner
Yes
Esgar
Yes
Humphrey
Yes
Joshi
Yes
Klingenschmitt
Yes
Landgraf
Yes
Lontine
Yes
Primavera
Yes
Ransom
Yes
Ryden
Yes
Ginal
Yes
McCann
Yes
Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS










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