S_HHS_2019A 04/17/2019 11:50:39 AM Committee Summary PUBLICSTAFF SUMMARY OF MEETINGSENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Date 04/17/2019 Attendance Crowder X Smallwood X Winter * Pettersen X Fields X X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call Time 11:50:39 AM to 12:11:46 PM Place LSB B This Meeting was called to order by Senator Fields This Report was prepared by Elizabeth Haskell Hearing Items Action Taken hHB19-1253 Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar hHB19-1268 Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar hSB19-134 Laid Over HB19-1253 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2019A/commsumm.nsf/0/3F619AF08A12...$File/190417 AttachA.pdf?OpenElement 190417 AttachA.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2019A/commsumm.nsf/0/88504D87137D...$File/190417 AttachB.pdf?OpenElement 190417 AttachB.pdf 11:50:50 AM Senators Hisey and Gonzales, bill sponsors, presented House Bill 19-1253. The bill prohibits state regulated carriers of life insurance, disability income insurance, and long-term care insurance from taking certain actions based on a person's status as a living organ donor. For these insurance types, an insurance carrier may not: decline or limit coverage due to a person's status as a living organ donor; consider a person's status as a living organ donor in determining premiums; preclude a person from donating all or part of an organ as a condition of receiving a policy; or otherwise discriminate against a person in a policy based solely on living organ donor status and without any additional actuarial risks. The Commissioner of Insurance in the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) is authorized by the bill to use their enforcement powers to ensure compliance with these restrictions. DORA must provide information to the public on access to insurance for living organ donors. If provided with educational materials related to live organ donation from a recognized live organ donation organization, DORA and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) must make the materials available to the public. Amendments L.002 and L004 were distributed to the committee (Attachments A and B). 11:55:25 AM Edie Sonn, representing herself, testified in support of the bill. 11:57:40 AM John Gutowski, UC Health, testified in support of the bill. 11:59:45 AM Anastasia Henry, American Transplant Foundation, testified in support of the bill. 12:00:30 PM The witness panel responded to questions. 12:03:35 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment A). Moved Crowder Seconded Crowder Smallwood Winter Excused Pettersen Fields YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 12:03:51 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment B). Moved Crowder Seconded Crowder Smallwood Winter Excused Pettersen Fields YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 12:04:38 PM Motion Refer House Bill 19-1253, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Moved Crowder Seconded Crowder Yes Smallwood Yes Winter Yes Pettersen Yes Fields Excused Final YES: 4 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS HB19-1268 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar 12:05:02 PM Senator Hisey, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 19-1268. The bill requires individuals and entities that receive a referral fee for referring prospective residents to an assisted living residence (referral agencies) to disclose to a prospective resident its business relationship to the residence and that the assisted living residence has paid for the referral. The referral agency and the prospective resident must sign and date this disclosure and the agency must provide the document to the assisted living residence on or before the date the resident is admitted to the assisted living residence. Assisted living residences must not pay the referral agency a fee until receipt of this documentation. Residences are required to maintain a written or electronic copy for at least one year after the date that the new resident is admitted. A referral agency that violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of up to $500 per violation. The Attorney General or a district attorney may bring a civil action on behalf of the state to seek the imposition of civil penalty for a violation of this section. 12:08:03 PM Lyle Campbell, Colorado Assisted Living Association, testified in support of the bill. 12:09:34 PM Jeanette Hensley, Colorado Senior Lobby, testified in support of the bill. 12:11:05 PM Motion Refer House Bill 19-1268 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Moved Crowder Seconded Crowder Yes Smallwood Yes Winter Yes Pettersen Yes Fields Excused Final YES: 4 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS SB19-134 - Laid Over 12:11:16 PM Senator Pettersen announced that Senate Bill 19-134 will be laid over. 12:11:46 PM The committee adjourned.