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S_HHS_2020A 03/12/2020 01:35:55 PM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date 03/12/2020
Attendance
Crowder X
Ginal X
Smallwood X
Winter X
Fields X
Time 01:35:55 PM to 02:13:17 PM
Place Old Supreme Court Chamber
This Meeting was called to order by Senator Fields
This Report was prepared by Elizabeth Haskell
Hearing Items Action Taken
Conf 20-Aging — Colorado Commission On The Favorably Refer to Full Senate - Consent Calendar
HB20-1100 Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar
HB20-1209 Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations

X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Conf 20-Aging — Colorado Commission On The - Favorably Refer to Full Senate - Consent Calendar


01:36:39 PM  

Kara Harvey, Colorado Department of Human Services, discussed the membership and mission of the Colorado Commission on the Aging and introduced Jimmy Collins.

01:38:16 PM  

Jimmy Collins, appointee, told the committee about his professional background and why he wants to serve on the Colorado Commission on the Aging.  The Governor's Executive Order and appointment letter may be found in Attachment A.  Mr. Collins' resume may be found at the State Archives.



01:47:31 PM
Motion Refer the appointment of Jimmy Collins to the Commission On Aging to the full Senate with a favorable recommendation and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
Moved Winter
Seconded
Crowder Yes
Ginal Yes
Smallwood Yes
Winter Yes
Fields Yes
Final YES: 5   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS



HB20-1100 - Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar


01:50:51 PM  

Senator Crowder, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 20-1100. Under current law, recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) under the Colorado Works Program receive a full pass-through of child support payments collected by the state if the General Assembly appropriates the full fiscal year reimbursement amount to counties. In any year where appropriations from the General Assembly for the pass-through of child support payments program do not meet or exceed the full reimbursement amount to counties and the federal government, the pass-through of child support collections to TANF recipients must cease for that year. The bill reduces this threshold so that if the General Assembly appropriates less than 90 percent of the reimbursement amount to counties, the pass-through of child support payments must cease for that year. The bill also creates the Child Support Collection Fund (fund). Any unexpended and unencumbered money that was appropriated to the Department of Human Services (DHS) for the implementation of the child support pass-through program will be credited to the fund at the end of the fiscal year.

01:50:52 PM  

Larry Desbien, Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), testified in support of the bill.

01:54:08 PM  

Chaer Roberts, Colorado Center on Law and Policy, testified in support of the bill.

01:57:52 PM  

Greg Romberg, Arapahoe County, testified in support of the bill.

02:00:40 PM  

Committee questions and discussion followed.

02:02:06 PM  

Emily Hanson, CDHS, read the testimony of Larimer County Commissioner John Kefalas.



02:05:44 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 20-1100 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
Moved Crowder
Seconded
Crowder Yes
Ginal Yes
Smallwood Yes
Winter Yes
Fields Yes
Final YES: 5   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS



HB20-1209 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations


02:06:13 PM  

Senator Ginal, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 20-1209 and distributed amendment L.002 (Attachment B).  The bill continues indefinitely the Nurse-Physician Advisory Task Force for Colorado Health Care (NPATCH) in the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), which is scheduled to repeal on September 1, 2020.

 

There was no public testimony on the bill.



02:11:02 PM
Motion Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B).
Moved Ginal
Seconded
Crowder
Ginal
Smallwood
Winter
Fields
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection


02:12:09 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 20-1209, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Ginal
Seconded
Crowder Yes
Ginal Yes
Smallwood Yes
Winter Yes
Fields Yes
Final YES: 5   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS


02:13:17 PM   The committee adjourned.






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