BE3B3E7028C4F08D872589A4006A7909 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For HB23-1226SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICESDate May 3, 2023 Location SCR 357 HB23-1226 - Referred to Senate Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/DF880FD5B34D...$File/Attachment B - Combined.pdf?OpenElement Attachment B - Combined.pdf Attachment C http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/0/43DE97D53609...$File/Attachment C.pdf?OpenElement Attachment C.pdf 01:23:01 PM Senator Roberts and Senator Will, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 23-1226 concerning requiring hospitals to disclose additional information for the purposes of the hospital expenditure report, which the bill renames the hospital transparency report, produced by the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF). The new reporting requirements include details on specific revenue and expenditure streams, including historical data. HCPF may enforce data collection procedures through corrective action plans or fines. Where HCPF determines a hospitalâs noncompliance is knowing or willful or there is a repeated pattern of noncompliance, HCPF may set a fine amount up to $20,000 per week until the hospital takes corrective action. The bill requires also hospitals to provide patients with a plain language description of the services billed and disclose that the patient has the right to further billed services information. Committee members asked the panel questions. 01:36:12 PM Ms. Katherine Mulready, representing the Colorado Hospital Association, testified to amend the bill. 01:38:41 PM Executive Director Kim Bimestefer, representing the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, testified in support of the bill. Special Financing Division Director Nancy Dolson, representing the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, testified in support of the bill. Committee members asked the panel questions. 01:47:03 PM Mr. Robert Smith, representing the Colorado Business Group on Health, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Josh Benn, representing the Department of Personnel and Administration, testified in support of the bill. Christina Walker, representing Healthier Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Kenny Maestas, representing The Colorado Cross Disability Coalition, testified in support of the bill. 01:55:51 PM Dr. Ge Bai, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. 01:59:14 PM Ms. Anne Ladd, representing Peak Health Alliance, testified in support of the bill. Additional written testimony may be found in Attachment B. 01:59:49 PM The committee recessed. 02:06:50 PM The committee resumed. 02:07:20 PM Senator Will introduced amendment L.015 (Attachment C). 02:10:15 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.015 (Attachment C). Moved Will Seconded Buckner No Cutter No Jaquez Lewis No Mullica No Rich Yes Smallwood Yes Will Yes Ginal No Fields No YES: 3 NO: 6 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL 02:11:56 PM Motion Refer House Bill 23-1226 to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Will Seconded Buckner Yes Cutter Yes Jaquez Lewis Yes Mullica Yes Rich No Smallwood No Will Yes Ginal Yes Fields Yes Final YES: 7 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
