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h_hie_2017a_2017-03-16t13:33:16z1 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/16/2017

Location: HCR 0107

Final

BILL SUMMARY for SB17-108



HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, INSURANCE, & ENVIRONMENT


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment G) to Senate Bil

Refer Senate Bill 17-108, as amended, to the Commi


PASS







03:09 PM -- SB 17-108



Representative Buckner presented Senate Bill 17-108 to the committee, along with amendment L.002 (Attachment G). This bill continues the regulation of speech-language pathologists by the Director of the Division of Professions and Occupations in the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) from September 1, 2017, when the program is currently set to expire, to September 1, 2022. As recommended by the DORA Sunset Report, the bill removes references to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.



170316 AttachG.pdf170316 AttachG.pdf



03:18 PM -- Allison Foster, representing Colorado Speech Language & Hearing Association, testified in support of the bill.



03:20 PM --
Kathy Boada, representing Children's Hospital Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



03:32 PM --
Brian Tobias, representing DORA, answered committee members' questions.


BILL: SB17-108
TIME: 03:38:47 PM
MOVED: Buckner
MOTION: Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment G) to Senate Bill 17-108. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED: Esgar
VOTE
Beckman
Buckner
Covarrubias
Humphrey
Jackson
Kennedy
Landgraf
Lontine
Ransom
Esgar
Ginal
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION:


BILL: SB17-108
TIME: 03:39:34 PM
MOVED: Buckner
MOTION: Refer Senate Bill 17-108, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 8-2.
SECONDED: Esgar
VOTE
Beckman
Yes
Buckner
Yes
Covarrubias
Yes
Humphrey
No
Jackson
Yes
Kennedy
Yes
Landgraf
Excused
Lontine
Yes
Ransom
No
Esgar
Yes
Ginal
Yes
Final YES: 8 NO: 2 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS