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h_sa_2016a_2016-02-10t10:17:05z1 Hearing Summary

Date: 02/10/2016



Final

BILL SUMMARY for HB16-1147



HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt an amendment striking lines 4 through 9 on p

Postpone House Bill 16-1147 indefinitely. The moti

Refer House Bill 16-1147, as amended, to the Commi
Pass Without Objection

PASS

FAIL







10:39 AM -- HB16-1147



Representative Navarro, sponsor, presented House Bill 16-1147 to the committee. The bill requires the executive director of the Department of Personnel and Administration (DPA) to make a good faith effort to reduce the length of time that a state employee is required to wait before receiving services through a state employee assistance program. It also requires that any appropriation made in FY 2016-17 to the Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP) to be, at a minimum, matched in each fiscal year thereafter.



Committee members discussed the bill with Representative Navarro.





10:50 AM



Kori Donaldson, Legislative Council Staff, and Nicole Myers, Legislative Legal Services, answered questions from the committee about the bill.



11:06 AM --
Moe Keller, representing Mental Health America of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



11:17 AM --
Sophia San Miguel, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.





11:22 AM



Representative Leonard proposed an amendment striking lines 4 through 9 on page 4 of the bill.

BILL: HB16-1147
TIME: 11:22:52 AM
MOVED: Leonard
MOTION: Adopt an amendment striking lines 4 through 9 on page 4 of House Bill 16-1147. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED: Neville P.
VOTE
Foote
Humphrey
Leonard
Neville P.
Primavera
Tyler
Wist
Lontine
Ryden
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection





11:24 AM



Representative Navarro wrapped up her presentation of the bill.

BILL: HB16-1147
TIME: 11:24:46 AM
MOVED: Humphrey
MOTION: Refer House Bill 16-1147, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion failed on a vote of 4-5.
SECONDED: Neville P.
VOTE
Foote
No
Humphrey
Yes
Leonard
Yes
Neville P.
Yes
Primavera
No
Tyler
No
Wist
Yes
Lontine
No
Ryden
No
YES: 4 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL




BILL: HB16-1147
TIME: 11:27:21 AM
MOVED: Lontine
MOTION: Postpone House Bill 16-1147 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 5-4.
SECONDED: Foote
VOTE
Foote
Yes
Humphrey
No
Leonard
No
Neville P.
No
Primavera
Yes
Tyler
Yes
Wist
No
Lontine
Yes
Ryden
Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS












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