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S_HHS_2022A 04/20/2022 01:34:03 PM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date 04/20/2022
Attendance
Buckner X
Holbert X
Jaquez Lewis X
Simpson X
Smallwood X
Ginal X
Fields X
Time 01:34:03 PM to 03:31:53 PM
Place SCR 357
This Meeting was called to order by Fields
This Report was prepared by Jerard Brown
Hearing Items Action Taken
HB22-1268 Referred to Senate Appropriations
SB22-155 Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations
HB22-1267 Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations

HB22-1268 - Referred to Senate Appropriations
01:34:15 PM  
Senator Ginal and Senator Simpson, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 22-1268, which requires the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) to submit a report to the legislature regarding Medicaid reimbursement rates for community mental health centers and independent mental health and substance use treatment providers, by August 15, 2022. HCPF must contract with an independent auditor to prepare the report and make recommendations.
01:37:47 PM  
Mr. Steven Haden,
representing Envision:You, testified in support of the bill.



Melissa Eddleman, representing HCPF, testified in support of the bill.



Committee members asked questions of the panel.
01:43:34 PM  
Mr. Andrew Rose, representing the Colorado Medicaid Behavioral Health Provider Network, testified in support of the bill.

Mrs. Sybil Cummin, representing Arvada Therapy Solutions, PLLC, testified in support of the bill.
01:49:36 PM  
Lauren Snyder, representing Mental Health Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Additional written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachment A).
01:53:48 PM  
Committee members provided closing remarks.


01:57:31 PM
 Motion Refer House Bill 22-1268 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Ginal
Seconded
Buckner Excused
Holbert Yes
Jaquez Lewis Excused
Simpson Yes
Smallwood Yes
Ginal Yes
Fields Yes
Final YES: 5   NO: 0   EXC: 2   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS



HB22-1267 - Lay Over

01:57:43 PM  
Senator Ginal and Senator Fields, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 22-1267, which requires the Office of Health Equity (OHE) in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to create a grant program by January 1, 2023, to provide culturally responsive training to health care professionals. The OHE must contract with a third-party administrator that will issue grant applications for nonprofit entities and statewide associations of health care providers that wish to develop the training, and submit a list of qualified applicants to the Health Equity Commission (commission). The commission will then select the grant recipients.
02:06:37 PM  
Mr. Steven Haden,
representing self, testified in support of the bill.



Mx. Zamora Evans, representing self, testified in support of the bill.



Mr. Bob Bongiovanni, representing Colorado Individuals and Organizations
Responding to HIV/AIDS, testified in support of the bill.



Dr. Dan Scales, representing Vivent Health, testified in support of the
bill.



Committee members asked questions of the panel.
02:28:56 PM  
Mrs.  Nadine
Bridges, representing One Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



Dr. Michael Neil, representing the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition,
testified in support of the bill.



Dr. William Crawley, representing self, testified in support of the bill.



Committee members asked questions of the panel.
02:40:50 PM  
Ms. Kathryn Vandegrift,
representing self, testified in support of the bill.



Committee members asked questions of the panel.



Additional written
testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachment B).
02:48:28 PM  
Senator Ginal and
Senator Fields introduced and explained amendment L.005 (Attachment C).


02:49:28 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment C).
Moved Ginal
Seconded
Buckner
Holbert
Jaquez Lewis Excused
Simpson
Smallwood
Ginal
Fields
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
02:50:05 PM  
Senator Ginal and
Senator Fields introduced and explained amendment L.006 (Attachment D).



Committee members discussed amendment L.006.



Kirsten ForrestaL, representing the office of legislative legal services,
answered questions about amendment L.006.


02:56:32 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment D).
Moved Ginal
Seconded
Buckner
Holbert
Jaquez Lewis Excused
Simpson
Smallwood
Ginal
Fields
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
02:59:36 PM  
Madame Chair Fields
laid the bill over until later in the meeting.



SB22-155 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations
03:08:58 PM  
Senator Coram, prime
bill sponsor, presented Senate Bill 22-155, which transfers $3.0 million
from the General Fund for the Medical Marijuana Research Grant Program
in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and makes
the following modifications to the program, requires that the program provide
funding for research that determines the safety of medical marijuana products;
encourages the State Board of Health to prioritize grants related to the
safety of medical marijuana products, and the efficacy of medical marijuana
for post-traumatic stress disorder; requires that program rules include
protocols for studying the safety of medical marijuana products through
various testing and collection methods; and adds the types of safety tests
performed on medical marijuana to the annual program report.



Committee members asked questions of the sponsor.
03:13:02 PM  
Heather Krug, representing
the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, testified to
amend the bill.



Committee members asked questions of Ms. Krug.



Anna Gerstle, representing Legislative Council Staff, answered questions
from the committee.
03:23:13 PM  
Dr. Emily Lindley, representing the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, testified to amend the bill.
03:24:12 PM  
Senator Coram introduced
and explained amendment L.001 (Attachment E).


03:25:58 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment E).
Moved Simpson
Seconded
Buckner
Holbert
Jaquez Lewis Excused
Simpson
Smallwood
Ginal
Fields
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
03:27:49 PM  
Committee members provided closing remarks.


03:29:27 PM
 Motion Refer Senate Bill 22-155, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Simpson
Seconded
Buckner Yes
Holbert Yes
Jaquez Lewis Yes
Simpson Yes
Smallwood Yes
Ginal Yes
Fields Yes
Final YES: 7   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS



HB22-1267 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations


03:31:42 PM
 Motion Refer House Bill 22-1267, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Fields
Seconded
Buckner Yes
Holbert No
Jaquez Lewis Yes
Simpson No
Smallwood Yes
Ginal Yes
Fields Yes
Final YES: 5   NO: 2   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS


03:31:53 PM   The committee adjourned.






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