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Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Health Care Legislation

Subject

Health Care & Health Insurance

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

08/29/2018

During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly considered a number of measures related to Medicaid, insurance carriers, and health care facilities. It also considered measures concerning substance use disorders, health care costs, and the health care workforce.

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2017 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Payment Forecast

Colorado receives annual payments from tobacco manufacturers as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. In April 2016, the state received $92.3 million. This memorandum presents the distribution of the 2016 payment and forecasts payments through 2019.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/31/2017

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Health Care & Health Insurance

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

State Revenue & Budget

Other

2017 Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Regulatory Agenda

Presented to the Joint Health Committee on January 6, 2017.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/12/2017

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Other

2017 Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, SMART Act Information

Presented to the Joint Health Committee on January 6, 2017.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/12/2017

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Other

FY 2016-17 Health Care Policy and Financing, Performance Plan

Presented to the Joint Health Committee.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/12/2017

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Other

2016 Joint Health SMART Act Presentation, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Presented to the Joint Health Committees.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/11/2017

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Staff Publications

Medical Aid-in-Dying

This memorandum provides an overview of Colorado’s Medical Aid-in-Dying law, which legalized the practice of prescribing medical aid-in-dying medication to eligible terminally ill patients in Colorado.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/10/2017

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Final/Annual Reports

Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee, 2016 Final Report

Submitted herewith is the final report of the Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee. This committee was created pursuant to Article 22 of Title 10, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of this committee is to guide Colorado's health insurance exchange, including reviewing the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

01/05/2017

Subject:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Final/Annual Reports

Interim Study Committee on Communication Between the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and Medicaid Clients, 2016 Final Report

This is the final report for the 2016 Interim Committee

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/30/2016

Subject:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Staff Publications

Medicaid Trends and Cost Drivers (2016)

This memorandum provides information on recent trends in Medicaid caseload growth and drivers of state Medicaid expenditures. Included in this memorandum is a ten-year history and three years of projections for Colorado Medicaid caseloads, government expenditures, and expenditures per Medicaid...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/29/2016

Subject:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Issue Briefs

Medicaid Waiver Programs Part II - Home-And Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers for Adults (2016)

Colorado currently administers 11 Home-and Community-Based Services Medicaid (HCBS) Waivers. This issue brief discusses the six waivers available to adults. An issue brief entitled Medicaid Waiver Programs Part I – Home- and Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers for Children discusses the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/09/2016

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Human Services

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