HB 1004

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Standardized Health Insurance Information

Bill Sponsors: Massey, Foster

Requires DOI to establish a standard format for policy descriptions/evidence of benefits; health plans must comply by 7/1/11.

Status: Signed into Law 4/20/10

HB 1005

Passive Support

Bill Title: Home Health Care

Bill Sponsors: Massey, Foster

Enables Medicaid reimbursement for home health telemedicine.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1008

Moderate Support

Bill Title: No Gender Individual Health Insurance Rates

Bill Sponsors: Schafer, M. Carroll

Prohibits carriers from using gender as a basis for rating individual health insurance policies.

Status: Signed into Law 3/29/10.

HB 1009

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Pinnacol Assurance Board of Directors

Bill Sponsors: Miklosi, Hodge

Adds 2 slots to Pinnacol BOD - for injured worker and executive director of CDLE.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1012

Neutral

Bill Title: Limit Surveillance Worker's Comp Claims

Bill Sponsors: Pace, Carroll, M.

Requires individual health policies to provide maternity coverage equivalent to that of small group plans.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 5/6/10

HB 1021

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Required Maternity Coverage Individual

Bill Sponsors: Frangas, Foster

Requires individual health policies to provide maternity coverage equivalent to that of small group plans.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor, Assigned to Conference Committee.

HB 1024

Active Support

Bill Title: Declaring Patients Terminally Ill

Bill Sponsors: Balmer, Williams

Disallows advanced practice nurses from declaring a patient terminally ill for purposes of triggering end-of-life decisions and leaves such ability to the sole discretion of a physician.

Status: Signed Into Law 4/15/10

HB 1025

Active Support

Bill Title: CO Medical Treatment Act Updates

Bill Sponsors: Roberts, Newell

Updates statute regarding medical conditions for end of life care and advance directives. Removes from statute template advance directive with language allowing APNs to certify terminal illness.

Status: Signed Into Law 4/15/10

HB 1027

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Medicaid Hospice Life Expectancy

Bill Sponsors: Roberts, Williams

Changes eligibility for Medicaid coverage of hospice care from 6-month to 9-month prognosis, pending federal authorization.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1031

Neutral

Bill Title: Medicaid Dental Services Contract Admin

Bill Sponsors: McCann, Foster

Requires HCPF to contract with one dental services administrator.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 2/12/10.

HB 1032

Passive Support

Bill Title: Behavioral Health Crisis Response Servs

Bill Sponsors: Frangas, Boyd

Requires DHS to contract with a nonprofit provider for mental health crisis response; bill is contingent upon the passage of another repealing the tax exemption for precious metal bullion and coins, in order to fund the program.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1033

Passive Support

Bill Title: Screening Brief Intervention Referral

Bill Sponsors: Massey, Boyd

Provides Medicaid coverage for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for alcohol and other substance abuse services.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1038

Passive Support

Bill Title: Worker's Comp Claims Process Brochure

Bill Sponsors: Miklosi, Carroll, M.

Requires employers or work comp carrier to create a claims brochure that walks injured workers through the claims process, including medical benefits.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1050

Passive Support

Bill Title: On-line Registry Med Directives Form

Bill Sponsors: Tyler, Tochtrop

Establishes on-line registry of medical orders for scope of treatment forms.

Status: Signed into Law 4/12/10

HB 1061

Passive Support

Bill Title: CO Medical Donation Program

Bill Sponsors: Merrifield, Tochtrop

Allows health care facilities to donate, receive and dispense unused medications, medical devices and medical supplies to un/underinsured patients.

Status: Deemed Lost.

HB 1103

Monitor

Bill Title: Catastrophic Illness Fund for Children

Bill Sponsors: Todd, Steadman

Creates a fund to cover costs of children with catastrophic medical conditions, funded by gifts, grants an donations.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 5/7/10

HB 1109

Bill Title: Inmate Work Program Workers' Comp

Bill Sponsors: McCann, Mitchell

Clarifies that for work comp purposes only, those inmates working in a rehab or work release program because they are considered as an employee of these program, will be considered as employee under state law.

Status: Signed into Law 4/29/10

HB 1122

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Medical Orders Scope of Treatment

Bill Sponsors: Roberts/Merrifield, Williams

MOST Forms.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1128

Passive Support

As Amended

Bill Title: Registrations Regulatory Efficiency

Bill Sponsors: Looper, Hudak/Bacon

DORA clean-up bill affecting numerous professions. Key provisions for physicians are Sections 9 and 10 (repeal statutes regarding x-ray techs from MPA that duplicate CDPHE rules regarding same); Section 11 (changes method for collecting CPHP funds so that they don't count against TABOR limits); Section 7 (allows out-of-state-licensed physicians to practice at Olympic Training Center or provide services to Colorado children who were treated at Shriners hospitals, for up to 90 days per year without having to get a Colorado license); Sections 12, 13, 14, 16 (eliminate BME Committee on Anticompetitive Conduct for peer review disputes, refer such disputes to district court).

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1145

Bill Title: Encourage Use of Generic Medications

Bill Sponsors: Kagan

Changes statute regarding substitution of generic for name-brand drugs from specifying "dispense as written" to "brand medically necessary"; does not allow either term to be used, specifies that only the latter may be used; makes it unlawful for pharmacists to accept vouchers for name-brand drugs if there is a generic equivalent if a health plan is paying for the drug and unless the physician has specified "brand medically necessary" on the prescription.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 2/9/10

HB 1149

Passive Support

Bill Title: Update Radiation Control Laws

Bill Sponsors: Hullinghorst

Radiation control act updates.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1154

Passive Support

Bill Title: Mandates Analysis Leg Council Moratorium

Bill Sponsors: Curry/Roberts, Mitchell

Eliminates mandate commission and authorizes Legislative Council to analyze future mandated benefit legislation; imposes a one-year moratorium on health benefit mandates to stabilize the health insurance market and see what happens with federal health reform.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 2/5/10

HB 1160

Neutral

Bill Title: Wellness Incentives Rewards Outcomes

Bill Sponsors: Rice/Stevens, Mitchell

Allows health plans to offer discounts to members who show improvement after participating in wellness programs (e.g., lose weight, stop smoking).

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1163

Neutral

Bill Title: Interstate Purchase Health Insurance

Bill Sponsors: Acree, Scheffel

Allows DOI to enter into multistate agreements for insurance purchase across state lines; insurers are required to submit evidence of appropriate access to Colorado providers and processes for handling Colorado complaints and can only sell in Colorado if DOI determines that they have adequately met these standards; out-of-state plans remain otherwise immune from most Colorado regulation, including mandated benefits and consumer protection laws. Out-of-state policies must carry a disclaimer explaining this. No requirements regarding physician networks.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 2/17/10

HB 1166

Passive Support

Bill Title: Plain Language in Insurance Policies

Bill Sponsors: Kefalas, Newell

Requires insurers to write policies at or below 10th-grade reading level.

Status: Signed Into Law 4/20/10

HB 1168

Neutral

Bill Title: Limit Reimbursement Fully Comp Injured Person

Bill Sponsors: Levy, Steadman

CTLA subrogation bill - requires that claimants/injured parties be made whole before any insurer is entitled to a portion of the settlement.

Status: Signed into Law 4/28/10

HB 1179

Monitor

Bill Title: Primary Care Act

Bill Sponsors: Acree, Boyd

Allows medical malpractice carriers to offer discounts to physicians in rural areas; allows state loan repayment funds to be used for physicians in private practice; requires HCPF to develop a 5-year plan for increasing primary care reimbursements; encourages private businesses to donate to/invest in primary care physician practices.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 4/9/10

HB 1202

Neutral

Bill Title: Insurance Coverage Chemo Treatment

Bill Sponsors: Primavera/McNulty, Tochtrop

Coverage for oral chemo at same level as IV. Amended in House HHS to address CMS' concerns related to soft tissue wound care and supervision requirements for podiatric surgeons  

Status: Signed Into Law 4/15/10

HB 1216

Support Part 1

Bill Title: Chiropractor & Pharmacist Admin Drugs

Bill Sponsors: Riesberg

Allows pharmacists to administer vaccines off-site (currently, they may only do so at their pharmacy); requires the Chiropractic Board to develop a formulary of nutritional remedial measures they can prescribe. Amended in House HHS to remove language granting prescriptive authority to chiropractors; this includes the formulary set up in the bill as well.

Status: Signed Into Law 4/15/10

HB 1224

Bill Title: Sunset Colorado Podiatry Board

Bill Sponsors: Gerou, Boyd

Podiatry Board Sunset. Amended to clarify that podiatric surgeons currently board certified do not need to be supervised for surgery; removed requirement for CME's and amended the ongoing professional development requirement to mirror the language in HB 1283.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1227

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Medical Malpractice Insurance Sales

Bill Sponsors: DelGrosso, Tochtrop

Specifies that physicians may purchase malpractice coverage through "approved, non-admitted" carriers.

Status: Signed Into Law 4/15/10

HB 1229

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Authentication of Verbal Medical Orders

Bill Sponsors: Pace, Newell

Requires 48-hour timeline for verbal order authentication unless read-back and verify process is followed; in that case, authentication time period is lengthened to 30 days.

Status: Signed Into Law 5/5/10

HB 1234

Moderate Oppose

Bill Title: Fair Settle Ins. Claim Medical Benefits

Bill Sponsors: Primavera

Establishes a presumption of unreasonableness when an insurer's decision to delay or deny a claim is made by someone who is not licensed in Colorado and is not in the same field or specialty as the provider who recommended the service.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate Judicial Committee, Awaiting 3^rd Reading.

HB 1242

Passive Support

Bill Title: Uniform Individual Health Insurance App

Bill Sponsors: Apuan, Tochtrop

Requires DOI to develop a uniform application for individual health plans.

Status: Signed Into Law 5/10/10

HB 1244

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Corporate Practice of Medicine

Bill Sponsors: Labuda, Mitchell

Allows heirs of deceased physicians to become shareholders of the physician's PC; the heir retains corporate liability but not malpractice liability.

Status: Signed Into Law 5/10/10

HB 1248

Neutral

Bill Title: CO Safe Personal Care Products Act

Bill Sponsors: Primavera, Boyd

Prohibits sale of personal care products that contain any chemical identified as causing cancer or reproductive toxicity. Identifying bodies are EPA, FDA, NIOSH, National Toxicology Program and International Agency for Research on Cancer.  The bill includes standards for defining the substances that fall within the act.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 3/2/10

HB 1252

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Breast Cancer Screening with Mammography

Bill Sponsors: Primavera, Boyd/Schwartz

Requires health insurers to cover mammograms in cases were the USPSTF guidelines do not necessarily recommend them, if the physician deems it medically appropriate.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Assigned to Conference Committee.

HB 1258

Moderate Oppose

Bill Title: Premium Discount Comply Treatment Plan

Bill Sponsors: Acree, Harvey

Allows carriers to provide discounts in small group and individual markets to individuals who comply with treatment plans developed by providers; does not tie discount to achieving a particular outcome.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 2/19/10

HB 1260

Support

Bill Title: Sunset Review Board of Medical Examiners

Bill Sponsors: Riesberg/Acree, Newell

Medical Practice Act Sunset.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Awaiting 3^rd Reading, Senate Reconsideration.

HB 1262

Passive Support

Bill Title: Green Jobs and Medical Scholarships

Bill Sponsors: Frangas

Establishes a medical services scholarship program to be funded by gifts, grants and donations.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 4/9/10

HB 1266

Passive Support

Bill Title: Health Insurance for Local Gov & Small Businesses

Bill Sponsors: Frangas

Allows local government entities, small businesses and nonprofit organizations to purchase coverage through state group health plan.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 4/23/10

HB 1283

Strong Support

Bill Title: Patient Safety Issues

Bill Sponsors: Riesberg, Sandoval

Patient Safety Act.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 4/6/10

HB 1284

Monitor

Bill Title: Medical Marijuana Regulations

Bill Sponsors: Massey/Summers, Romer/Spence

Regulating medical marijuana dispensaries.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to House Reconsideration.

HB 1330

Moderate Support

Bill Title: All-Payer Health Claims Database

Bill Sponsors: Kefalas, Morse

All Payer Claims Database:  via advisory committee creates a process for the creation of a claims database to be used by all stakeholders to transparent public reporting of health care information; specifies data to come from payers and other public publically available data. Amended in House HHS to clarify that data collected will be payer claims data; also amended to require the administrator of the program to work in conjunction with the advisory committee formed to create the database.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Senate Reconsideration.

HB 1332

Strong Support

(Oppose Dental Assn. Amendment)

Bill Title: Medical Clean Claims

Bill Sponsors: Miklosi, Romer

Clean Claims Act:  Creates a committee of various stakeholders to create a standard set of edits and payment rules for all carriers to use.  Starts with the NCCI edits as a base and authorized to create additional standard edits for those that don't exist within NCCI.  Authorizes the committeee to follow any national efforts whose goal is to standardize edits and requires the CO committee to defer to national effort standardization if it is completed prior to CO committee's work. Amended in House HHS to extend the deadline for implementing a standard set of edit codes and payment rules. Passed appropriations with an amendment that clarifies that HCPF is not responsible for the administration of the task force; this was necessary in order to remove the fiscal note which would have killed the bill.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1348

Passive Support

Bill Title: Increase Oversight Radioactive Materials

Bill Sponsors: McFadyen, Kester/Bacon

The bill requires uranium mills, uranium processing facilities, and associated disposal facilities licensed for the disposal of radioactive waste originating outside of Colorado or the acceptance of classified material (uranium processing and disposal facilities) that have caused a release that exceeds groundwater standards to submit an annual report to the owners of wells located within a mile of the contaminated groundwater plume.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1355

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Off-Label Use of Cancer Drugs

Bill Sponsors: Gagliardi, Kopp

The bill prohibits a health benefit plan from limiting or excluding coverage for a drug that is approved by the federal food and drug administration for the treatment of one specific type of cancer on the basis that the drug has not been approved for another specific type of cancer if the drug is recognized for treatment for that cancer in the reference compendia as identified by the secretary of the United States department of health and human services and the treatment is for a covered condition.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate, Sent to Governor.

HB 1357

Active Monitor

Bill Title: False Claims Act

Bill Sponsors: McFadyen/Judd, Romer/Boyd

Omnibus False Claims Act, Including Medicaid.

Status: Passed House, Passed Senate Judicial Committee, Referred to Appropriations.

HB 1371

Passive Oppose

Bill Title: Colorado Health Freedom Act

Bill Sponsors: Frangas, Mitchell

Existing law regulates the practice of certain health care professions, including the practice of medicine. These laws prohibit unlicensed persons from engaging in certain activities constituting, among others, the practice of medicine.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 4/6/10

HB 1416

Strong Oppose

Bill Title: Administration of Drugs by Chiropractors

Bill Sponsors: Riesberg

Allows chiropractors to administer drugs via injection and other means.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 4/30/10

HJR 1009

Oppose

Bill Title: 10^th Amend Opt Out Federal Heath Leg.

Bill Sponsors: Acree, Mitchell

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 3/12/10

SB 2

Passive Support

Bill Title: Medical Insurance Coverage Denial Appeals

Bill Sponsors: Steadman/Keller, Looper, Primavera

Assists Medicaid recipients who also have private insurance coverage to appeal claims denials by private insurers; establishes ombudsman's office.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 11

Support with Amendments

Bill Title: Worker's Comp Conflicts of Interest

Bill Sponsors: M. Carroll, Miklosi

Addresses conflicts of interest within work comp system- prohibits carriers from paying providers to deny claims, requires physicians to disclose business interests with insurers and prohibits provider from communicating with the employer or carrier.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 12

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Worker's Comp Benefits Knowing Penalty

Bill Sponsors: Tochtrop, Pace

Increases penalties against insurers who knowingly delay claim payments; penalties go to medical services provider and work comp cash fund.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Senate Reconsideration.

SB 13

Passive Support

Bill Title: Worker's Compensation Accountability

Bill Sponsors: Hodge, Ryden

Requires work comp insurers to survey a limited number of injured workers to gage their satisfaction with the insurer; prevents insurer from retaliating against workers for unsatisfactory results.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 20

Support

Bill Title: CoverColorado Provider Fee Schedule

Bill Sponsors: Boyd, Massey

Authorizes the CoverColorado board to set a fee schedule for physician and hospital payments (does not establish the fee schedule in statute); prohibits balance billing of CoverColorado members.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 56

Passive Support

Bill Title: Immunization Information School Children

Bill Sponsors: Boyd, Riesberg

Requires school to give parents a standardized list of required immunizations.

Status: Signed into Law 3/29/10.

SB 61

Neutral

Bill Title: Medicaid Hospice Room and Board Changes

Bill Sponsors: Tochtrop, Soper

Allows Medicaid to contract directly with long-term care facilities for hospice care.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 66

Monitor

Bill Title: Reporting of Child Abuse or Neglect

Bill Sponsors: Hudak, Levy

Absolves physicians and others of duty to report child abuse or neglect if individual is 18 or older and the abuse/neglect took place before age 18.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 76

Passive Oppose

Bill Title: Unreasonable Insurance Claims Practices

Bill Sponsors: Carroll, M.

Makes it an unfair/deceptive practice for an insurer to offer incentives for delaying/denying claims.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 81

Passive Support

Bill Title: Farm-to-school Interagency Task Force

Bill Sponsors: Sandoval, Solano

Establishes "farm to school" program for healthy eating.

Status: Signed Into Law 4/15/10

SB 109

Opposed to Amendment regarding two opinions for certification

Bill Title: Medical Marijuana Dr. Patient Relations

Bill Sponsors: Romer/Spence, Massey/McCann

Defines and requires bona fide physician/patient relationship for purposes of medical marijuana certification; requires that physicians certifying medical marijuana have valid, unrestricted license and have not had their DEA registration suspended or revoked; forbids physicians from accepting money from or entering into other arrangements with caregivers for medical marijuana certificates; makes physicians subject to the BME for violating the terms of the act; establishes a medical marijuana review board, including 3 physicians.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor, Assigned to Conference Committee, Recalled back to House.

SB 112

Neutral

Bill Title: Worker's Comp Ins. Rate Setting

Bill Sponsors: Kopp

Changes existing law to require the carrier to give the insured employer credit against premiums for the full amount of the deductible when employer agrees to pay a deductible as part of the policy; makes the complete recommendations and supporting materials of the rating org. and the independent actuary employed by the commissioner of insurance including any rationale for rate changes, available to the public.  Requires the DOI to use a competitive bid process when selecting rating orgs for the workers comp rates.

Status: Signed into Law 3/31/10.

SB 114

Monitor

Bill Title: Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2010

Bill Sponsors: Carroll, M., Weissman

Taxpayer Transparency Act - requires any individual or entity that receives state money to open up its records for public inspection if asked.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Assigned to Conference Committee.

SB 115

Passive Support

Bill Title: Facilities May Donate Unused Medications

Bill Sponsors: Tochtrop, Primavera

Allows health care facilities to donate unused medications to nonprofits providing relief services in Haiti.

Status: Signed into Law 4/13/10.

SB 117

Neutral

Bill Title: Medicaid Over the Counter Medicines

Bill Sponsors: Foster, Primavera

Requires Medicaid to cover OTC medications.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 124

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Michael Skolnik Med Transparency 2010

Bill Sponsors: Carroll, M., Ryden

Michael Skolnik Act of 2010 - extends reporting requirement to all regulated health care professionals in Colorado.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 126

Passive Support

Bill Title: Pharmaceutical Transparency Act

Bill Sponsors: Carroll, M., Tyler

Pharmaceutical Transparency Act: Requires pharmaceutical/device manufacturers to report annually to the Secretary of State regarding gifts, payments, fees, honoraria, grants, profit distribution, dividend, etc. of $100 or more to health care practitioners, ownership interests by practitioners in the manufacturer's business; the manufacturer's adherence to the voluntary PhRMA marketing code of conduct; the report must include the practitioner's name, business address and specialty.  All data submitted must be available to the public on a Web site and reported to the General Assembly.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 132

Passive Support

Bill Title: Medicaid Hospice Room and Board

Bill Sponsors: Williams, Riesberg

Pending federal approval, allows Medicaid to pay for hospice care in a hospice facility, not just a nursing home.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 3/19/10

SB 151

Neutral

Bill Title: Repeal Comprehensive Health Education Fund

Bill Sponsors: White, Pommer

Repeals health education fund for schools.

Status: Signed Into Law 4/15/10

SB 152

Passive Support

Bill Title: Info to Mandatory Reporter Child Abuse

Bill Sponsors: Carroll, M., Weissman

Requires counties to report follow-up information (treatment, placement, safety risks, etc.) back to mandatory child abuse reporters (including physicians and residents) within 30 days of initial report.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 153

Passive Support

Bill Title: Behavioral Health Screening and Efficiency

Bill Sponsors: Boyd

Requires the governor to establish a "Behavioral health transformation council" to implement a coordinated behavioral health system in the state.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 160

Moderate Opposition

Bill Title: Alternative Medicaid for Elderly

Bill Sponsors: Lundberg

Allows HCPF to create, upon receipt of a federal waiver, an alternative to the Medicaid program for the elderly. Participants would receive 70% of the annual Medicaid benefit in exchange for the ability to see any provider in the state, regardless of whether that provider accepts Medicaid. The provider shall determine the rates he/she will charge. Program participants waive access to any Medicaid case management services other than as necessary for their annual redetermination of eligibility.

Status: Passed Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Awaiting 3^rd Reading.

SB 163

Bill Title: Worker's Compensation Procedures

Bill Sponsors: Tochtrop, Kerr

When settling a work comp claim, allows the Director of WC to use mortality tables, including those used by Medicare; requires work comp carrier to pay lump sum and partial settlements within 15 days after the settlement is finalized.

Status: Signed into Law 3/31/10.

SB 167

Active Monitor

Bill Title: Medicaid Efficiency and False Claims

Bill Sponsors: Boyd, Riesberg

Medicaid efficiency and false claims - makes numerous changes to Medicaid billing and payment systems and authorizes the department to pursue civil action against false claims.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 169

Passive Support

Bill Title: Provider Fee Enhanced Match Use

Bill Sponsors: Boyd, Riesberg

Allows the state to use the additional federal match from hospital provider fee to offset general fund Medicaid expenditures.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 170

Moderate Support

Bill Title: Limited Services Clinics Retail Outlet

Bill Sponsors: Steadman, Primavera

Restricts limited service/retail-based clinics from treating children under 2; such clinics must report vaccination information to state immunization registry; follow protocols re: sharing information with primary care providers.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 3/26/10

SB 178

Strong Support

Bill Title: Fair Workers' Comp Provider Reviews

Bill Sponsors: Hodge/Mitchell, Gerou/Miklosi

Requires provider review processes used by workers compensation insurers to be transparent and objectively and uniformly applied; requires any peformance initiative (P4P similar prorgrams in workers comp) to measure quality of care equally to any other metrics used to meet reward benchmarks; creates a due process for physicians to appeal inaccurate data ascribed to them in both the provider review processes and performance initiatives.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 183

Strong support

Bill Title: Extend Prohibition on Medical Balance Billing

Bill Sponsors: Morse, Gagliardi

Prior case law interpreting Colorado's health insurance statutes had allowed "balance billing" for increased charges of out-of-network providers working in in-network facilities without the prior knowledge or consent of insured patients. The general assembly legislatively overruled that interpretation, subject to future review and repeal. The bill continues indefinitely the requirement that health insurers hold consumers harmless for charges over and above the in-network rates for services rendered in an in-network facility.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 189

Support in Concept

Bill Title: Breast Cancer Screening

Bill Sponsors: Steadman, Weissman

Allows county health departments to set up syringe exchange programs.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 193

Passive Support

Bill Title: Restraints Used on Pregnant Inmates

Bill Sponsors: Hudak, Levy

Prohibits corrections facilities from shackling pregnant women while giving birth.

Status: Passed Senate, Passed House, Sent to Governor.

SB 214

Support

Bill Title: Clarify Med Products Sales Tax

Bill Sponsors: Tochtrop, Gagliardi

In order to more precisely specify the circumstances in which sales of drugs, insulin, medical materials, and therapeutic medical devices, appliances, and accessories are exempt from sales tax, the bill.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 5/7/10

SCR 001

Support

Bill Title: Fiscal Policy Constitutional Commission

Bill Sponsors: Heath, Ferrandino

Currently, the state constitution may be amended by a measure referred to the voters by the general assembly or a constitutional convention or referred through the initiative process. The concurrent resolution creates an additional way to amend the constitution through the creation of a temporary fiscal policy constitutional commission (commission). The commission is created for the purpose of reviewing the fiscal policy set forth in the state constitution and, if appropriate, submitting one or more measures to amend the state constitution to the voters at the 2012 general election.

Status: Passed Senate State Affairs Committee, Passed 3^rd Reading, Awaiting Concurrence

SCR 003

Support

Bill Title: Ballot Initiatives to Amend Constitution

Bill Sponsors: Tapia, Court

Currently, the minimum total number of signatures of registered electors required for an initiative petition to amend the state constitution is equal to 5% of the votes cast in the previous election for the office of secretary of state, and there is no requirement for geographic distribution of those signatures. If on the ballot, such an initiative becomes part of the constitution if approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon.

Status: POSTPONED INDEFINITELY 5/12/10

SJR 11

Bill Title: Breast Cancer Screening

Bill Sponsors: Boyd, Stephens

Expresses the General Assembly's opposition to the USPSTF mammography guidelines.

Status: Passed both Chambers.