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2024立法和政策问题
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| 票据或签发 | Summary | Position |
|---|---|---|
HB24-1002:社会工作执照契约 |
The bill establishes a "Social Work Licensure Compact" to streamline licensing for social workers across participating states, 促进互惠, 信息交换, 和问责制. It also promotes telehealth for improved access to services. | 强有力的支持 |
HB24-1003: Opiate Antagonists and Detection Products in Schools |
The bill expands existing laws allowing schools to maintain and distribute opiate antagonists by extending this policy to school buses. It also allows schools to adopt policies for non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection tests, providing immunity to school bus operators and employees administering these tests in good faith. Mandates schools to permit students to possess and administer opiate antagonists and detection tests. | Support |
HB24-1010: Insurance Coverage for Provider-Administered Drugs |
Prohibits carriers from restricting access to provider-administered drugs for individuals with certain medical conditions, including by limiting which pharmacies can dispense the drugs, 不包括基于药房选择的保险, or requiring providers to bill under the pharmacy benefit without consent. It also prevents carriers from imposing extra fees based on pharmacy choice or drug dispensing location. | Support |
HB24-1015:工作场所自杀预防教育 |
The bill mandates the creation of suicide prevention posters for workplaces, requiring employers to display them and include related notices for employees. It also establishes a website for workplace suicide prevention, 可通过海报上的二维码访问. | Support |
HB24-1019:危机解决小组计划 |
该法案创建了危机解决小组计划, offering intensive stabilization services for children and youth experiencing behavioral health crises. 包括咨询, 病例管理, peer support, 并进行长达六周的药物治疗, 计划到2025年在全州范围内扩张. | Support |
HB24-1028:药物过量预防中心More Info |
The bill allows municipalities to authorize the operation of overdose prevention centers within their boundaries to save lives at risk of preventable overdoses. | Support |
HB24-1035: Modernize Health Benefit Exchange Governance |
The bill amends reporting requirements for the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange, shifting to annual reports on open enrollment and financial plans submitted to specified legislative committees. Adjusts the Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee's meeting frequency and removes appointees from the Legislative Audit Committee from its membership. | Support |
HB24-1037:减少物质使用障碍危害 |
The bill adjusts laws related to opioid and substance use disorders by excluding injuries involving drug possession from mandatory reporting, extending immunity for distributing opioid antagonists, adding exemptions to drug paraphernalia possession laws, 扩大药品检测设备的资金使用, allowing clean syringe exchange programs to provide drug testing services, 更新阿片类拮抗剂的术语. | Support |
HB24-1038:儿童高灵敏度危机 & Youth |
The bill mandates the creation of a comprehensive system of care for children and youth with complex behavioral health needs, 包括标准化评估工具, 护理协调, 支持服务, 扩大了接受治疗和寄养的机会. It establishes a training academy for residential childcare staff, 为供应商设定质量标准, 扩大住院护理的紧急资源, 增加报销率, and initiates pilot programs for juvenile justice-involved youth. | 强有力的支持 |
HB24-1040: Gender-Affirming Health Care Providers Study |
The bill mandates the Department of Public Health and Environment to conduct a gender-affirming health-care provider study, 确定提供者的数量和资源, 他们面临的威胁, 病人的需求, 寻求的服务类别, 非处方治疗的流行, 保险覆盖范围. | 强有力的支持 |
HB24-1045:药物使用障碍的治疗More Info |
The bill prohibits carriers from requiring prior authorization based on drug dosage for substance use disorder treatment. It also mandates equal reimbursement rates for pharmacists providing medication-assisted treatment, establishes a behavioral health diversion pilot program, 扩大药物辅助治疗项目, and appropriates funds for substance abuse prevention and childcare access. | Support |
HB24-1075: Analysis of Universal Health Care Payment System |
The bill mandates the Colorado School of Public Health to analyze draft model legislation for a single-payer, nonprofit, 公开资助, privately delivered universal healthcare payment system. | Support |
HB24-1096: School Psychologist Licensure Interstate Compact |
The bill enables school psychologists to easily obtain and maintain licenses across member states, improving access to school psychological services through an interstate licensure compact. | 强有力的支持 |
HB24-1136:青少年更健康地使用社交媒体 |
The bill requires the Department of Education to create a resource bank for schools on the mental health impacts of social media use by children and teens. It expands student wellness programs to address problematic technology use and mandates social media platforms to display warnings to users under 18 who spend excessive time online, 提供精神健康资源. | Support |
HB24-1176:基本项目行为健康拨款 |
The bill expands the behavioral health-care continuum gap grant program to include awarding a community investment grant for a new capital construction project. | 强有力的支持 |
HB24-1149: Prior Authorization Requirements Alternatives |
该法案要求承运人, 利用审查组织, and pharmacy benefit managers to simplify or modify prior authorization requirements for certain healthcare services and prescription drugs in consultation with providers, 减轻行政负担. It prohibits denial of claims for additional or related procedures and extends prior authorization duration to a year. Carriers must publicly disclose prior authorization information on their websites. | Support |
HB24-1256:日落高级牙科咨询委员会 |
The Senior Dental Advisory Committee created in the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing is scheduled to repeal on September 1, 2024. Pursuant to the recommendation in the Department of Regulatory Agencies' Sunset Review and Report, the bill continues the Senior Dental Advisory Committee indefinitely. | Support |
HB24-1306: Increase Penalty Possession of Synthetic Opiates |
The bill removes provisions allowing for reduced penalties based on reasonable mistakes of fact regarding possession of specific quantities of certain controlled substances, making possession of any amount of these substances a level 4 drug felony. | Oppose |
HB24-1322:医疗补助覆盖住房 & Nutrition |
The bill tasks the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing with conducting a feasibility study to explore obtaining federal authorization for Medicaid members' health-related social needs services, requiring a report to the joint budget committee by November 10, 2024. 如果预算中立, the department must pursue federal authorization for these services by July 1, 2025. | Support |
HB24-1384: Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics |
Mandates HCPF and the BHA to apply for the federal SAMHSA grant for certified community behavioral health clinic planning, development, 和实现. This grant is intended to provide support in implementing new Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) that meet certification criteria. | Support |
HB24-1438: Implement Prescription Drug Affordability Programs |
This bill gives the Attorney General’s Office more authority to enforce the affordability programs, 增加对违规行为的罚款, and sets aside money for education and awareness of the programs. | Support |
SB24-001: Continue Youth Mental Health Services Program |
The bill extends the "I Matter" temporary youth mental health services program indefinitely, removes the exemption from the state's procurement code for selecting a program vendor, and shifts reporting requirements from semi-annual to annual. | 强有力的支持 |
SB24-007: Behavioral Health First Aid Training Program |
The bill creates the Behavioral Health First Aid Training Program to enhance mental health awareness, offering free training through a Colorado-based nonprofit to various organizations. It requires the Office of 预防自杀 to establish application criteria, 进行评估, 并每年向大会报告调查结果. | 强有力的支持 |
SB24-010: Dentists and Dental Hygienists Interstate Compact |
The bill establishes the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact, enabling licensed professionals to practice across participating states. 它创建了一个委员会来管理契约, 监督的许可, 解决纠纷, 由评估和费用资助. | 强有力的支持 |
SB24-015: Licensed Professional Counselors in Communities |
The bill creates the Dual Licensure Stipend Program to boost licensed professional counselors by reimbursing supervisors for clinical supervision and covering exam fees for candidates. It mandates the Division of Professions and Occupations to contract with a Colorado organization to administer the program and report participation data. | Support |
SB24-034: Increase Access to School-Based Health Services |
The bill broadens the School-Based Health Center Grant Program to fund evidence-informed, 与学校有关的保健服务, 包括远程医疗和转诊. It also mandates the creation of a service-location identifier for claims related to services provided at school-based health centers. | Support |
SB24-040:国家老年服务资金 |
The bill requires annual inflation adjustments to the general fund allocation for senior services by the General Assembly. 每三年一次, 2024年8月开始, the Department of Human Services and other agencies will review funding adequacy for senior services and report to the General Assembly. | 强有力的支持 |
SB24-047:预防物质使用障碍 |
The bill introduces provisions such as exemptions for veterinarians from certain prescription drug monitoring program requirements, the creation of the Substance Use Disorder Prevention Gap Grant Program, implementation of statewide substance use screening and intervention practices, expansion of perinatal substance use data linkage projects, and authorization for a statewide opioid use disorder prevalence data linkage project conducted by the University of Colorado School of Medicine. | 强有力的支持 |
SB24-048:物质使用障碍康复 |
The bill establishes recovery-friendly workplace designations, allows pupil counting for students in recovery high schools, enables recovery community organizations to offer guidance, 对恢复住宅进行分区分类, 并限制酒类在某些商店的陈列. | Support |
sb24 - 055:农业 & 农村行为卫生保健 |
The bill creates a liaison position to link the Behavioral Health Administration with the Department of Agriculture and rural communities, establishes a work group to improve behavioral health access for agricultural workers, initiates a grant program for addressing behavioral health issues in rural areas, and mandates annual reporting on progress and data collected. | Support |
SB24-057:农业劳动力 & 预防自杀 |
The bill sets up the Agricultural Workforce Mental Health and 预防自杀 Program to aid agricultural workers with mental health support and suicide prevention. It includes initiatives like a public awareness campaign, 危机支援热线, mental wellness plans for workers affected by disasters, 以及与国家机构的协调. Biennial reports on program data and recommendations are required for legislative review. | Support |
SB24-059: Children's Behavioral Health Statewide System of CareMore Info |
The bill establishes a statewide system of care for children's behavioral health in Colorado, ensuring access to mental health support regardless of insurance or income. 它创建了一个监督办公室, 授权实施计划, and establishes capacity-building and data teams to track progress and ensure quality care. | 强有力的支持 |
SB24-063: Confidentiality of Group Peer Support Services |
The bill prohibits peer support team members or recipients of group peer support services from being examined as witnesses without their consent. It also defines terms related to peer support services and outlines exceptions to the prohibition. | Support |
SB24-080:卫生保健覆盖的透明度 |
The bill mandates health insurance carriers to follow federal price transparency laws and provide an internet tool for real-time cost-sharing information. Carriers must also submit required pharmacy benefit and drug cost data to the insurance commissioner. | Support |
sb24 - 104:职业生涯 & 技术教育 & 学徒制 |
The bill mandates aligning high school career and technical education with registered apprenticeship programs in infrastructure, 先进制造, education, 和医疗. Priority for expanding aligned pathways is given to top jobs identified in the Colorado talent pipeline report, 截止日期是7月1日, 2026. | 强有力的支持 |
SB24-110: Medicaid Prior Authorization for Anti-Psychotics |
The bill prohibits the department of Health Care Policy and Financing from requiring prior authorization for an antipsychotic prescription drug used to treat a mental health disorder or mental health condition. | Support |
SB24-115: Mental Health Professional Practice Requirements |
The bill simplifies mental health professional requirements by removing the need for explanations of regulation levels and eliminating certain exams for licensing. It mandates passing the Colorado jurisprudence examination for candidate registrations and allows for registration renewal. | Support |
SB24-116:贫困患者的折扣护理More Info |
This bill enhances the Hospital Discounted Care Program as well as allows for hospitals to be presumptive eligibility sites for Medicaid enrollment. 该法案对该计划进行了修改, aiming for individuals to receive necessary care without facing excessive costs | Support |
SB24-141:州外远程保健提供者 |
The bill allows out-of-state healthcare providers to offer telehealth services to Colorado patients after registering with the relevant regulator, 符合资格标准, and fulfilling notification and financial responsibility requirements. It prohibits in-person services without proper licensure and grants regulators authority to take disciplinary action if needed. | Support |
SB24-142: Oral Health Screening in School Pilot Program |
The bill sets requirements for a pilot oral health screening program, 涵盖筛选者资格, 筛选过程, 工具的选择, 家长通知和拒绝选项, 向家长汇报, 卫生数据的保密性, 以及项目评估的数据提交. | Support |
SB24-168: Remote Monitoring Services for Medicaid Members |
The bill requires the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to reimburse certain Medicaid members for telehealth remote monitoring starting July 1, 2025. It also establishes a grant program to assist outpatient healthcare facilities with telehealth remote monitoring costs. Additionally, the bill mandates coverage for continuous glucose monitors for members. | Support |
SB24-175:改善围产期保健结果 |
The bill requires health benefit plans to include coverage for doula services aligned with standards set by Health First Colorado, with regulations by the Department of Public Health and Environment. 这项覆盖将从7月1日开始, 2025, 对于大型雇主计划, with timing for small group and individual plans contingent on determinations by the Division of Insurance and the Federal Department of Health and Human Services. | Support |
SB24-181:酒精的影响 & 回收企业 |
The bill establishes the Colorado Alcohol Impact and 回收企业 within the Department of Revenue, tasked with collecting fees from alcohol manufacturers and wholesalers for use in substance use disorder prevention, treatment, 以及全州范围内的恢复计划. It provides exemptions for small-scale alcohol producers and distributors based on federal tax criteria and creates an oversight board along with mandatory audits. | Support |