LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 2024 Session

SB24-203 Prescription Drug Board Consider Rare Disease Advisory Council

Requires the Colorado prescription drug affordability review board to consider input from the Colorado rare disease advisory council under certain circumstances.

SB24-142 Oral Health Screening in Schools Pilot Program

Provides oral health screening in public schools to help with prevention and education for kids and parents.

SB24-124 Health-Care Coverage for Biomarker Testing

Requires health-care coverage for biomarker testing of certain cancer and rare disease to provide targeted treatment.

SB24-109 Continue Colorado Veterans' Service-to-Career Program

Regarding the continuation of the Colorado veterans' service-to-career program.

SB24-055 Agricultural & Rural Behavioral Health Care

Providing behavioral health care of individuals and veterans involved in agriculture due to the higher than average rate of suicide.

SB24-010 Dentist & Dental Hygienist Compact

Providing the dentist and dental hygienist compact to help providers gain reciprocity moving to Colorado.

HB24-1463 Restrictions on Tap Fees

Restricts the authority of a special district to set unreasonable fees on developments.

HB24-1446 Professional Development for Science Teachers

Improves resources and professional development opportunities for science educators.

HB24-1371 More Uniform Local Massage Facilities Regulation

To help reduce human trafficking, requires local governments in accordance with statewide regulations to establish a process that requires periodic criminal background checks for massage facility operators, owners, and employees.

HB24-1226 Tuition Assistance for Colorado National Guard & Dependents

Providing higher education tuition assistance related to service in the Colorado National Guard.

HB24-1156 Chamber of Commerce Alcohol Special Event Permit

Establishes a process for the authorization to hold special events, specifically Chambers of Commerce. Also known as the Parker Wine Walk bill.

HB24-1013 Victim Programs in New Twenty-Third Judicial District

Provides funding for victim programs in the new 23rd Judicial District.

2023 Session

SB23-302 Colorado Veterans' Service-to-career Program

Helping Colorado veterans' with service-to-career programs.

SB23-252 Medical Price Transparency

Providing consumers with hospital medical price transparency.

SB23-179 Dental Plans Medical Loss Ratio

Requiring transparency regarding insurance carrier expenses for patient care and administrative costs.

HB23-1136 Prosthetic Devices For Recreational Activity

Ensured health insurance coverage for a prosthetic device necessary for kids and adults to engage in recreational activities to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

HB23-1116 Contracts Between Carriers And Providers

Requiring insurance contracts for health-care services that involve electronic payments to a health-care provider not have additional fees for payment.

HB23-1073 State Of Disaster Emergency Length

Concerning the duration of a state of disaster emergency declared by the governor and prohibiting the governor from renewing a state of disaster emergency without the authorization of the general assembly to extend a state of disaster emergency.

HB23-1053 Veterans' Cemetery Department of Public Safety Gifts Grants Donations

Granting the authority to accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations and authorizing the division of veterans affairs to expend gifts, grants, and donations in support of the western slope military veterans' cemetery, authorizing the department of public safety to accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations in support of its purposes, and creating the department of public safety gifts, grants, and donations fund.