Summary Of Health Care Legislation.pdf

Colorado's 2019 legislative session addressed various health care issues, including state health programs, behavioral and mental health, cost reduction measures, and hospital transparency. Key legislation included:

Expanding dental services under the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) to enrolled pregnant women (HB 19-1038)
Setting maximum reimbursement rates for dental procedures under the Colorado Dental Health Care Program for Low-income Seniors (HB 19-1326)
Increasing reimbursement rates for Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver providers, with requirements for applying the increase towards employee compensation (SB 19-238)
Creating a scope of treatment form for advanced behavioral health orders (HB 19-1044)
Lowering the age for youths to seek professional therapy without parental consent from 14 to 12 (HB 19-1120)
Prohibiting conversion therapy for minors (HB 19-1129)
Making changes to the treatment of persons with behavioral health disorders, including creating incentives for providers to accept Medicaid clients and developing a comprehensive behavioral health safety net system (SB 19-222)
Creating a Health Care Cost Analysis Task Force to study health care financing systems and universal health care models (HB 19-1176)
Directing the Commissioner of Insurance to convene a primary care payment reform collaborative (HB 19-1233)
Designing a program to import prescription pharmaceutical drugs from Canada (SB 19-005)