Senate Bill 200, which creates a framework for health-benefit exchanges, to be formed as prescribed by the federal Health Care Reform Act, passed out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee today. The bipartisan measure is now headed to the Executive Committee of Legislative Council for consideration before it can go to the full [...]
“It’s important that we do this because we need to protect the most vulnerable—young children.”
A proposal to allow full-strength beer sales at convenience stores—though not at grocery stores—cleared a Senate committee today and is headed for debate on the Senate floor. It’s the second such proposal to get so far this session; action by the full House of Representatives is pending on a similar bill introduced in that chamber.
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“This seems absurd that these cases are dragging on and on while interest is accruing.”
House Bill 1183, sponsored by Rep. Laura Bradford, R- Collbran, and Sen. Nancy Spence, R-Centennial, was signed into law this week by Democratic Gov. John Hickenloper. HB1183 allows a woman’s death certificate to reflect the fact that she had been pregnant if it occurred within the previous 12 months. Similar measures have been adopted in [...]
House Bill 1223, by Rep. Ray Scott, R-Grand Junction, addressing the makeup of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission was heard today in the House Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources Committee today, but the committee will not finish their work until next week as the bill was laid over. Under current consideration is an updated [...]
“The exchanges are a free-market idea that, absent some of the provisions of the federal law, are a good idea.”
Senate Bill 19, by Sen. Keith King, R-Colorado Springs, allowing small businesses to pitch in for an employee’s individual health insurance premium, was signed into law today by Gov. John Hickenlooper. Previous to SB 19 small employers (50 employees or less) were prohibited from paying or reimbursing employees for the costs of individual health insurance [...]
“I want to make sure that people using water in Colorado can repair or replace water structures without delay.”
The governor has signed into law today Senate Bill 12, by Sen. Greg Brophy, R-Wray, which makes changes to the law governing what school districts can and cannot do when it comes to medication taken by students. The new law grants more flexability for districts to allow students to self-carry and administer necessary prescription drugs, [...]
