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Senate Health & Human Services
Colorado's Senate Health & Human Services committee killed a bill to let Medicaid patients buy into direct primary care, advanced a contested carve-out from the state's Prescription Drug Affordability Board over two Democratic no votes, and shelved a mental-health workforce bill to a date certain at its sponsor's request.
Key Actions
·Colorado Medicaid Access to Primary Care ServicesKilled
+ 6 more actions
Notable Quotes
“I did not consent to being used as a bargaining chip to reform healthcare in the state.”
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Votes
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (4)Scott Bright, Lindsey Daugherty, Lisa Frizell, Kyle Mullica
No (3)Lisa Cutter, Mike Weissman, Iman Jodeh
Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (7)Scott Bright, Lisa Cutter, Lindsey Daugherty, Lisa Frizell, Mike Weissman, Iman Jodeh, Kyle Mullica
Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (7)Scott Bright, Lisa Cutter, Lindsey Daugherty, Lisa Frizell, Mike Weissman, Iman Jodeh, Kyle Mullica
Laid over to May 28, 2026Action
Yes (7)Scott Bright, Lisa Cutter, Lindsey Daugherty, Lisa Frizell, Mike Weissman, Iman Jodeh, Kyle Mullica
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (5)Scott Bright, Lindsey Daugherty, Lisa Frizell, Iman Jodeh, Kyle Mullica
No (2)Lisa Cutter, Mike Weissman
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Senate Health and Human Services, come to order. Mr. Brown, please call the roll. Senators Doherty. I mean, Bright here. Cutter. Here. Doherty. No, she pulling up online. She's saying she needs to be promoted. Here. Frizzell. Present. Weissman. Good afternoon. Judah. Present. Mr. Chair. Malika. Here. I'm going to pass the gavel to Madam Vice Chair for these confirmations. Good afternoon, everyone. Our first order of business is the confirmation hearing of the Colorado Commission on Aging. The appointees for the day are ellie taxman, Jake McGuire. Who's remote? Danielle Hubbard, Peter Haynes, Laura Kinder, Jody Waterhouse, Kate McLaughlin and McLaughlin Bond and. And Erin Alt. Kristin Burrows is a senior specialist on aging with cdpheats, here to introduce them. If you guys could come to the table, I know that's a lot of folks. We can pull up some chairs if we can make it work and if we can get our person remote on, that would be wonderful. And feel free to pull up some chairs from. Thanks for accommodating it. We can be efficient. And. Ms. Burrows. Perfect. Do you want to get started? Oh, there you go. Thank you. Vice Chair Judah. My name is…
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