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Zoe Powers, representing Eli Lilly, argued the bill would strip the Colorado Board of Pharmacy of its core authority by prohibiting it from adopting rules more restrictive than federal law, that it expands compounding against the national trend in states including Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, and Mississippi, and that it allows compounding of devices which is illegal under federal law. Proponent witnesses including compounding pharmacists, hospital representatives, and Senator Ball argued the bill does not weaken safety standards and merely aligns state law with existing federal frameworks. Senator Ball subsequently offered Amendment L7 as a direct response, stating it 'speaks to the testimony that we just heard, the concerns that were voiced by Eli Lilly' by exempting 503B pharmacies from the bill's scope.
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“I used to do a lot of work with individuals who were placed under mental health holds and the follow ups are really, really important. And so extending the time that we have to ensure that more people get those follow ups is actually quite critical because a lot of times what happens is you have a mental health hold that lasts for as short as two or three hours, as long as 24 hours. But if you don't have that follow up immediately after, it's really easy to lose people.”
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Sign in to subscribeSenate Health and Human Services will come to order. Mr. Brown, please call the roll. Senators Bright. Here. Cutter. Present. Doherty? She's changing a diaper. We can. Senator Daugherty? Here. Frizzell. Present. Weissman. Excused. Judah. Present. Mr. Jamalaga. Here. Members, we have a couple bills on the agenda today. First one is House Bill 1194, Sunset for combative Sports Office and Commission, with Senator Hendrickson, who is here with us. You want to start us off, Senator Hendrickson? Sure. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think it doesn't need too much of an explanation that when we have combative sports in which physical violence is between two people is the point that a robust framework for fair play and safety is in order to. When there are such athletic competitions, we want there to be robust and spirituous competition that is healthy, but certainly we're dealing with an activity that is on the higher end of the threshold of safety concerns. And ensuring that there's a strict and workable framework there to ensure the protection of participants is critical. That framework is currently housed in the Colorado Professional Boxing Safety act, which is set to sunset. That's what brings House Bill…
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