Contact House Appropriations Members - Urge Support for HB09-1111 and HB09-1119!

Two bills that CRHC supports are scheduled to be heard this Friday, April 3rd in House Appropriations and we need your help to move them through!

HB09-1111: Health Resources for Underserved Areas is an extrememly important bill that will greatly impact rural healthcare access and services by strengthening the Primary Care Office. For detailed information on this bill, please visit the CRHC Legislative Update page.

HB09-1119: Rural Substance Abuse Grant Program: would establish the rural alcohol and substance abuse grant program that would provide alcohol and substance abuse treatment and prevention services to youth who reside in rural areas of the state. Rural is defined in this bill to be a county with less than 30,000 people.

Please contact your Representative and urge their support for these bills!

House Appropriations Committee Members
Jack Pommer: 303-866-2780; jack.pommer.house@state.co.us
Mark Ferrandino: 303-866-2911; mferrandino@yahoo.com
Bob Gardner: 303-866-2191; bob.gardner.house@state.co.us
Joel Judd: 303-866-2925; joeljudd@aol.com
John Kefalas: 303-866-4569; john.kefalas.house@state.co.us
Andy Kerr: 303-866-2923; akerrhd26@earthlink.net
Jim Kerr: 303-866-2939; james.kerr.house@state.co.us
Don Marostica: 303-866-2947; don@donmarostica.com
Beth McCann: 303-866-2959; beth.mccann.house@state.co.us
Sal Pace: 303-866-2968; sal.pace.house@state.co.us
Jim Riesberg: 303-866-2929; jim.riesberg.house@state.co.us
Jerry Sonnenberg: 303-866-3706; jerry.sonnenberg.house@state.co.us
Glenn Vaad: 303-866-2943; glenn.vaad.house@state.co.us

SB002 - Passed another hurdle.....almost there! Please Contact your Representatives!!

SB09-002 passed both the House Transportation & Energy Committee and the House Finance Committee this week! Thanks to all of you for your help and support! The bill now awaits the House Appropriations Committee, which will most likely hear the bill sometime next week. Once it passes Appropriations, it will only have two more steps to go (2nd Reading in the House Committee of the Whole and then 3rd & Final Reading in House Committee of the Whole). While this bill has had a long and tenuous journey, we need your help to push it through the final hurdles! Please contact the House Appropriations members to express your support of this extremely important piece of legislation!

Please read some of the other posts on this site to learn more about SB09-002.

House Appropriations Committee
Jerry Sonnenberg: 303-866-3706; jerry.sonnenberg.house@state.co.us
John Kefalas: 303-866-4569; john@kefalas2008.com
Don Marostica: 303-866-2947; don@donmarostica.com
Jim Riesberg: 303-866-2929; jim.riesberg.house@state.co.us
Sal Pace: 303-866-2968; sal.pace.house@state.co.us
Jim Kerr: 303-866-2939; jim.kerr.house@state.co.us
Andy Kerr: 303-866-2923; andy@andykerr.org
Bob Gardner: 303-866-2191; bob.gardner.house@state.co.us
Jack Pommer: 303-866-2780; jack.pommer.house@state.co.us
Beth McCann: 303-866-2959; beth.mccann.house@state.co.us
Joel Judd: 303-866-2925; repjoeljudd@joeljudd.com
Mark Ferrandino: 303-866-2911; mferrandino@yahoo.com
Glenn Vaad: 303-866-2943; gvaad@gmail.com

Contact your Representative Now to Support SB09-002!!!

SB09-002, which would increase the motor vehicle registration fee by $1 to support Emergency Medical Services in Colorado has passed the Senate and is now up for consideration in the House Fianance Committee. After passing in the House Transportation & Energy Committee by a 10-1 vote yesterday the bill is scheduled to be heard TODAY (March 18th) by the House Finance Committee. If your Representative is on the Finance Committee, please call them today to urge their support of this very importatnt piece of legislation!
For more information about SB09-002, please visit: http://www.coemsandtraumafunds.org/

Finance Committee Members:
Joel Judd (Chair): 303-866-2925; repjoeljudd@joeljudd.com
Jerry Frangas (Vice-Chair): 303-866-2954; jerry.frangas.house@state.co.us
Dennis Apuan: 303-866-3069; dennis@dennisapuan.com
Debbie Benefield: 303-866-2950; debbie.benefield.house@state.co.us
Cheri Gerou: 303-866-2582; cheri.gerou.house@state.co.us
John Kefalas: 303-866-4569; john.kefalas.house@state.co.us
Andy Kerr: 303-866-2923; andy@andykerr.org
Kent Lambert: 303-866-2937; repkentlambert@comcast.net
Ellen Roberts: 303-866-2914; ellen.roberts.house@state.co.us
Ken Summers: 303-866-2927; ken.summers.house@state.co.us
Spencer Swalm: 303-866-5510; spencer.swalm.house@state.co.us

HB-1293: Colorado Healthcare Affordability Act

HB-1293: Colorado Healthcare Affordability Act is a first step in helping to insure more than 100,000 Coloradans, while at the same time ensuring that hospital providers have adequate reimbursement rates. This bill will begin the process of establishing a hospital provider fee in Colorado that is estimated to bring in a net revenue for the state at $1.2 billion dollars. These funds will be redistributed to hospitals in effort to improve reimbursement rates for Medicaid, CHP+, and CICP patients. Please click HERE for a fact sheet.

The CRHC supports this legislation. If this bill passes, CRHC will be working with the Colorado Hospital Association and the Hospital Provider Fee Oversight and Advisory Board to ensure that rural hospitals benefit from this legislation.

The bill is scheduled to be heard Friday, March 13th in the House Health & Human Services Committee. We encourage you to contact your Representative and urge their support.

Chair: Jim Riesberg: 303-866-2929; jim.riesberg.house@state.co.us
Vice-Chair: Sara Gagliardi: 303-888-2962; sara.gagliardi.house@state.co.us
Cindy Acree: 303- 866- 2944; cindy.acree.house@state.co.us
Gwen Green: 303-866-2951; gwengreen@yahoo.com
John Kefalas: 303-866-4569; john.kefalas.house@state.co.us
Jim Kerr: 303-866-2939; james.kerr.house@state.co.us
Kevin Lundberg:303-866-2907: replundberg@gmail.com
Anne McGihon: 303-866-2921; anne.mcgihon.house@state.co.us
Dianne Primavera:303-866-4667; dianne.primavera.house@state.co.us
Ellen Roberts: 303-866-2914; ellen.roberts.house@state.co.us
Spencer Swalm: 303-866-5510; spencer.swalm.house@state.co.us

SB09-002: Contact your Representative!

SB09-002, which would increase the motor vehicle registration fee by $1 to support Emergency Medical Services in Colorado has passed the Senate and is now up for consideration in the House Transportation & Energy Committee. A hearing date has not been set, but it is not too early to begin contacting your Representatives to encourage them to support this very importatnt piece of legislation!

Website: http://www.coemsandtraumafunds.org/
SB09-002 fact sheet

House Transportation & Energy Committee Members
Chair: Buffie McFadyen: mcfadyen2002@hotmail.com; 303-866-2905
Co-Chair: Gwen Green: gwyngreen@yahoo.com; 303-866-2951
Randy Baumgardner: randy.baumgardner.house@state.co.us;
303-866-2949
Randy Fischer: randyfischer@frii.com; 303-866-2917
Jerry Frangas: kjerry.frangas.house@state.co.us; 303-866-2954
Steve King: steve.king.house@state.co.us; 303-866-3068
Marsha Looper: marshalooper@gmail.com; 303-866-2946
Frank McNulty: 303-866-2936
Michael Merrifield: michael.merrifield.house@state.co.us;
303-866-2932
Dianne Primavera: dianne.primavera.house@state.co.us;
303-866-4667
Glenn Vaad: glenn.vaad.house@state.co.us; 303-866-2943