Bill seeks to end gender as a factor for insurance cost A piece of Colorado legislation seeks to even the health insurance playing field for women. Most insurance companies charge more for women in the individual market. Women pay between 2 percent and 59 percent more than men who are the same age, from the [...]
Continue reading …Transparency, standardization and efficiency. That’s what legislation this session would require insurance companies to include when writing policies. Here are some of the health care bills: House Bill 1038 seeks to establish a database of claims throughout the state to better understand how Colorado is spending its health care dollars. The information from the database [...]
Continue reading …Highlights from the Legislature on Thursday: – The House gave initial approval to a measure (House Bill 1001) that would require large utility companies to generate nearly one-third of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. The bill, one of the top priorities this year for Gov. Bill Ritter, faces a third reading before [...]
Continue reading …A new bill introduced at the General Assembly will help facilities guard against employee drug theft, hold doctors to higher standards, and creates a dialogue with patients after medical accidents. The Patient Safety Act will help reduce medical errors and health care related injuries, said Rep. Jim Riesberg (D-Greeley). House bill 1283 is the result [...]
Continue reading …DENVER (AP) – Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s plan to eliminate about a dozen tax breaks to balance the state budget is off to a rocky start. Rep. Bob Gardner, a Republican from Colorado Springs, tried to block the tax breaks with a filibuster. Democrats retaliated by ruling him absent, forcing him to leave the committee [...]
Continue reading …Just as the General Assembly considers bills to end tax credits for businesses, the state’s business councils and advocates are descending on the Colorado Capitol to make their voices heard. Representatives from Colorado Springs, Denver, Aurora, the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Colorado Competitive Council will be holding a rally tomorrow to protest [...]
Continue reading …DENVER (AP) – Colorado will keep posting signs alongside construction projects paid for with federal stimulus dollars. Democratic lawmakers voted to reject the Republican proposal Thursday after a hearing in the a House committee. The state has spent as much as $247,000 in stimulus money to post the signs along about 100 construction sites letting [...]
Continue reading …The first bill to be introduced in this year’s legislative session, SB 10-001, sponsored by Senate President Brandon Shaffer and Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry, is intended to fix the acute financial problems of the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association. PERA is the long-established defined-benefit retirement plan to which almost all public school, municipal, and [...]
Continue reading …‘Patient’ battle to be fought in legislature Bills controlling the sale and use of medical marijuana were filed earlier this week, but the debate remains surprisingly calm. Sen. Chris Romer (D-Denver) and Rep. Tom Massey (R-Chaffee) are working on bills that both sides — state officials and medical marijuana advocates — say address most of the issues. There is one [...]
Continue reading …Bills introduced in the opening days of the General Assembly: – House Bill 10-1023 Sponsored by Mark Waller (R-El Paso) This bill carries civil liability for employers who hire people with criminal records. The bill prohibits information regarding an employee’s criminal history from being introduced as evidence in a civil action against an employer if [...]
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