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Introduced
02/13/2024
02/13/2024
In Committee
05/03/2024
05/03/2024
Crossed Over
05/29/2024
05/29/2024
Passed
05/29/2024
05/29/2024
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
06/04/2024
06/04/2024
Introduced Session
2024 Regular Session
Bill Summary
CONCERNING MATERNAL HEALTH, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
AI Summary
This bill aims to address maternal health issues in Colorado. Key provisions include:
- Integrating the services and expertise of direct-entry midwives, assessing and maintaining reproductive health services, and understanding assets and gaps in services at the county level.
- Requiring maternal health facilities to provide at least 90 days' notice before discontinuing services, with specific notification requirements, to help ensure continuity of care for patients.
- Expanding the Environmental Justice Advisory Board to include at least one practicing midwife, and the Colorado Maternal Mortality Review Committee to include community-based midwifery representation.
- Authorizing the Department of Public Health and Environment to contract with an independent evaluator to study perinatal health facility closures and their impacts, and develop recommendations and best practices for managing such closures.
- Appropriating funding to the Department of Public Health and Environment and the Department of Regulatory Agencies to implement the bill's provisions.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (51)
Janet Buckner (D)*,
Lorena García (D)*,
Iman Jodeh (D)*,
Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D)*,
Judy Amabile (D),
Jennifer Bacon (D),
Andrew Boesenecker (D),
Jeff Bridges (D),
Kyle Brown (D),
James Coleman (D),
Jessie Danielson (D),
Monica Duran (D),
Elisabeth Epps (D),
Tony Exum (D),
Meg Froelich (D),
Joann Ginal (D),
Julie Gonzales (D),
Eliza Hamrick (D),
Chris Hansen (D),
Leslie Herod (D),
Nick Hinrichsen (D),
Sonya Jaquez Lewis (D),
Cathy Kipp (D),
Chris Kolker (D),
Sheila Lieder (D),
Mandy Lindsay (D),
William Lindstedt (D),
Meghan Lukens (D),
Javier Mabrey (D),
Janice Marchman (D),
Julia Marvin (D),
Julie McCluskie (D),
Karen McCormick (D),
Barbara McLachlan (D),
David Ortiz (D),
Jennifer Parenti (D),
Kevin Priola (D),
Naquetta Ricks (D),
Dylan Roberts (D),
Manny Rutinel (D),
Emily Sirota (D),
Tammy Story (D),
Tom Sullivan (D),
Brianna Titone (D),
Alex Valdez (D),
Elizabeth Velasco (D),
Stephanie Vigil (D),
Michael Weissman (D),
Jenny Willford (D),
Mary Young (D),
Rachel Zenzinger (D),
Last Action
Governor Signed (on 06/04/2024)
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