Colorado

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Staff

MEMORANDUM

July 18, 2007

TO: Members of the Interim Committee to Study Long-term Care Services and
Supports for Persons with Developmental Disabilities

FROM: Elizabeth Burger, Research Associate II, 303-866-6272

Jessika Shipley, Senior Research Assistant, 303-866-3528
Kelly Stapleton, Senior Research Assistant, 303-866-4789
Amy Larsen, Senior Fiscal Analyst, 303-866-3488

SUBJECT: Overview of the Interim Committee on Long-term Care Services and

Supports for Persons with Developmental Disabilities

This memorandum describes the charge of the interim committee, and indicates the
meeting dates, bill limits, and bill request deadlines applicable to the committee. Meeting
summaries, agendas, and other information regarding the interim committee are available
on Legislative Council's website through the following link.

http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/lcsstaff/2007/comsched/07DisabilitiesSched.htm

Membership

Representative Michael Garcia Senator Betty Boyd

Chair
Representative Bob Gardner
Representative Cory Gardner
Representative Jack Pommer
Representative John Soper
Vice-Chair
Senator Bob Hagedorn
Senator Moe Keller
Senator Scott Renfroe
Senator Nancy Spence
 Meetings

The committee is permitted to meet no more than six times during the 2007 interim.
During the 2007 interim, the committee will meet on the following dates:

• Wednesday, July 18, Legislative Services Building, Room A

• Tuesday, July 31, Legislative Services Building, Room A
• Tuesday, August 14, Legislative Services Building, Room A
• Wednesday, August 29, Legislative Services Building, Room A
• Friday, September 21, House Committee Room 112
• Wednesday, October 10, Legislative Services Building Room A

Interim Committee Charge

The committee must solicit and accept reports and public testimony on at least the
following issues:

• ways to create more transparency, reliability, efficiency, and accountability

throughout the process of providing long-term health care services and
supports for persons with developmental disabilities;
• innovative options to meet the long-term health care needs of people with
developmental disabilities;
• recommendations to eliminate all waiting lists for long-term health care
services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities with all
deliberate speed; and
• recommendations for the creation of new funding for persons on the waiting
lists.

The committee must submit a written report of its findings and recommendations,
including specific recommendations for eliminating the waiting lists for long-term health
care services and supports, to the House and Senate Health and Human Services
Committees by December 15, 2007.

Committee Recommendations to Legislative Council

Bill limits. The committee may recommend no more than eight bills to the
Legislative Council, unless the Executive Committee of the Legislative Council approves
a greater number by October 16, 2007. Bills approved by the Legislative Council do not
count against a member's five bill limit for the regular legislative session.1

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Joint Rule 24 (b) (1) (D)

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 Legislative Council review. The Legislative Council review of interim committee
legislation is scheduled for November 15, 2007. Bills not approved by Legislative Council
may be introduced into the regular session, but such bills will count against a member's five
bill limit. Interim committee bills must have prime sponsors prior to consideration by the
Legislative Council.2 Bill sponsors do not need to be members of the interim committee.

Requirements for bill drafts. Requests for bill drafts must be made no later than
Wednesday, August 29, to allow sufficient time for drafting and final consideration by the
members. Draft legislation will be considered by the committee on Friday, September 21.
At that time, members may propose amendments to the draft legislation. Final proposed
legislation must be approved by the committee on Wednesday, October 10, in order to be
considered at the November 15, 2007, meeting of the Legislative Council.

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Joint Rule 24 (b) (1) (E)

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