Pair of Bills to Streamline Childhood Health Care Pass Committee

HB25-1003 and SB25-017 would improve state-supported measures to streamline children’s health care

DENVER, CO – Two bills sponsored by Assistant Senate Majority Leader Lisa Cutter, D-Jefferson County, to streamline state support for children’s health care passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee today. 

“We owe it to our children to provide the support they need in their early years. That is not only the right thing to do, but an important investment in our future,” Cutter said. “These bills help protect and streamline children’s health care and early intervention services to make sure every child in Colorado has the opportunity to thrive.”

HB25-1003 would combine two existing Medicaid waiver programs into one, creating the Children with Complex Health Needs waiver program. This new program would help streamline waivers to better support Colorado’s youth with behavioral health conditions or complex needs by providing in-home services and treatments for families with children with a complex health need, including respite care and pain management.

The committee also approved Cutter’s SB25-017, which aims to strengthen access to holistic primary health care for children in child care and learning environments.

HB25-1003 will move to the Senate floor for further consideration. SB25-017 now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee for further consideration.