This Week in Health Care

STATE HIGHLIGHTS

ALABAMA

The Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government will hold a hearing on April 1 regarding the following measure:

SB 352: This measure permits counties and municipalities to approve the incorporation of a new health care authority to serve an area that is already within an existing authority.

Contact: Olivia O'Donnell 

COLORADO 

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hold a hearing on April 1 regarding the following measure:

HB 1107: This measure establishes information disclosure requirements for a licensed facility that offers on-site and residential services for individuals with dementia and dementia-related disabilities.

Contact: Olivia O'Donnell 

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hold a hearing on April 2 regarding the following measure:

HB 1096: This measure prohibits the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing from denying a Medicaid member the ability to purchase primary care services or enter into a direct primary care agreement. The direct primary health-care provider can not submit a fee-for-service claim to Medicaid for provided services.

Contact: Caroline Peter

MARYLAND

The House Health Committee will hold a hearing on April 1 regarding the following measure:

SB 792: This measure requires hospitals to adopt a policy outlining protocols for immigration enforcement actions, consistent with Attorney General guidance, make the policy available to all staff, and provide annual staff training on the policy.

Contact: Caroline Peter

TENNESSEE

The House State and Local Government Committee will hold a hearing on March 31 regarding the following measure:

HB 1710: This measure adds local governments to the list of entities required to verify that public benefit applicants are US citizens or lawfully present.

Contact: Caroline Peter