Senate Committee of Reference Report

Committee on Appropriations

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April 25, 2025

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

SB25-290     be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:

Page 1, Line 1Amend the Finance Committee Report, dated April 22, 2025, page 3, line

Page 1, Line 242, strike "fund." and substitute "general fund.".

Page 1, Line 3Page 4, line 2, strike the first "fund" and substitute "fund, other than

Page 1, Line 4interest,".

Page 1, Line 5Page 4, strike lines 5 and 6 and substitute:

Page 1, Line 6"(3)  Subject to annual".

Page 1, Line 7Page 4, line 8, after "and" insert "any".

Page 1, Line 8Page 7, after line 19 insert:

Page 1, Line 9"Page 15 of the bill, line 18, strike "(2)(e)" and substitute "(2)(d), (2)(e),".

Page 1, Line 10Page 15 of the bill, after line 25 insert:

Page 1, Line 11"(2) (d)  If claims made pursuant to this article 13 exceed

Page 1, Line 12the balance in the unclaimed property trust fund, the state

Page 1, Line 13treasurer shall transfer from the general fund to the

Page 1, Line 14unclaimed property trust fund an amount needed to pay the

Page 1, Line 15claims and shall notify the joint budget committee of the

Page 1, Line 16general assembly of the transfer and the amount of the

Page 1, Line 17transfer from the general fund.".

Page 1, Line 18Page 15 of the bill, line 26, strike "(2)".".

Page 1, Line 19

Page 2, Line 1Page 8 of the committee report, line 11, strike "year."." and substitute:

Page 2, Line 2"year.

Page 2, Line 3SECTION 5. Appropriation. (1)  For the 2025-26 state fiscal

Page 2, Line 4year, $25,000,000 is appropriated to the department of health care policy

Page 2, Line 5and financing. This appropriation is from the provider stabilization fund

Page 2, Line 6created in section 25.5-3-603 (1)(a), C.R.S. To implement this act, the

Page 2, Line 7department may use this appropriation as follows:

Page 2, Line 8(a)  $138,505 for personal services related to general

Page 2, Line 9administration, which amount is based on an assumption that the

Page 2, Line 10department will require an additional 2.0 FTE;

Page 2, Line 11(b)  $15,900 for operating expenses related to general

Page 2, Line 12administration; and

Page 2, Line 13(c)  $24,845,595 for provider stabilization payments related to

Page 2, Line 14other medical services.".".

Page 2, Line 15Page 8 of the committee report, strike lines 14 through 16 and substitute:

Page 2, Line 16"Page 1 of the bill, strike line 107 and substitute "funds to stabilize the

Page 2, Line 17health-care safety net and making an appropriation.".".