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Tag: hospital provider fee
Lawmakers pull provider fee bill back from the brink, negotiations continue
The state Capitol erupted this morning in dueling press conferences as lawmakers worked to salvage a deal that would convert the state’s hospital provider...
Political strong-arming, or just a simple mistake? You decide
Updated at 3:40 p.m. to add statement from Rep. Daneya Esgar of Pueblo on her vote.
For the past 15 days, House Democrats have held...
Legislative session erupts into shouts and accusations over negotiations on major...
Updated to add response from Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran and House Majority Leader KC Becker.
The state Capitol erupted Tuesday morning into a...
Republicans walk a tightrope over rural hospital fix
As lawmakers continue to negotiate over the session’s biggest bill - to free up millions of dollars for rural hospitals, instead of cutting funds to...
Rural funding bill survives first crucial test
A Senate committee today put a bipartisan stamp of approval on its most significant legislation of the session, a measure that its sponsors hope...
The biggest bill of the legislative session pops this week. Here’s...
The name of the game: getting a bill that could make or break some rural hospitals and could free up millions for education and...
State lawmakers add and subtract on the state’s premier budget document
Update: as of 8:02 p.m., Republican Rep. Dave Williams of Colorado Springs asked that the budget bill (more than 600 pages) be read at...
Senate passes 2017-18 state budget, but not without fights
*Update: the Senate voted 30-5 Thursday morning to approve the 2017-18 state budget. Four Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs,...
MAP: How much money could your hospital lose next year?
Hospitals across the state are rejoicing today over legislation Colorado Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg introduced Monday night to reclassify the Hospital Provider Fee.
The bill would eliminate...
Q&A: Why Republican Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg flipped on the hospital provider...
Republican state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg of Sterling set off shock waves at the state Capitol this week when he decided to sponsor a bill,...