Rep. Weinberg asks ‘Why do we need a bill?’ during reading of HB 1226
By Brian Porter | Rocky Mountain Voice
As House Democrats were slamming one bill after another through on readings Thursday, Larimer Republican Rep. Ron Weinberg wanted to know why one of them was a bill on the floor at all.
"If we want this on the agenda, why don't we put this on the agenda?" he asked. "Why do we need a bill?"
His concerns were related to House Bill 25-1226, which would instruct the state's health care review interim committee to study billing practices.
The bill, by Morgan County Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson, cleared the House's Health & Human Services Committee on an 8-4 vote, splitting Republican support on the committee. Johnson responded the bill was necessary to have the issue as part of the health care review agenda.
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