As the cost of healthcare in Colorado remains exceptionally high, the Colorado Senate Republicans continue to fight to bring economic relief to the people of Colorado.
Today, two bills, Senate Bill 24-018 and Senate Bill 24-010, were passed unanimously in the state Senate. Championed by Senators Cleave Simpson (R – Alamosa) and Perry Will (R – New Castle), these bills are a vital first step in cutting costly bureaucratic red-tape and bringing down the cost of healthcare in Coloradans.
Senator Simpson’s Senate Bill 24-018 will enact the Physicians Assistant Licensure Compact, which will ease regulatory burdens for physicians assistants by allowing them to set up practice in Colorado if they hold a license in another state also part of the compact. Senator Will’s Senate Bill 24-010 will similarly enact the Interstate Dentist and Dental Hygiene Compact, which creates portability for dentists’ and dental hygienists’ licensing.
“This legislature needs to be doing everything it can to alleviate the weight of costly regulations that are crushing Coloradans,” Senator Simpson said. “This bill will help expand healthcare access to Coloradans by removing arbitrary bureaucratic hurdles that physician assistants face as they move to our great state. There is still plenty of work that must be done to bring healthcare costs down, but this step takes a step in the right direction.”
“I’m glad our colleagues across the aisle were able to work with us in getting this legislation crafted and passed,” Senator Will said. “Our work is far from over if we want to bring down the cost of medical care for Coloradans, and I look forward to further cutting regulations through the remainder of this session.”
Both bills passed unanimously in committee and are due for consideration in the state House of Representatives in the coming weeks.
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