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LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
MORGAN'S LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
IN HEALTH CARE REFORM
- Require Health Insurance to Justify Rate Increases & Transparency
- Public Notice all Insurance Rate Increases at Division of Insurance
- Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act - Doctor Histories Online
- Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency #2 - Other Health Professions Online
- Improved Standards for Unlicensed Personnel Administering Medications
- Protecting Insurance Coverage for Patients in Clinical Research Trials
- Eliminate Gender Discrimination in Individual Health Insurance Market
- Whistleblower Protection for Health Care Workers for Safety
- Give injured workers right to choose / change their doctor
- Medical Homes for Children in Medicaid & CHP
- Provide Public Hearings & Input Prior to Hospital Mergers
- Provide pharmaceutical transparency data to Colorado public
- Prohibit insurance companies paying bonuses to deny claims
- Continue Direct Entry Midwives Access with Safety Enhancements in CO
IN HOUSING & PROPERTY RIGHTS
- Create & Continue Foreclosure Reform: Helping Families Stay in Their Home
- Continued Division of Real Estate
- Increase homeowner rights in HOAs (Added over 30 rights)
- Create HOA Information Office and complaint tracking
- Reduce, Disclose Conflicts of Interest in HOAs, Special Districts
- Require Public Filings of Title Insurance & Transparency
- Special District Accountability Act of 2009 (elections & transparency reform)
- Reduce abuse of "blighting" agricultural lands for developers
FOR VETERANS & MILITARY
- Create & Renew Military Family Relief Fund
- Fix Jurisdiction to Create Military Family Housing Buckley Air Force Base
IN RENEWABLE ENERGY & ECONOMY
- Affordable Renewable Energy & Efficiency Financing Options
- 3rd Party Leasing Residential & Commercial Solar
- Brought 3 new companies (& jobs) to Colorado
- A Standard Solar Option For New Homes to Reduce Carbon Emissions
FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT REFORMS
- Enhanced auditing over "special purpose authorities" and "TABOR enterprises"
- Citizens United: Close Disclosure loopholes for corporate and union spending
- Taxpayer Transparency in Government Contracts
- End abuses of "blighting" ag land to trigger subsidy to developers
- Election Reform: Increasing Drop-Off Locations for Mail Ballots
- Voter Blue Book Added Information
- Lobbying Reform & Transparency
- Close 4 Campaign Finance Loopholes
- Require 527 Soft Money Disclosures to Public
- Establish Election Reform Commission
- Special District Accountability Act - Notice to Voters, Transparency
- Restore accountability to State Internet Portal Authority via auditor
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
- Overhaul of Parole Board appointments, qualifications, criteria
- Solitary Confinement Reforms
- Juvenile Justice Reform on Housing Juveniles in Adult Prison Populations
- Due Process for People Permanently Mentally Incompetent to Stand Trial
- 60 Days Credit by DOC for Non-Violent Offenders Model Inmates
- Add 2 Days Earned Time in County for Good Behavior
- Limit Loss of Driver's License to Driving-Related Offenses
REGARDING IMMIGRATION - STATE
- Ensure OED grants only to business in compliance with immigration law
FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION
- Continue Requirement for CO Office for Debt Collectors
- Continued Office Consumer Council for Utility Ratepayers
- Spam Reduction Act of 2008
- Continued Oversight on Life Insurance in Colorado
- Public Rate Filings for Title Insurance
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
- Revise & restore Colorado Low Income Telephone Users Fund
- See also foreclosure reform
- See also health care reform
FOR DISABILITY RIGHTS
- Codify Advisory Council for Persons With Disabilities
- Disability Appointments to State Boards & Commissions
FOR WORKERS RIGHTS
- Protect workers from ID theft by allowing work ID alternative to state ID
- Give injured workers right to choose / change doctor
- Provide notice to all injured workers of their rights when injured on the job
- Create the first worker satisfaction survey for injured workers in CO
- Increase transparency of Pinnacol Assurance
- Update enforcement and penalties for violation of Workers Comp Act
- Create meaningful medical prompt pay for injured workers
- Provide greater public notice about Pinnacol Assurance Board meetings
- Eliminate bonus, incentives for denial of WC claims
- Give workers right to know financial relationships in "independent" medical exams
- Protect patients / workers from ex parte communications
- Prevent insurance companies from taking money back if injured worker dies
Morgan Carroll at Earth Day bill signing ceremony for SB09-51
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