HB 22-1190

House Bill 22-1190, which has been signed into law in Colorado, allocates state funds to support urban Indian organizations. For the fiscal years 2021-22 and 2022-23, it provides $70,825 and $48,025 respectively from the general fund to address health care disparities within the urban Native American community. This funding will help these organizations provide essential medical services. The bill is now law, meaning the funds are officially allocated and available for use by the designated organizations.

Official Summary

The act makes an appropriation and requires the department of health care policy and financing to distribute the money appropriated for supplemental, state-only payments to urban Indian organizations to address health-care disparities among the urban Indian community. For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $70,825 from the general fund to the department of health care policy and financing for use for other medical services for state-only payments to urban Indian organizations. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $48,025 from the general fund to the department of health care policy and financing for use for other medical services for state-only payments to urban Indian organizations. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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