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Committee sends rural hospital capital‑needs study to Finance after sponsors promise it will rely on gifts and grants
Summary
Lawmakers approved creation of a task force to inventory capital needs at Colorado’s rural and frontier hospitals and estimate renovation and replacement costs. Sponsors said the group will be funded by gifts, grants and donations and will not draw on state tax dollars.
The House Health & Human Services Committee approved House Bill 25-1223, a proposal to create a task force that will study capital needs at Colorado’s rural and frontier hospitals and estimate renovation and replacement costs.
Co‑prime sponsors Representative Selena Johnson and Representative Rebecca Lukens said the task force will assemble rural leaders, an architect and construction professional, hospital representatives and a rural resident to map facility ages and code compliance, estimate…
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