House introduces two Senate bills on drug cost-sharing and Colorado Works, then adjourns

The Colorado House of Representatives returned to order, received messages for the record and introduced two Senate bills before adjourning until Thursday, May 7 at 9:00 a.m.

A lawmaker reading titles on the floor announced "Senate bill 167 by senators Benavides and Mullica, so representatives Basenacker and Lindsey concerning a covered person's contribution under a health benefit plan based on out-of-pocket expenses attributable to the purchase of prescription drugs." The clerk then said SB167 "will be assigned to the committee on health and human services." The text as read in the transcript contained transcription errors that were clarified in the record: the measure concerns how a covered person's cost-sharing is calculated when prescription drug purchases create out-of-pocket expenses.

The session also introduced "Senate bill 181 by senators Mobley and Kirkmeyer, also representatives Brown and Tigard, concerning modifying the Colorado Works program," which the clerk said "will be assigned to the committee on appropriations." The transcript does not include bill summaries beyond those phrases read on the floor; sponsors were recorded as read.

Later in the brief proceedings the majority leader moved that "the house stand in adjournment until Thursday, May 7 at 9AM." No second or roll-call vote is recorded in the transcript; the clerk concluded the session by announcing, "The house is adjourned until tomorrow at 9AM."