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Moving opioid prescriptions online gets vigorous House debate
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A bill that would move prescriptions for hard drugs online across the state is scheduled for a final vote Monday, but lawmakers gave the idea a tough debate Friday. House Bill 1279 is supported by pharmacies, almost all of which are equipped to take prescriptions straight from the doctor’s office, rather than handed to them…
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Bill aimed at drug abuse has tough time against Colorado doctors’ orders
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Legislators talk a lot about fighting the drug abuse epidemic, but the fate of a bill aimed at helping by connecting doctors writing prescriptions directly to pharmacies is going to down to the wire House Bill 1279 is supported by the Colorado Retail Council, which includes pharmacies who say it’s a common-sense measure to reduce the…
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House committee wants “cooling off” before utility reps could serve on PUC
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DENVER – Pueblo officials are so mad about high electricity rates that they want to clamp down on how soon industry officials can serve on the state Public Utilities Commission in the future. House Bill 1281 would establish a four-year “cooling-off period” before anyone who has been an officer or director for a regulated utility could…
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Colorado House passes bill, again, to ban conversion therapy for minors
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DENVER – For the fourth year in a row the Colorado House passed legislation to ban conversion therapy by licensed therapists who counsel minors who think they might be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. While the Democratic majority has moved the ban to the Senate each year, Republicans in the majority there quickly killed the…
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Bill to link doctors to pharmacies online combats forgeries for opioids
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A bipartisan bill filed in the Colorado House last week would make it harder for drug abusers to forge or duplicate prescriptions on paper to steal opioids, and it’s kind of simple: Prescribers and pharmacies should close the loop online. The bill would require podiatrists, dentists, physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and optometrists, as…
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Rep. Larry Liston’s economic news creates squabble with Pueblo
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Friday morning Colorado Springs Rep. Larry Liston sauntered to the speaker’s well in the House. Under the gold dome, he put some good news on the official record – at least good news to the right side of the chamber. “I just can’t help myself,” said the Republican lawmaker with an aw-shucks shrug, lifting his palms…
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LGBTQ Coloradans to lobby the Colorado Capitol on Monday
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One Colorado, the state’s largest LGBTQ organization, will be joined by hundreds of allies at the Colorado Capitol Monday. It’s an annual event that starts at 8:30 a.m. with a gathering nearby at the Central Presbyterian Church at 1660 Sherman St. Again this year, the LGBTQ lobby is pushing for a bill to make it easier for…
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Transgender Coloradans ask legislature to amend birth certificates more easily
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A bill that would make it easier for transgender Coloradans to amend the gender on a birth certificate cleared a Democrat-led House committee Thursday. House Bill 1046 heads next to the House floor, where the Democratic majority is likely to pass it. Senate Republicans, who hold a one-seat majority there, will have the questions waiting.…
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Rep. Daneya Esgar, Sen. Leroy Garcia want VA hospital in southern Colorado
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Sen. Leroy Garcia and Rep. Daneya Esgar, along with Rep. Phil Covarrubias, plan to introduce a resolution for the General Assembly to ask Congress to locate a Veterans Affairs Hospital in Pueblo, but Colorado Springs is OK, too. Peter Roper of the Pueblo Chieftain was the first to report on the proposal over the weekend.…
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Lebsock loses leadership of House Local Government Committee, Duran announces
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Colorado state Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton on Tuesday lost his chairmanship of the House Local Government Committee in a shake-up of committee assignments announced by Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran of Denver. Democrats, which have a majority in the chamber, controls committee assignments. The Thornton lawmaker, who is under investigation for sexual misconduct,…
