Julia Char Gilbert provided testimony for House Bill 23-1126, Medical Debt Credit Reporting Protections. CCLP is in support of HB23-1126.
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May Letter from Bethany Pray, Interim Executive Director
The anti-poverty movement involves hundreds of organizations that, like CCLP, take the fight to the state. Operating at the state level is an absolute necessity because many of the core laws and policies that affect access to health, housing, income, and food are...
Protecting Coloradans from insolvent insurers
Katie Wallat provided testimony for House Bill 23-1303, Protect Against Insurers' Impairement and Insolvency. CCLP is in support of HB23-1303.
Prohibited provisions in rental agreements
Morgan Turner provided testimony for House Bill 23-1095, Prohibited Provisions in Rental Agreements. CCLP is in support of HB23-1095.
CCLP’s Public Comment on Mental Health Parity for Colorado Medicaid
Earlier this month, Bethany Pray, Interim Executive Director of Colorado Center on Law and Policy, provided the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) with a public comment regarding mental health parity for Colorado Medicaid. Individuals...
CCLP Statement on Health and Hospital Corporation v. Talevski
Last term, we watched as the Supreme Court issued rulings that had wide sweeping consequences for individuals across the country. The Court tipped its hat to the second amendment by expanding the ability to carry guns in public while simultaneously decimating the...
CCLP Opposes Proposition 121: State Income Tax Rate Reduction Grows Inequities
CCLP STRONGLY OPPOSES Proposition 121, which would permanently reduce the state income tax rate for individuals and corporations from 4.55% to 4.40%. This decrease would reduce state revenues by almost $400 million per year. If state revenues fall too far below the...
Remarks on Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization
The following remarks are provided by CCLP's executive director Tiffani Lennon. An attack on access to reproductive health is an attack on access to healthcare. Today’s attack on healthcare affects everyone, but particularly those experiencing poverty, with a...
CCLP files comment on overtime protections for farmworkers in Colorado
The following comment was submitted on November 1 to Michael Primo, Director of Operations for the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics, regarding rulemaking pursuant to SB21-081: Agricultural Rights and Responsibilities and COMPS Order #38. Read our new issue...
CCLP statement of opposition on Denver Ballot Measure 2F
Denver voters will be asked to weigh in on several ballot measures during the upcoming election on November 2, 2021. Among them will be ballot measure 2F, also known as “Safe and Sound Denver.” Despite its laudable name, Colorado Center on Law and Policy urges Denver...
CCLP in support of suit filed against state of Colorado
Federal class action suit filed on behalf of children seeking federally-required behavioral health services
CCLP statement on new federal Medicaid guidance
CCLP supports the updated guidance on post-pandemic case processing for enrollees
NEWS RELEASE: CCLP to Serve as Fiscal Sponsor for Mile High Connects
Joining forces to build a more equitable Colorado
MLK’s Dream Lives On
“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” – Martin Luther King Jr. It may feel like there are few things we can agree on as a state and as a nation. One...