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Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 March 2008 10:57 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 11 March 2008 10:57
A bill aimed at making sure hospitals keep providing “essential” services was tabled by a state Senate panel Monday, following opposition from hospital administrators, who said it would squelch innovation.
The Senate state affairs committee may reconsider a revised bill this week.
“I think the scope of this bill is much larger than intended,” said Sen. Chris Romer, D-Denver.
The bill was described as a response to the proposed transfer of two hospitals — Exempla Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge and Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette — to full ownership by a Catholic health care system.