RVU Colorado Student Serves on the Council on Legislation Board (Colorado Medical Society)
RVU Colorado COM student Caleb Bussard, OMS IV, served as one of two students selected for the Council on Legislation Board through the Colorado Medical Society for the 2024 Colorado Legislative Session. The role of the Council on Legislation Board is to take positions, give testimony, and lobby for bills.
This council played a key role in the passage of the Prior Authorization Bill (HB24-1149), which the Colorado General Assembly provides that it deals with “prior authorization requirements imposed by carriers, private utilization review organizations (organizations), and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) for certain health-care services and prescription drug benefits covered under a health benefit plan, the act requires carriers, organizations, and PBMs, as applicable, to adopt a program, in consultation with participating providers, to eliminate or substantially modify prior authorization requirements in a manner that removes administrative burdens on qualified providers and their patients with regard to certain health-care services, prescription drugs, or related benefits based on specified criteria”.The council was also involved with the passage of many other medical-related legislation through the Colorado Legislature over the past year.
It is always inspiring to see RVU students go beyond the classroom to get involved in the community and issues that are meaningful to them.