{"id":3690,"date":"2025-05-30T18:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/colorado\/?p=3690"},"modified":"2025-05-30T18:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:53:02","slug":"statement-on-veto-of-hb25-1026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/colorado\/our-stories\/statement-on-veto-of-hb25-1026\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on Veto of HB25-1026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last evening, Governor Polis vetoed HB25-1026 Repeal Co-payment for Department of Corrections (DOC) Inmate Health Care<\/a>, legislation we championed that stopped the DOC from charging medical fees to incarcerated individuals seeking healthcare, separate from what is billed to insurance and already provided by the state. He also issued an executive order<\/a> concerning how people in Colorado state prisons are charged for health care services and ordering a review of these fees. Below is our response to the veto of HB25-1026 and the executive order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are disappointed by Governor Polis\u2019 veto of HB25-1026, legislation passed with bipartisan support, to end burdensome and unnecessary medical fees for people in Colorado prisons. While $5 may not sound like much, given the median wage in Colorado prisons, that\u2019s the equivalent of charging someone earning the median wage, a co-pay of more than $900 to see a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Executive Order takes modest steps towards accountability, it does not eliminate the critical barriers these fees create. It does not guarantee the elimination of these harmful fees, and it doesn\u2019t address the problematic lack of transparency that lawmakers uncovered around how these fees are applied, collected, or used. We will continue to work with lawmakers, advocates, and impacted families to hold DOC accountable and to push for lasting change that removes financial barriers to care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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