Colorado’s General Assembly concluded its legislative session Wednesday, May 8, 2024. In the 120-day aftermath of opening day speeches, this session brought about significant changes to water policy, attempted to address housing availability and affordability, increased environmental regulations, and shifted policies in education, healthcare, property tax, and public safety. Faced with a tight budget and the expiration of federal American …
Prevention isn’t the Answer for Dentistry’s Future
By Jeff Kahl, D.D.S., CDA President From the Summer 2019 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Twelve years ago, I was a first-time delegate to the CDA House of Delegates meeting (the CDA’s governing body with voting representatives from across the state). I’ve been at that meeting and a leader of the CDA in some capacity every year since then. …
A Big Year for Dentistry: 2017 Legislative Wrap-Up
By Jennifer Goodrum, CDA Director of Government Relations From the Summer 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Colorado’s 2017 state legislative session began Jan. 11 and ended on May 10. Key themes during the 2017 legislative session included insurance reform, transportation, construction defects, marijuana, school finance reform and balancing a very constrained state budget. In spite of a legislative …
Advocating For You: 2017 Legislative Update
By Jennifer Goodrum, CDA Director of Government Relations From the Spring 2017 Journal of the Colorado Dental Association Colorado’s 2017 legislative session is in full swing and it has been an extremely busy session for dentistry. The CDA represents its members every day at the state Capitol monitoring the nearly 500 bills being considered by the state legislature this year. …