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Colorado Dialysis Technician Bill

DEO members were a major portion of a group in Colorado that helped push through a state bill for the certification of dialysis technicians in 2007 and it's renewal in 2012 and 2019.   Read the story behind the 2012 effort:

     Part 1
     Part 2

     Presented to Colorado State Reps: Fact_Sheet


     Hear audio from the 2012 hearings:

     Colorado_House_Hearing-2012
     Colorado_Senate_Hearing-2012

 

     Audio from the 2019 hearings:

     Colorado_Senate_Hearing-2019
     Colorado_House_Hearing-2019

Read about the 2019 truce called off with the dialysis companies in Colorado Governor Jared Polis's office.  And see Kent Thiry's view of things with an interesting comment at the end of his article (see plugger July 23, 2019 post):

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