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, 2019, and now 2026. Read the story behind the 2012 effort:
Presented to Colorado State Reps: Fact_Sheet
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Hear audio from the 2026 hearings:
Colorado_House_Sunset_Review-2026
(another House hearing and a Senate hearing for bill HB26-1280 coming soon)
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Hear audio from the 2019 hearings:
Colorado_Senate_Hearing-2019
Colorado_House_Hearing-2019
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Hear audio from the 2012 hearings:
Colorado_House_Hearing-2012
Colorado_Senate_Hearing-2012
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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):
UPDATE: December 2025, the very popular IhateDialysis message board has gone to the 'Great Bit Bucket in the Sky', Rest In Power EpoMan. About the only thing left this site has managed to salvage is this diabetes+heart care thread - kidney disease and diabetes are closely linked.
