The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hear SB 134 – the Hospital Payment Assistance Act  – today, Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. in Senate Room 356 at the State Capitol, after a morning of constituent lobbying and the 6th annual Colorado Health Care Day of Action.  One hundred health care consumers, business-owners and nonprofit members will advocate to ensure that uninsured working families get the financial assistance information they need to responsibly pay their hospital bills.   Constituent lobbyists will learn how the legislative process works, attending advocacy workshops, meetings with legislators, lunch, a keynote address by Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Bill Corr and a legislative panel entitled Colorado Health Care Vision 2020.  

Join professional educators from the Denver Zoo at 6 and 7:15 p.m., on Monday, February 27 at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History to explore the reptilian science of live snakes, lizards, turtles and crocodilians, and get up close with live birds that may include raptors, a macaw, and/or a laughing kookaburra while learning about flight, communications and adaptions. To allow audiences to get close to the animals reservations are recommended for this popular event. Please RSVP to the museum at 303-492-6892.