SB 25-290 CO

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The act creates the provider stabilization fund for use by Colorado department of health care policy and financing (department) to distribute provider stabilization payments to safety net providers who provide services to low-income, uninsured individuals on a sliding-fee schedule or at no cost. Provider stabilization payments will be distributed to eligible safety net providers based on the proportion of low-income, uninsured individuals that an individual provider serves in comparison to the total number of low-income, uninsured individuals served by all eligible safety net providers. The state treasurer is directed to make an interest-free loan of interest earnings on the principal in the unclaimed property trust fund (UPTF) and, if the interest earnings are insufficient, from the principal of the UPTF as well, to the provider stabilization fund as follows: $25 million for the 2025-26 state fiscal year; $20 million for the 2026-27 state fiscal year; and $15 million for each of the 2027-28, 2028-29, and 2029-30 state fiscal years. The act specifies that the loan from the UPTF to the provider stabilization fund is an interfund loan that is not classified as revenue, is booked as an interfund receivable or payable, is not state fiscal year spending or state revenues, and does not count against the state fiscal year spending limit or the excess state revenues cap. The department is directed to repay the loan by January 1, 2045, but in any year in which state revenues do not exceed the limit on state fiscal year spending, the department must present to the joint budget committee a proposal to repay all or a portion of the loan at an earlier time, and to the extent possible, the general assembly must prioritize repaying the loan starting in the 2030-31 state fiscal year or sooner if funds are available. The provider stabilization fund also consists of any money the general assembly appropriates, transfers, or credits to the fund and any gifts, grants, or donations the department may receive for the fund. The act directs the department to leverage money in the provider stabilization fund to obtain federal matching money. The act establishes a provider stabilization fund advisory board (advisory board) to assist the department in implementing and administering the provider stabilization fund. The department, with assistance from the advisory board, is required to submit an annual report on the provider stabilization fund to specified committees, the governor, and the medical services board in the department. The advisory board is scheduled for repeal on September 1, 2031, and is subject to a sunset review by the department of regulatory agencies before the repeal. The act appropriates $25,000,000 from the provider stabilization fund to the department to implement the act, allocated as follows: $138,505 for personal services to administer the act, including 2.0 FTE; $15,900 for operating expenses; and $24,845,595 for provider stabilization payments to eligible safety net providers.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Kyle Mullica Democratic · primary
• Barbara Kirkmeyer Republican · primary
• Shannon Bird · primary
• Kyle Brown Democratic · primary

1. May 28, 2025 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 14, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 14, 2025 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
4. May 14, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
5. May 7, 2025 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · upper
6. May 7, 2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
7. May 6, 2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
8. May 5, 2025 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
9. Apr 30, 2025 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
10. Apr 29, 2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services · lower
11. Apr 28, 2025 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor · upper
12. Apr 25, 2025 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
13. Apr 25, 2025 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
14. Apr 22, 2025 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations · upper
15. Apr 17, 2025 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Finance · upper
16. Apr 14, 2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper