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HB 25-1088 CO
Vetoed

Costs for Ground Ambulance Services

CO · session 2025A · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 22, 2025

Latest action (May 29, 2025) Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services

Summary

For ground ambulance services (ambulance services), the act: Allows a political subdivision or an ambulance service providing ambulance services on behalf of the political subdivision to submit to the division of insurance (division) the established rates for the ambulance services, if the rates meet specified conditions; Requires the division to publish reimbursement rates on the division's public-facing website; Establishes reimbursement rates for ambulance services that are out of network; and Prohibits an out-of-network ambulance service from billing an individual covered under a health insurance coverage plan (covered person) any outstanding balance for a covered service not paid for by an insurance carrier, except for any coinsurance, deductible, or copayment amount required to be paid by the covered person. If a covered person makes a payment for an out-of-network ambulance service, the payment must be applied to the covered person's in-network deductibles and in-network out-of-pocket maximum amounts. For the 2025-26 state fiscal year, $38,149 is appropriated from the division of insurance cash fund to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the division to implement the act. VETOED by Governor 5/29/2025(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors (4)

51 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (14)

  1. May 29, 2025 Governor Vetoed · executive
  2. May 15, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
  3. May 15, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  4. May 15, 2025 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
  5. May 1, 2025 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  6. Apr 30, 2025 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · upper
  7. Apr 30, 2025 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
  8. Apr 24, 2025 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations · upper
  9. Apr 22, 2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper
  10. Apr 17, 2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  11. Apr 16, 2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
  12. Apr 15, 2025 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  13. Feb 11, 2025 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations · lower
  14. Jan 22, 2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services · lower

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