SB 23-179 CO

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The act requires a health insurance carrier (carrier) that issues, sells, renews, or offers a dental coverage plan to file, beginning in 2024, dental loss ratio forms with the division of insurance (division) for the preceding calendar year in which dental coverage was provided. The division is required to post dental loss ratio information on its website or submit the information to the administrator of the all-payer health claims database (APCD). If the information is submitted to the APCD administrator, the administrator is directed to make the information available to the public. Once the division has collected dental loss ratio information for 2 years, the commissioner of insurance (commissioner) shall promulgate rules that create a process to identify any carriers that significantly deviate from average dental loss ratios and to investigate the causes of the deviation. The act requires the commissioner to adopt rules that require each carrier that provides a dental coverage plan to issue to covered persons to whom a dental coverage plan identification card is issued a standardized written or virtual card containing plan information. The act also requires prepaid dental plans to file rates with the division. The act appropriates $64,252 from the division of insurance cash fund to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the division of insurance for personal services and operating expenses. APPROVED by Governor June 2, 2023 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2023 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause and takes effect 90 days after sine die. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Dominick Moreno · primary
• Perry Will · primary
• Anthony Hartsook Republican · primary
• Lindsey Daugherty Democratic · primary

1. Jun 2, 2023 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 10, 2023 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 10, 2023 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. May 9, 2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. May 6, 2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
6. May 4, 2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
7. May 3, 2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
8. Apr 27, 2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
9. Apr 25, 2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
10. Apr 18, 2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations · lower
11. Apr 14, 2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services · lower
12. Apr 14, 2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
13. Apr 13, 2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · upper
14. Apr 12, 2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · upper
15. Apr 11, 2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · upper
16. Apr 6, 2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
17. Mar 23, 2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations · upper
18. Mar 6, 2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Signed Act (06/02/2023) · PDF
• Final Act (05/10/2023) · PDF
• Rerevised (05/06/2023) · PDF
• Revised (05/03/2023) · PDF
• Reengrossed (04/14/2023) · PDF
• Engrossed (04/13/2023) · PDF
• Introduced (03/06/2023) · PDF
• PA2 (04/06/2023) · PDF
• PA1 (03/24/2023) · PDF
• Committee Amendment · PDF