SB 25-129 CO

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The act clarifies that requirements for out-of-state telehealth providers do not alter or limit the rights and protections afforded to a person concerning a legally protected health-care activity. Current law requires a prescription drug label to include the name of the prescribing practitioner. At the practitioner's request, the act authorizes a prescription label for mifepristone, misoprostol, and the generic alternatives to those prescriptions to include only the name of the prescribing health-care practice instead of the name of the practitioner, provided the practitioner includes the name of the health-care practice on the paper or electronic form of the prescription. The act requires any person requesting a subpoena to affirm under penalty of perjury that the subpoena: Is not related to, and any information obtained will not be used in, any investigation or proceeding that seeks to impose civil or criminal liability or professional sanctions against a person or entity that engaged in or attempted or intended to engage in a legally protected health-care activity or that provided insurance coverage for gender-affirming health-care services or reproductive health care; or Is related to such an investigation or proceeding, but the investigation or proceeding is brought under tort law or contract law by the person who engaged in or attempted or intended to engage in a legally protected health-care activity, gender-affirming health-care services, or reproductive health care, and is actionable in an equivalent or similar manner under Colorado law. If a person or entity brings an out-of-state civil or criminal action, or attempts to enforce any order or judgment issued in connection with an action, against another person or entity for engaging in or attempting or intending to engage in a legally protected health-care activity or for providing insurance coverage for gender-affirming health-care services or reproductive health care, the person or entity subject to the out-of-state civil or criminal action has a private right of action against the person or entity and may institute a civil action in district court within 6 years after the date the out-of-state action is commenced or enforcement is attempted. Current law authorizes a private person to arrest a person without a warrant upon reasonable information that the person is charged in another state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. The act creates an exception if the person is charged in another state for engaging in a legally protected health-care activity in Colorado. Current law prohibits a public agency from expending government resources or providing information or data in furtherance of any out-of-state investigation or proceeding seeking to impose civil or criminal liability or professional sanction upon a person or entity for engaging in a legally protected health-care activity. The act expands the prohibition to include public entities, which include state and local governments, and a person or entity licensed or regulated by the state. The act grants the attorney general the authority to enforce the provisions of the act. The act prohibits the department of public health and environment (CDPHE) from collecting a patient's name, date of birth, address, employer, spouse's name, or parent's or legal guardian's name, or the city or town where the termination of pregnancy occurred, as part of any required reporting of induced terminations of pregnancy. Reports of induced terminations of pregnancy collected by CDPHE must only be used for compilation of statistical reports, must not be incorporated into the official records of the office of the state registrar of vital statistics, and are confidential. The state registrar is required to dispose of any reports of induced terminations of pregnancy when all statistical processing of the reports is complete. A person who releases or discloses confidential information related to reporting of induced terminations of pregnancy commits a data privacy breach. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Lisa Cutter Democratic · primary
• Faith Winter · primary
• Junie Joseph Democratic · primary
• Karen McCormick Democratic · primary

1. Apr 24, 2025 Governor Signed · executive
2. Apr 16, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. Apr 16, 2025 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
4. Apr 15, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
5. Apr 8, 2025 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · upper
6. Apr 6, 2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
7. Apr 4, 2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
8. Mar 24, 2025 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
9. Mar 19, 2025 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
10. Feb 26, 2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary · lower
11. Feb 24, 2025 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
12. Feb 21, 2025 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · upper
13. Feb 20, 2025 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · upper
14. Feb 18, 2025 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/20/2025 - No Amendments · upper
15. Feb 12, 2025 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
16. Feb 5, 2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary · upper