SB 17 CO
Out-of-Network Health Insurance Dispute Resolution
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Summary
This bill modifies Colorado's out-of-network health insurance dispute resolution process by requiring health insurance carriers to provide remittance advice with each payment to providers that identifies when the health benefit plan is regulated by the state and when payment is for out-of-network services or facilities, and provides the carrier's median in-network reimbursement rate for out-of-network claims.
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Official abstract
The act makes changes to the dispute resolution process between health insurance carriers (carriers) and out-of-network health-care providers (providers) by requiring a carrier to provide, with each payment made to a provider, a remittance advice that: Identifies when the associated health benefit plan is regulated by the state and when the payment is made pursuant to services received from an out-of-network provider or at an out-of-network facility; andProvides the carrier's median in-network reimbursement rate for out-of-network claims.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (4)
- S. Bright Republican · sponsor
- L. Daugherty Democratic · sponsor
- R. Gonzalez Republican · sponsor
- R. Stewart Democratic · sponsor
15 coauthors / cosponsors
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Cutter Democratic · cosponsor
- T. Exum Democratic · cosponsor
- N. Hinrichsen Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kipp Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Marchman Democratic · cosponsor
- D. Roberts Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Snyder Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Wallace Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Bacon Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Duran Democratic · cosponsor
- S. Lieder Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Lindsay Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Rutinel Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Stewart Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (14)
- May 28, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- May 22, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- May 22, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- May 22, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- May 7, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- May 6, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
- May 5, 2026 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Apr 30, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services · lower
- Apr 30, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor · upper
- Apr 29, 2026 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 28, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
- Apr 28, 2026 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Jan 29, 2026 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations · upper
- Jan 14, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper
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