CO SB 17

enacted

Out-of-Network Health Insurance Dispute Resolution

Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

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.)

Introduced: 2026-01-14
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-05-28 — Governor Signed
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Insurance

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-05-28
Governor Signed
executive-signature
2026-05-22
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2026-05-22
Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage
2026-05-22
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-05-07
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-05-06
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-05-05
House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-04-30
Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
introduction
2026-04-30
Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor
passage,reading-3
2026-04-29
Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-04-28
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
2026-04-28
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-01-29
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
referral-committee
2026-01-14
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
introduction

Versions

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Reengrossed — 2026-04-30Compare
Revised — 2026-05-06Compare
Rerevised — 2026-05-07Compare
Final Act — 2026-05-21Compare
Signed Act — 2026-05-30Compare
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Votes

Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B).
2026-01-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Lisa Frizell: excused
Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment G).
2026-01-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Lisa Frizell: excused
Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment E).
2026-01-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Lisa Frizell: excused
Refer Senate Bill 26-017, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
2026-01-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Scott Bright: yes
- John Carson: yes
- Lisa Cutter: yes
- Lindsey Daugherty: yes
- Lisa Frizell: yes
- Iman Jodeh: yes
- Mike Weissman: yes
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet: yes
- Kyle Mullica: yes
Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment D).
2026-01-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Lisa Frizell: excused
Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment C).
2026-01-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Lisa Frizell: excused
Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment F).
2026-01-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Lisa Frizell: excused
Adopt amendment L.010
2026-04-28 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment L.009
2026-04-28 · pass · 0-0
Refer Senate Bill 26-017, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-04-28 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Julie Gonzales: yes
- Barbara Kirkmeyer: yes
- Chris Kolker: yes
- Larry Liston: yes
- Byron Pelton: yes
- Jeff Bridges: yes
- Judy Amabile: yes
Refer Senate Bill 26-017 to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-05-05 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Carlos Barron: yes
- Mary Bradfield: yes
- Dusty Johnson: yes
- Karen McCormick: yes
- Dan Woog: yes
- Sheila Lieder: yes
- Lindsay Gilchrist: yes
- Brandi Bradley: yes
- Regina English: yes
- Lisa Feret: yes
- Eliza Hamrick: yes
- Gretchen Rydin: yes
- Katie Stewart: yes
BILL
2026-05-07 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: yes
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: yes
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: yes
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: yes
- Duran: yes
- English: yes
- Espenoza: yes
- Feret: excused
- Flanell: yes
- Froelich: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Garcia Sander: yes
- Gilchrist: yes
- Goldstein: yes
- Gonzalez R.: yes
- Hamrick: yes
- Hartsook: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Joseph: yes
- Keltie: yes
- Lieder: yes
- Lindsay: yes
- Luck: no
- Lukens: yes
- Mabrey: yes
- Marshall: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Mauro: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Paschal: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Ricks: yes
- Rutinel: yes
- Rydin: yes
- Sirota: yes
- Slaugh: yes
- Smith: yes
- Soper: yes
- Stewart K.: yes
- Stewart R.: yes
- Story: yes
- Suckla: yes
- Taggart: yes
- Titone: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Velasco: yes
- Weinberg: yes
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: yes
- Woodrow: yes
- Woog: yes
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-017

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