Location: HCR 0107
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-065
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, INSURANCE, & ENVIRONMENT
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-065
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, INSURANCE, & ENVIRONMENT
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| Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment J) to Senate Bil Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment K) to Senate Bil Adopt amendment L.010 (Attachment I) to Senate Bil Refer Senate Bill 17-065, as amended, to the Commi |
Pass Without Objection TIE Pass Without Objection PASS |
03:44 PM -- SB 17-065
Representative Lontine presented Senate Bill 17-065 to the committee and presented a handout (Attachment H) and amendments L.010, L.007, and L,009 (Attachments I, J and K, respectively). The reengrossed bill creates the Transparency in Health Care Price Act. The act requires certain health care professionals and health care facilities, as defined by the bill, to make a single document available to the public that lists the direct pay prices for the most common health care services provided. Health care professionals and facilities must update the document at least annually and provide the document on request and electronically if a website exists. A health care provider who is a member of a professional corporation that contracts with a single health maintenance organization is not required to post a price list if the health maintenance organization does so on its website. The bill also mandates certain disclosures concerning the estimated nature of the prices listed for services and patient's financial responsibility if they are covered or not covered by insurance.
Under the bill, health care professionals and facilities are not required to submit their direct pay prices to any government agency for review, unless otherwise specified by existing law. The bill does not provide any agency with the authority to approve, disapprove, limit, or change the direct pay prices disclosed by health care professionals or facilities. The bill also prohibits any person, entity, or health insurer from penalizing a person who pays directly for health care services.
04:12 PM -- Diane Robinson, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.
04:16 PM -- Amber Burkhart, representing the Colorado Hospital Association, testified in support of the bill.
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| BILL: | SB17-065 | |
| TIME: | 04:20:15 PM | |
| MOVED: | Lontine | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment J) to Senate Bill 17-065. The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | Jackson | |
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Lontine |
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | SB17-065 | |
| TIME: | 04:22:08 PM | |
| MOVED: | Lontine | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment K) to Senate Bill 17-065. The motion failed on a 5-5 vote, . | |
| SECONDED: | Ginal | |
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Beckman |
No |
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Buckner |
Yes |
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Covarrubias |
No |
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Humphrey |
No |
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Jackson |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Landgraf |
No |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Ransom |
No |
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Esgar |
Excused |
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Ginal |
Yes |
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YES: 5 NO: 5 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: TIE
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| BILL: | SB17-065 | |
| TIME: | 04:25:09 PM | |
| MOVED: | Lontine | |
| MOTION: | Adopt amendment L.010 (Attachment I) to Senate Bill 17-065. The motion passed without objection. | |
| SECONDED: | Ginal | |
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Beckman |
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Buckner |
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Covarrubias |
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Humphrey |
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Jackson |
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Kennedy |
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Landgraf |
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Lontine |
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Ransom |
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Esgar |
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Ginal |
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YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection
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| BILL: | SB17-065 | |
| TIME: | 04:30:30 PM | |
| MOVED: | Lontine | |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 17-065, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-2. | |
| SECONDED: | Buckner | |
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Beckman |
Yes |
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Buckner |
Yes |
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Covarrubias |
Yes |
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Humphrey |
No |
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Jackson |
Yes |
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Kennedy |
Yes |
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Landgraf |
Yes |
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Lontine |
Yes |
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Ransom |
No |
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Esgar |
Yes |
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Ginal |
Yes |
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Final YES: 9 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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04:38 PM
The meeting adjourned.