Issue Briefs
Medicaid Waiver Programs: Waivers for Adults
Colorado currently administers ten Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid (HCBS) Waivers. This issue brief discusses the six waivers available to adults.
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Final/Annual Reports
Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee 2023 Final Report
The committee studies the implementation of Colorado's health exchange. It reviews and approves grants applied for by the exchange's board of directors to implement the exchange, approves the exchange's executive director, and recommends legislation on the operation of the exchange.
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Tax-Exempt Organization Insurance Premium Tax Deduction
Report No. 2024-TE3
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Tax-Exempt Organization Insurance Premium Tax Deduction
Report No. 2019-TE13
Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in February 2024. Click HERE to access the February 2024 report.
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Regional Home Office Insurance Premium Tax Rate Reduction
Report No. 2020-TE7
01/21/2020
Business & Economic Development
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Insurance
Labor & Employment
Issue Briefs
Health Care Prior Authorization Practices
Prior authorization—sometimes referred to as preauthorization or precertification—is a process by which an insurer reviews a request for health care services or drugs before consenting to cover the costs of the proposed treatment. Upon receiving a request, an insurer can approve or deny the...
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of 2024 Behavioral Health Legislation
Addressing the substance use disorder epidemic and providing behavioral health resources to communities throughout Colorado were the two major behavioral health care themes that emerged during the Second Regular Session of the 74th General Assembly. Important behavioral health bills are...
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of 2024 Heath Care and Health Insurance Legislation
Many pieces of legislation regarding health care and health insurance made their way through the 74th General Assembly. Most of the legislation fell into the following categories: removing barriers to treatment, and licensing requirements.
Issue Briefs
Homeowner Associations and Property Insurance
A homeowner association (HOA) must obtain insurance to cover common elements such as physical property and liability. Unit owners within an HOA also purchase insurance to cover the homeowners’ private property, parts of the unit not covered by the HOA’s policy, and liability. This issue brief...
Issue Briefs
Colorado’s Health Insurance Market
Health insurance is a method of paying or receiving reimbursement for health care costs from covered services. Health insurance companies spread the costs and risk of covered health care services across all members of a plan in exchange for premiums and other cost-sharing mechanisms, such as...