HB23-1224

Standardized Health Benefit Plan

Concerning changes to the "Colorado Standardized Health Benefit Plan Act".

Session:

2023 Regular Session

Subject:

Insurance

Bill Summary

The bill makes changes to the "Colorado Standardized Health Benefit Plan Act" to:

Require the Colorado health benefit exchange (exchange), with the consent of the commissioner of insurance (commissioner), to develop a format for displaying the standardized plans on the exchange;
Grant the commissioner 120 days to review the rate filings for standardized plans instead of the current 60 days;
Require a carrier to notify the commissioner of the steps the carrier will take to meet premium rate requirements if the carrier is unable to offer a standardized plan;
Make changes to the requirements for public hearings held by the commissioner for carriers who are unable to offer the standardized plan; and
Specify that decisions of the commissioner are final agency actions subject to judicial review in the court of appeals.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Date	Bill Type	Documents
04/12/2023	PA2	PDF
03/13/2023	PA1	PDF

Activity	Vote	Documents
Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment K).	The motion passed without objection.	Vote Summary
Refer House Bill 23-1224, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.	The motion passed on a vote of 8-1.	Vote Summary

Date	Action	Motion	Vote	Vote Document
04/26/2023	Senate Amendments	CONCUR	Aye: 47 No: 17 Other: 1	View
04/26/2023	Senate Amendments	REPASS	Aye: 47 No: 17 Other: 1	View
03/21/2023	Third Reading	BILL	Aye: 46 No: 19 Other: 0	View

Date	Amendment Number	Committee/Floor Hearing	Status	Documents
04/21/2023	L.002	HOU Health & Insurance	Passed*	PDF
03/20/2023	L.012	Second Reading	Lost**	PDF
03/20/2023	L.008	Second Reading	Lost**	PDF
03/20/2023	L.011	Second Reading	Lost**	PDF
03/20/2023	L.009	Second Reading	Lost**	PDF
03/20/2023	L.010	Second Reading	Passed**	PDF
03/20/2023	L.007	Second Reading	Lost**	PDF
03/10/2023	L.005	HOU Health & Insurance	Passed*	PDF
04/12/2023	L.019	SEN Health & Human Services	Passed*	PDF
04/12/2023	L.016	SEN Health & Human Services	Passed*	PDF
04/12/2023	L.015	SEN Health & Human Services	Passed*	PDF
04/12/2023	L.014	SEN Health & Human Services	Passed*	PDF

Status

Date	Location	Action
05/10/2023	Governor	Governor Signed
05/05/2023	Governor	Sent to the Governor
05/05/2023	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
05/04/2023	House	Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/26/2023	Senate	House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/25/2023	Senate	House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/24/2023	Senate	Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/21/2023	Senate	Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
04/14/2023	Senate	Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
04/12/2023	Senate	Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/22/2023	Senate	Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
03/21/2023	House	House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/20/2023	House	House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
03/14/2023	House	House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
03/10/2023	House	House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
03/02/2023	House	Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance

Sponsor Type	Legislators
Prime Sponsor	Rep. K. Brown, Rep. I. Jodeh Sen. D. Roberts
Sponsor
Co-sponsor	Rep. J. Amabile, Rep. J. Bacon, Rep. S. Bird, Rep. A. Boesenecker, Rep. R. Dickson, Rep. E. Epps, Rep. M. Froelich, Rep. L. Garcia, Rep. S. Gonzales-Gutierrez, Rep. E. Hamrick, Rep. L. Herod, Rep. J. Joseph, Rep. C. Kipp, Rep. S. Lieder, Rep. M. Lindsay, Rep. W. Lindstedt, Rep. M. Lukens, Rep. J. Mabrey, Rep. T. Mauro, Rep. J. McCluskie, Rep. K. McCormick, Rep. B. McLachlan, Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet, Rep. D. Ortiz, Rep. J. Parenti, Rep. N. Ricks, Rep. S. Sharbini, Rep. E. Sirota, Rep. M. Snyder, Rep. T. Story, Rep. B. Titone, Rep. A. Valdez, Rep. E. Velasco, Rep. M. Weissman, Rep. S. Woodrow, Rep. M. Young, Rep. C. deGruy Kennedy Sen. J. Buckner, Sen. J. Coleman, Sen. L. Cutter, Sen. S. Fenberg, Sen. R. Fields, Sen. N. Hinrichsen, Sen. K. Priola, Sen. T. Sullivan, Sen. F. Winter