Colorado Senate Bill 124
Session 2025A
Reducing Costs of Health Care for Patients
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Passed House on May 6, 2025
Sponsors
First Action
Feb 4, 2025
Latest Action
May 7, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
124
State
Colorado
Session
2025A
Motion Text
ADHERE
Senate Roll Call Votes
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President
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Summary
The bill requires nonprofit hospitals (hospitals) to use 340B profits to decrease out-of-pocket costs for low-income patients. details prohibited uses of 340B profits for nonprofit hospitals.
The bill requires entities covered under the federal 340B drug pricing program that are hospitals licensed by the state to report information related to their participation in the 340B program, their use of 340B program profits, their provision of charity care, their payments to third parties for 340B program-related services and compliance, and their use of contract pharmacies.
The bill grants sole community hospitals and critical access hospitals unrestricted access to, and delivery of, 340B drugs. The bill requires the joint budget committee to annually issue a request for information to the department of health care policy and financing and to the department of personnel and administration for information related to the losses and costs to the state medical assistance program that arise from a nonprofit hospital's participation in the 340B drug program.
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Rerevised (05/06/2025)
Revised (05/05/2025)
Reengrossed (03/26/2025)
Engrossed (03/25/2025)
Introduced (02/04/2025)
PA2 (05/03/2025)
PA1 (03/20/2025)
Committee Amendment
Fiscal Note FN2 (04/24/2025)
Fiscal Note MEMO1 (03/20/2025)
Fiscal Note FN1 (03/04/2025)
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05/07/2025
Senate
Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Adhere
05/06/2025
House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
05/05/2025
House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
05/03/2025
House
House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/30/2025
House
House Committee on Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
03/26/2025
House
Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
03/26/2025
Senate
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/25/2025
Senate
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
03/21/2025
Senate
Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/25/2025 - No Amendments
03/19/2025
Senate
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/13/2025
Senate
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Lay Over Amended
02/04/2025
Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
Sources
CO Legislature
Record Created
Feb 4, 2025 10:56:17 PM
Record Updated
May 7, 2025 8:34:01 PM