Bill Sponsor
Colorado Senate Bill 17
Session 2026A
Out-of-Network Health Insurance Dispute Resolution
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 14, 2026
Sponsors
Unknown
S. Bright
Unknown
L. Daugherty
First Action
Jan 14, 2026
Latest Action
Jan 29, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
17
State
Colorado
Session
2026A
Sponsorship by Party
Unknown
L. Daugherty
Sponsor
Unknown
S. Bright
Sponsor
Senate Votes (7)
Motion Text
Refer Senate Bill 26-017, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Summary
The bill makes changes to the dispute resolution process between health insurance carriers (carriers) and out-of-network health-care providers (providers) by:Mandating that a carrier provide a remittance advice with each payment made to a provider;Establishing penalties that the division of insurance (division) may assess against a carrier that fails to properly reimburse a provider for services provided to a patient;Requiring a carrier to annually submit information to the division concerning patient use of out-of-network providers; andRequiring the division to produce an annual report regarding patient use of out-of-network providers and relevant arbitration data and statistics.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Text (1)
Actions (2)
01/29/2026
Senate
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
01/14/2026
Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
Sources
Record Created
Jan 15, 2026 12:48:52 AM
Record Updated
Feb 3, 2026 12:50:48 AM