h_hie_2017a_2017-03-16t13:33:16z2 Hearing Summary

Date: 03/16/2017

Location: HCR 0107

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.



170316 AttachH.pdf170316 AttachI.pdf170316 AttachJ.pdf170316 AttachK.pdf



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.

04:38 PM



The meeting adjourned.