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HB19-1253

Living Organ Donor Insurance

Concerning a prohibition on discrimination against a living organ donor in certain insurance policies.

Session:

2019 Regular Session

Subject:

Insurance

Bill Summary

Living organ donors - discrimination prohibited - duty to make information available to the public. The act:

Prohibits a person who offers life insurance, disability income insurance, health insurance, or long-term care insurance from discriminating against a person based solely on the person's status as a living organ donor;
Requires the division of insurance (division) to provide information to the public on a living organ donor's access to insurance; and
Requires the division and the department of public health and environment to make materials related to live organ donation available to the public if the materials are from a recognized organ donation organization.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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Status

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Bill Text

All Versions (7 )

Date	Bill Type	Documents
05/30/2019	Signed Act	PDF
05/15/2019	Final Act	PDF
04/22/2019	Rerevised	PDF
04/19/2019	Revised	PDF
04/10/2019	Reengrossed	PDF
04/09/2019	Engrossed	PDF
03/19/2019	Introduced	PDF

Preamended Versions (2 )

Date	Bill Type	Documents
04/18/2019	PA2	PDF
03/29/2019	PA1	PDF

Budget Documents

Fiscal Notes (3)

Date	Version	Documents
08/07/2019	FN3	PDF
04/01/2019	FN2	PDF
03/26/2019	FN1	PDF

Budget Staff Analysis (1)

Date	Version	Documents
04/09/2019	SA1	PDF

Committee Actions

05/01/2019 | CC_HB19-1253_2019A (1 )

Hearing Summary

Activity	Vote	Documents
Adopt conference committee report CLHB 1253.002 (Attachment A).	The motion passed on a vote of 5-0.	Vote Summary

04/17/2019 | Senate Health & Human Services (3 )

Committee Report Hearing Summary

Activity	Vote	Documents
Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment A).	The motion passed without objection.	Vote Summary
Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment B).	The motion passed without objection.	Vote Summary
Refer House Bill 19-1253, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.	The motion passed on a vote of 4-0.	Vote Summary

04/09/2019 | House Appropriations (1 )

Committee Report Hearing Summary

Activity	Vote	Documents
Refer House Bill 19-1253 to the Committee of the Whole.	The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.	Vote Summary

03/27/2019 | House Health & Insurance (2 )

Committee Report Hearing Summary

Activity	Vote	Documents
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment D).	The motion passed without objection.	Vote Summary
Refer House Bill 19-1253, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.	The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.	Vote Summary

Votes

House Votes (4)

Date	Action	Motion	Vote	Vote Document
05/03/2019	Conference Committee Report	ADOPT	Aye: 62 No: 0 Other: 3	View
05/03/2019	Conference Committee Report	REPASS	Aye: 62 No: 0 Other: 3	View
04/29/2019	Senate Amendments	NOTCNCR	Aye: 65 No: 0 Other: 0	View
04/10/2019	Third Reading	BILL	Aye: 64 No: 0 Other: 1	View

Senate Votes (3)

Date	Action	Motion	Vote	Vote Document
05/02/2019	Conference Committee Report	REPASS	Aye: 35 No: 0 Other: 0	View
05/02/2019	Conference Committee Report	ADOPT CCR	Aye: 35 No: 0 Other: 0	View
04/22/2019	Third Reading	BILL	Aye: 32 No: 1 Other: 2	View

Amendments

Date	Amendment Number	Committee/Floor Hearing	Status	Documents
04/17/2019	L.004	SEN Health & Human Services	Passed*	PDF
04/17/2019	L.002	SEN Health & Human Services	Passed*	PDF
03/27/2019	L.001	HOU Health & Insurance	Passed*	PDF

* Amendments passed in committee are not incorporated into the measure unless adopted by the full House or Senate.

** The status of Second Reading amendments may be subsequently affected by the adoption of an amendment to the Committee of the Whole Report. Refer to the House or Senate Journal for additional information.

Bill History

Date	Location	Action
05/30/2019	Governor	Governor Signed
05/15/2019	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
05/15/2019	Governor	Sent to the Governor
05/14/2019	House	Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/03/2019	House	House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
05/02/2019	Senate	Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
05/01/2019	ConfComm	First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Reengrossed w/ Amendments
04/29/2019	Senate	House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
04/27/2019	Senate	House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/26/2019	Senate	House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/25/2019	Senate	House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/24/2019	Senate	House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/23/2019	Senate	House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
04/22/2019	Senate	Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/19/2019	Senate	Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/17/2019	Senate	Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/10/2019	Senate	Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
04/10/2019	House	House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/09/2019	House	House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/09/2019	House	House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/27/2019	House	House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations
03/19/2019	House	Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance

Sponsor Type	Legislators
Prime Sponsor	Rep. J. Buckner, Rep. L. Landgraf Sen. J. Gonzales, Sen. D. Hisey
Sponsor
Co-sponsor	Rep. J. Arndt, Rep. K. Becker, Rep. S. Bird, Rep. R. Bockenfeld, Rep. B. Buentello, Rep. Y. Caraveo, Rep. M. Catlin, Rep. L. Cutter, Rep. M. Duran, Rep. D. Esgar, Rep. T. Exum, Rep. M. Froelich, Rep. R. Galindo, Rep. A. Garnett, Rep. S. Gonzales-Gutierrez, Rep. M. Gray, Rep. C. Hansen, Rep. L. Herod, Rep. E. Hooton, Rep. D. Jackson, Rep. C. Kennedy, Rep. C. Kipp, Rep. T. Kraft-Tharp, Rep. B. McLachlan, Rep. J. Melton, Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet, Rep. K. Mullica, Rep. D. Roberts, Rep. J. Singer, Rep. M. Snyder, Rep. B. Titone, Rep. A. Valdez, Rep. D. Valdez, Rep. P. Will, Rep. J. Wilson Sen. J. Bridges, Sen. L. Court, Sen. L. Crowder, Sen. J. Danielson, Sen. R. Fields, Sen. L. Garcia, Sen. B. Gardner, Sen. J. Ginal, Sen. P. Lee, Sen. D. Moreno, Sen. J. Smallwood, Sen. J. Sonnenberg, Sen. J. Tate, Sen. N. Todd, Sen. R. Woodward

Session Laws

Effective Date	Chapter #	Title	Documents
08/02/2019	367	Living Organ Donor Insurance	2019a_sl_367.pdf

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Living Organ Donor Insurance

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Bill Text

All Versions (7 )

Preamended Versions (2 )

Budget Documents

Fiscal Notes (3)

Budget Staff Analysis (1)

Committee Actions

05/01/2019 | CC_HB19-1253_2019A (1 )

04/17/2019 | Senate Health & Human Services (3 )

04/09/2019 | House Appropriations (1 )

03/27/2019 | House Health & Insurance (2 )

Votes

House Votes (4)

Senate Votes (3)

Amendments

Bill History

Sponsors

Session Laws

Colorado General Assembly

Lois Landgraf

Janet Buckner

Dennis Hisey

Julie Gonzales

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