Final/Annual Reports

2024 Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee Final Report

Subjects

General Assembly

Health Care & Health Insurance

Agency

Published

01/06/2025

Section 10-22-107, C.R.S., establishes the Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee (oversight committee) for guiding the implementation of the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange, which currently does business under the name Connect for Health Colorado (exchange), and making recommendations to the General Assembly.

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Staff Publications

Overview of the Fiscal Note Process

Fiscal notes are prepared by Colorado Legislative Council Staff (LCS) to provide the members of the Colorado General Assembly with the estimated impact of proposed legislation on state and local government revenue and expenditures. The fiscal note is a non-binding, decision-making tool for...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/20/2024

Subjects:

General Assembly

State Revenue & Budget

Staff Publications

Fiscal Note FAQ's

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/20/2024

Subjects:

General Assembly

State Revenue & Budget

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of 2024 Heath Care and Health Insurance Legislation

Many pieces of legislation regarding health care and health insurance made their way through the 74^th General Assembly. Most of the legislation fell into the following categories: removing barriers to treatment, and licensing requirements.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/28/2024

Subject:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Issue Briefs

Colorado’s Health Insurance Market

Health insurance is a method of paying or receiving reimbursement for health care costs from covered services. Health insurance companies spread the costs and risk of covered health care services across all members of a plan in exchange for premiums and other cost-sharing mechanisms, such as...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/28/2024

Subject:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of 2024 Behavioral Health Legislation

Addressing the substance use disorder epidemic and providing behavioral health resources to communities throughout Colorado were the two major behavioral health care themes that emerged during the Second Regular Session of the 74th General Assembly. Important behavioral health bills are...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/24/2024

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Issue Briefs

Health Care Prior Authorization Practices

Prior authorization—sometimes referred to as preauthorization or precertification—is a process by which an insurer reviews a request for health care services or drugs before consenting to cover the costs of the proposed treatment. Upon receiving a request, an insurer can approve or deny the...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/23/2024

Subject:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of 2024 Capital Construction Legislation

During the 2024 legislative session, the General Assembly considered a number of bills affecting funding for capital construction and the duties of the Capital Development Committee (CDC).

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/11/2024

Subjects:

Capital Construction

General Assembly

Staff Publications

2025 Deadline Schedule

Deadline Schedule for the 2025 Colorado General Assembly.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/10/2024

Subject:

General Assembly

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of 2024 Liquor, Tobacco, Marijuana, and Gaming Legislation

During the 2024 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several measures related to liquor, tobacco, marijuana, and gaming.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/09/2024

Subjects:

Gaming, Lottery, & Racing

General Assembly

Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of 2024 Civil Law Legislation

During the 2024 legislative session, the General Assembly passed a number of measures related to civil law. Specifically, the legislature increased consumer protections, regulated debt-related services, allowed for attorney fees in land use decisions, revisited civil protection orders, and...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/27/2024

Subjects:

Civil Law

Courts & Judicial

General Assembly

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