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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Out-of-network Provider Reimbursement Rate"
+description: "The act corrects the reimbursement rate specified in law that a health insurance carrier is required to reimburse an out-of-network health care provider who provides either emergency services to a covered person or covered nonemergency services to a covered person at an in-network facility so that the law accurately states the reimbursement rate as the greater of:"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2020A"
+identifier: "SB 20-043"
+citation: "Colorado SB 20-043 (2020A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "Jack Tate"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58ee9e6f-4d6c-4054-9111-d6b91ba4850e"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-043"
+source_hash: "c321ba5ea79fbcb37deabc18b46ec08410c00a2ca0ceb33cf73ffe77fc8de8a9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado SB 20-043 (2020A) — Out-of-network Provider Reimbursement Rate
+
+The act corrects the reimbursement rate specified in law that a health insurance carrier is required to reimburse an out-of-network health care provider who provides either emergency services to a covered person or covered nonemergency services to a covered person at an in-network facility so that the law accurately states the reimbursement rate as the greater of:
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb043_h_hi_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (02/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_01.pdf)
+5. **Reengrossed (02/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_ren.pdf)
+6. **Rerevised (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_rer.pdf)
+7. **Revised (02/21/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_rev.pdf)
+8. **Signed Act (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_043_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
+- BILL — **30–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
+- Jack Tate — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
+- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
+- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58ee9e6f-4d6c-4054-9111-d6b91ba4850e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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